Schadenfreude

brunch club satellite office

hi everyone! we had an awesome weekend here in boston with our special guest, annette, who is a dynamic woman in business. after an evening of bowling at boston's high class Boston Bowl (where lee and annette purchased the most lovely gift for me, pics to come soon) and an... interesting...dinner of pizza and shrimp cocktail sauce, we didn't want to overdo it with brunch. so we went and had a delicious brunch ever at the Fireplace in Brookline. our meals were excellent (complete with biscuit girl and biscuit girl redux!) - we started off with a parsnip soup with an apple glaze, and annette and lee both had something crispy, and i snuck lots of tastes when lee wasn't looking.

in all, it was a great weekend, and it was excellent to see you, annette!
glitter-fabulous

this tea had healing powers

can i get some ketchup and mustard for this salad?

High Culcha (2)

Unrelated to brunch, but while we're on the topic of culcha: I went to the opening last night for a show of David Shapiro's work (friend of my roommate), and I highly recommend checking out his fantastic watercolors of famous people. Titles of these paintings: "Lady with a Kinkajou: Paris and Babyluv" and "Madonna and Child of the Future: Angelina and Maddox." At Kathleen Cullen on 26th st.

bizarro brunch club

The Brunch Club. They even have a "xtine." Wha happened?

BC06.2 photographic recap (belated)

It really was a special one. Special Guest Stars Pam, Sarah, and Erica's Mom all added some flava to the mix. The door prizes followed our long tradition of re-gifting unwanted items. And the cheddar cheese grits were pretty damn tasty. What more could we ask for?

Christmas, Laziness, and Moscow

My beloved bruch clubbers,
It has taken me sometime to post on the blog but now I am in full gear. Sorry for the delay.
As requested, here are the images of Yoni and Adam in their Christmas sweaters.
As my Mom always says, "better late then never".

School started yesterday and I am in the LOT-EK studio which will be going to Moscow and St Petersburg in March. I will make sure to do a special Moscow brunch post and bring back some fantastic door prizes.

I will see you all at brunch tomorrow.

Congratulations Brunch-Style

A big congratulations to our to most recently impressive brunch-club-yuppies-in-training. Annette got a new job (so I'm told) and Paul got in to Harvard. I am both so Impressed. Forbes & Harvard. I think you guys should pay for brunch this weekend. Could our little group be more impressive? I think not. Fuck all the other brunch clubs, they do not have as many intials behind their names (we'll even have an esquire in a year or two).

Because I don't know my 401(k) from my hot brunch spots, I'll just throw out two previously mentioned names for brunch this weekend to get the controversy started.
Miriam (Park Slope)
Essex House (I used the context clues to figure out where this one was. See, I'm on my way)

Also, as I was taking three things down to the trash this morning, I realized that rather than putting them there I could give them away on Sunday, so be prepared! I think Annette's bringing something so maybe I'll wait, but not too long. One of the is a brunch club re-gift! Exciting!

back in new york city y'all

Hey everyone - I'm back from El Paso with a present for my fiance... Let's plan a brunch so I can give it to him! Any ideas? I heard last week was great so it will be hard to beat, but come on, someone has to like me as much as they like Christine!

the enumclaw horse

For Lee, and any others who may be interested in what I learned about while visiting Washington state.

Really makes great brunch conversation.

The Seattle Times

The Stranger

not quite brunch, but isn't this a nice picture?

i didn't have brunch this weekend, but i did play Apples to Apples with Lee, who pulled the "Creepy" card - thought you all might enjoy this pic, and that it might inspire him to post as well. wish i had my camera with me on saturday night when lee hit on two girls at the dance club we went to!

And More....

Brunch at Public

west coast brunch woes

Happy New Year, BC dudes and dudettes. I am happy to be back in New York after a wonderful week in the Pacific Northwest. Although I was content with the nine feet of snow on the beautiful and volcanic Mt. Hood (pictured) that fulfilled all my ski cravings, I must say that the west coast brunch options in no way live up to our fine standards. Although I faithfully returned to all my favorite Seattle coffee spots -- the reliable Victrola, the incomparable Vivace, and the exciting newcomer Tip Top Doughnuts -- there seems to be a pandemic lack of sufficient a.m. dining spots throughout the far west of this great nation. Sure, the coffee is fantastic (New York coffee wishes it could be so good), but I have come to realize that there simply is no brunch equivalent. And frankly, installing wi-fi access in every eating establishment does not compensate for a lack of Eggs Benedict. We should all be thankful for the rich bounty of brunch spots that we are so lucky to have here at home. God bless.

Where are we off to this Sunday?

The People Oustide My Office are Playing with a Stapler

I am so unhappy to be back at work today after two different vacations that I wanted to start talking about brunch.

Also, can we ever go to that place where Billy & Kate were served by a family whose mom had died and had a bunch of rules?

happy 2006

hey everyone! just got back from a New Year's weekend in VT. we had a lovely time - erica went cross-country skiing, made mimosas for everyone, and then passed out in the hot tub. the rest of us welcomed the new year in with a quiet sudoku and puzzle. in all, we had a wonderful time - but of course i miss you all! best wishes to you... and here's hoping that 2006 brings as many lovely brunches as 2005!