Vivian was to be polite and helpful, in terms of offering water or coffee or directing them to the rest rooms in the hallway, but not overly solicitous and definitely not optimistic in any way.
Tourists in the know use the channel to place orders for fresh bread from baker Vivian Rolle or to make dinner reservations at the Yacht Club, the only restaurant that's consistently open.
After a few months, the canvases disappeared, though it was unclear toVivian whether someone had finally bought them or Shelly had just thrown them into the Dumpster behind the ribbon warehouse to be carted away along with the giant spools of badly dyed grosgrain.