character a nanny and employees for his sister's floral biz, yuppie neighbors, artists, a female musician/singer he's kind of mentoring, a dance partner, a newish roommate he rents some space out to on the cheap in the upper east side, con artists and hermits, the family his mother homewrecked, someone that dresses him and gets his groceries and is essentially his very own mother hen, farmer's market regulars.