the beauty of brunch

Once upon a time, before the summer got absurdly busy and I wasn't in Ann Arbor for a single weekend for 2 months straight.... I had Brunch Crawl Sundays with my BFFAEAEAT (Best Friend Forever and Ever and Even After That, obviously) Harriet the Spy.  Basically, we'd meet up every Sunday for a fancy brunch, have a few too many mimosas, and begin a pub crawl.  There's really no way to say you're pub crawling on a Sunday without sounding like an alcoholic, so instead we sound like fatties who eat several brunches in a row.  I'm okay with that.

But why brunch, and not lunch?  Because brunches are perfect.  Let me count some ways:

1. Brunch feels like retirement.  Unlike the rest of the work week, when you're running around like crazy, brunch is about wasting time.  Taken out of context, driving across town, buying a newspaper, and waiting in line for an hour for food that you could have made at home seems pretty ridiculous.  But that's what's so fun about brunch-- wasting an entire morning around breakfast.
2. Brunch has unlimited alcohol.  And the menu is full of alcoholic drinks that are perfectly acceptable to drink before noon.  You're an alcoholic if you drink vodka with orange juice before noon, but champagne with orange juice or vodka and tomato juice?  You're a normal productive member of society.
3. You get to mix coffee with alcohol.  Inappropriate in nearly all social settings, this is just fun.
4. You get a fancy, creative meal for way less money than it would cost at dinner time.  
5.  Some would suggest that brunch links to getting laid.  It's a couples thing... lay in bed all morning being naughty and then go out for brunch.  Even years after someone cheats and the relationship ends, the connection is there, and it makes the quiche lorraine taste that much better. 

I'm counting down the weekends 'til my next Brunch Crawl (August 14...Birthday Brunch Crawl!), because this list just made me hungry.  Oh, and if you were wondering, my favorite brunch in Ann Arbor is at grange.

Get your brunch on this weekend!

L