Thompson Alchemists – ” Store Mascot “

…This has been SoHo’s drugstore for 25 years, or its “alchemists” as the owners, Gary and Jolie Alony, prefer to call it. And it ismagic, a quintessential New York neighborhood drugstore. On hot days, Jolie gives the FedEx guy a cold Coke. Rego, the large Alony mutt, lies around on the floor, desirous of attention. …” ~via NYTIMES https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/t-magazine/thompson-chemists-history-new-york-pharmacy.html