I'm not a morning person, and the idea of eating a meal first thing in the morning let alone FIXING a meal first thing in the morning just don't jive with my mental & physical mode of mornings.
Breakfast has gotten a little easier to face over the years tho....that thing called age ya know.
Especially if someone else has prepared it.
Better yet if it's outside my house
Even better if it is combined with the social aspect of girl-friends!
When my sister lived in AZ (in the city of course) social breakfast with girlfriends was a fairly common occurrence. It also made a great way for me to have a chance to see/visit with the other girls when I went down to visit. In the city they had these cool awesome breakfast spots.
The farmhouse--TC Eggington--and for a while, very conveniently just across the alley from where my sis lived was a rustic little down home cafe called "the cowpoke" (or something like that...Sorry, that's a western clothing store here. I actually can't remember the name, but I'm sure one of my family readers will let me know!--haha!) * *NOTE--Yes! as my sister very kindly pointed out, it was "SIDEBURNS" :) Thank you!
When my sister moved back to NE, one of the things she lamented often was the lack of somewhere to "GO TO BREAKFAST"
Mind you you have to understand that does not mean lack of places to eat here. Our fair city boasts of 3 McDonalds, 2 Burger kings, 2 Runzas, about 1/2 doz tex/mex fast food joints, at least 4 mexican restaurants, Perkins, several Wendy's, Arby's about 1/2 doz Chinese spots, several sub-sandwich spots not to count all the steak houses and -----
O.K...I'm sure you get the idea
No lack of anywhere to eat right? What do you mean no where to go eat breakfast?
You have to understand that breakfast to girls in the "city"--(yes I'm stretching the word here for our town) is the experience. It is the ambiance.
Yes we like food (especially when we get together!)
We just want the food, the atmosphere & the decor to fit the occasion, and you know what? Perkins just dosen't cut it. (Not that I'm complaining about their food, mind you, I've had lots of great meals there!)
We actually have one other rather unique and nice spot here. It's a little restaurant in a former old department store. We like it, we've ate there alot.
But we're girls. It's kind of like our shoes. We all need more than one pair of shoes. Shoes to fit the outfit. Shoes to fit the occasion. Shoes to run in, walk in, play in, work in, travel in.....
Woops, back to food. Back to eating breakfast.
Back to meeting for breakfast with friends.
My sis is having a couple days of "girl-friend time" (no husband around, no kids at home. One of them is staying with us. That's another story)
She invited her two sisters & several other girlfriends to meet the 3 of them for lunch at our newest restaurant here.
"The Egg and I"
We love the decor, the food, and most of all the chance to get together with friends for social time!
My sister with her two girl-friends--Cynthia & Michelle
Gay & I, Shelley & Cyndie
As we were sitting there visiting, waiting for our food the florist walks in and announces he has a delivery for my sister's party. You should have heard our squeals! We all looked at each other and asked "From who?!!
There was a wrapped single rose for each one of us!
Wow, can you imagine something that would have given our breakfast a more special touch?
She had talked to her Mom, knew where we were going and what time we were meeting.
Thanks again Raimie, that was a really fun surprise!
Cynthia, Gay, Shelley, Me, Luanne, Michelle & Cyndie
What a great way to start the day (or have a break in your morning!)
