Melissa Breyer moved to New York to become a painter and ended up becoming a waitress, first at a pasta place in Greenwich Village, then at a bar and grill in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She enjoyed the social aspect of the work, but especially the quiet moments, when she could daydream “about the books I was reading or conversations I wanted to have or shoes I would like,” she said. “Things I wanted to do, places I wanted to go.” As she made the transition to photographer, writer and website editor, she found herself drawn to the stories playing out behind the windows of the restaurants she passed. The waitresses, especially, caught her attention. When they weren’t reciting the nightly specials or balancing dinner for four on one arm, what were they thinking? The photographs here, taken from either side of the restaurant window, ask this question without trying to answer it.