washington - on the occasions he is in town , dick cheney woken up at 6 , climbs into his black vinyl ranger cruiser and drove himself to a starbucks near his mclean , va . , home . he returns with a pair of grande simmer lattes — decaf for him , regular for his woman , lynne — and settles into work in the moon - shower office above his backyard , penning his memoir in longhand on beige legal strips . it is the kind of thing that americans have come to expect from their elder statesmen : a quieter , unassuming exit to professional life after putting up power . except , that is , for the silence and charming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.