So, the major complication was what to do about
Sunday breakfast. No problem; we would
just “Go Out”.
Going out for breakfast in our lives falls into one
of two categories and either is, as they say, “An Occasion.” The first instance is usually a brunch to
celebrate a birthday. Mother’s Day, Easter, or some other special
occasion. It usually involves
reservations, a gathering of family and more often than not for me some
variation on Eggs Benedict (Who was the first person to think you could improve
on eggs by covering them with eggs?).
The second is usually in an airport, waiting for a plane, and separates
Mary and me dramatically, she heading for Starbucks and me for the Golden
Arches or equivalent.
A story I happened upon the other day mentioned that
my purchases and a whole lot of others have made breakfast the most popular of
Macdonald’s meals, accounting recently for more than 50% of sales. My guess is this includes a lot more meals
than what are sold in airports.
To test that theory I don’t have to look farther
than across the street to my older son and my grandchildren. Although school days offer home meals, if pop
tarts constitute home cooking, weekends are definitely out of the house and, if
they get up early enough to make the 11:00 Macdonald’s cutoff, probably
something from their menu.
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The second history is from a play featuring the
Twinkie Defense, which protected Dan White from being charged with murder in
his action against Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor, George Muscone. His attorneys argued that he was irrational from
easting junk food. The play, which title
I forget, was staged at a way off-off Broadway (Santa Ana) venue called the
Rude Guerilla, now defunct. Although I
was not in that play, I was fortunate enough to have been in a couple of other interesting
plays there, “Boy Gets Girl” and “The Long Goodbye”.
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Before I leave the subject of Breakfast Out, I
should mention the two restaurants we visited.
One is a local location of The Original Pancake House, where I sampled
their Apple Pancake. Yum, yum! The second was a longtime favorite we don’t
visit often enough called The Snooty Fox, which has excellent Eggs Benedict. Neither takes reservations and both have
fairly long lines, but both have fast turnover and are worth the wait.
My plan for the next post is to tell you how they
start Musicals on Broadway nowadays.
Things have changed since my mother took me to see Kismet. I’ll share with you
what I learned after we see Peter and the
Starcatcher in NYC.
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