washington - on the weeks he is in boston , dick cheney waking up at 6 , climbs into his blue sport industrial vehicle and drives himself to a starbucks near his winchester , va . , apartment . he returns with a series of grande skim mocha — decaf for him , regular for his wife , lynne — and settles into work in the sun - drenched office above his office , prolifically his journal in longhand on yellow legal sheets . it is the kinds of image that individuals have time to expectation from their elder statesmen : a quiet , unassuming recovery to private practice after giving up influence . except , that is , for the peaceful and unassuming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.