Good Morning Beautiful: Why Midweek Breakfast Meet-ups Are Way Better than Lunch Dates

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. - Algred A. Montapert 

Post dedicated to my own bodacious breakfast babe, KK.

Despite how consciously I attempt to leave the word 'busy' out of my vocabulary in favor of more meaningful reasons I can't commit to this or that, the fact remains, as a society we're all pretty damn busy. Our schedules are evolving faster than ever before as they travel with us in our pockets and are pliable at all times. We're accessible 24/7 via text, Whatsapp, Facebook messenger, Snapchat, Instagram, FaceTime, Hangouts or, if it's your grandma trying to set plans, by phone.  We're able to update our shared calendars at a whim with ease. The peppered, blocky look of my week on Monday is unrecognizable by Wednesday morning. When you aren't supposed to say 'no' to a client who wants to meet from 11:30 to 1:00 often you're forgoing social luncheons in favor of attempting to silently sip soup between mutings on yet another status meeting conference call from hell. Cue someone putting the whole call on hold so we're forced into silent appreciation of the latest muzak du jour. At least then I can slurp uninterrupted for a spell.

But what if you want to chat with your fav co-worker over a Monday macaroni or meet up with an IRL friend to gossip about your coworkers over a Tuesday tuna melt? Dining together, at the ancient level, was a matter of survival so it's no wonder in modern society, breaking bread with other human beings is such a noble and revered activity.

Never one to give up when facing an injustice, I've found a remedy that works for me and thwarts my lack of midday freedom.
The Breakfast Date. Bestie Breakfast. Bruh-kfest. Breckie with Bae...

The Most Important Meal of the Day; The Most Important People

It's no secret that breakfast is the most important meal of the day according to pretty much everyone and more specifically this guy. It mentally and physically wakes your body up, kick starts your metabolism, sets a base for healthy eating the rest of the day and discourages overeating later on. So where's the pomp and circumstance this wonder meal deserves? Most of us, me included, are more often downing a sugary protein bar on the commute or finding calories hidden at the bottom of another cup of coffee. But no more. Not with the Breakfast Date 2000. The most important meal of the day gets its chance in the sun with you and your closest friends or whoever is willing to get up early to eat with you.  

Making Wednesday Feel like Saturday (at least for a little while)

Congratulations you cheated the system. Instead of heading straight to that hamster wheel you're doing something you want to do. Something you're not supposed to do on a Thursday. Something pervasive and risky and dare I say sexy? Breathe in the sense of self-actualization and toasting bagels, high-five your meal mate on their equally daring choice to damn the man and reclaim your morning. Ignore that you have a meeting at 9a because for the next two hours you're free.

Get Up Get Out of Bed

You're not headed into an end of year accounting meeting with pie chart in gray tones, you're heading to EAT!!! Yay food! Yay coffee! If the promise of perfectly poached eggs, sizzling slabs of bacon, good company and a flirty, dirty cup of bottomless coffee doesn't inspire some happy feet tapping their way out the house, you might be a zombie. Here's the quick test. 

*Would you get out of bed for brains? 

a) yes ma'am

b) what? who said brains? 

c) mmmmmmbraaaaainzzzzz

The Cheerleader Effect

Today is going to be a doozy. Back-to-back 'feedback' meetings with your boss's boss and then that presentation to that lady at Conglomerate who doesn't mute her phone while she blows her nose and asks you to go back 'a few slides' every few slides. You need a pep talk. You need to sit across the table from someone who knows you and cares and feed off of their energy, and their plate if they don't mind. And of course, they need you to do the same. You'll start this day together and carry the conversation and the good vibes with you and as you cling to this particular corner of your self-constructed community, you maybe won't feel so alone.

Breakfast.Food. 

I mean, what else do I need to say? Savory, sweet and everything in between, breakfast foods are the tops. With syrup. On top. There's a reason places serve breakfast all day. And a reason I cheer when I can get a chocolate pancake at 2am or 2pm or 2 more chocolate pancakes.


So call up your friend, lover, mistress, seamstress, high-school sweetheart, high-school science teacher, bae, boy, boo, baby mama, and sugar daddy and invite them to a midweek breakfast adventure. Go out. Eat in. Go big. Keep it Simple. Laugh. Cry. Yawn and share a little bit of your day with someone you enjoy. The most important thing is to make it your own. If it feels right, build a tradition and leave the luncheons to the rest of them.

Show me your weekday breakfast dates on instagram with #breakfastdatewithbae.


*If you answered a, b , or c you're probably a zombie.