Brunch Club – A Food Tradition Worth Sharing
Having finished 8 days of berry posts (almost all without pictures as our berries haven`t popped yet – pictures will return very shortly and we`ll need a few photo essays to make up our karma), it`s time for something different.
Dana and I are joining 3 other friends for brunch this morning and I`m super excited. This is a date that`s well overdue.
It was several years back when 4 friends decided to meet for brunch once-per-month. It was to be an all-girls brunch club but they extended an invite to me within 1 or 2 brunches as I would be visiting Dana for the weekend and they welcomed me – as long as I didn`t `play`the boyfriend role at brunch. This was easy for me as my resume includes stints as a competitive jazz dancer (step-ball-change, step-ball-change, step-ball-change-kick), a brief go at figure skating (stroke, stroke) that quickly turned to power skating and a college program that included 500 women and 6 men (Travel and Tourism). I`ve long been comfortable being `one of the girls.`
Se we all committed to brunch and we`ve been meeting ever since. 2010 has been a rough year in that we`ve missed most of our dates (something rare until this year) but there`s been good excuses – individuals have travelled to Africa, England, Bermuda and New York. Some have left old jobs and some are beginning new adventures. There`s a lot to catch up on.
The monthly event is a highlight and a tradition that`s so worthwhile. It generally takes no planning, we all know what weekend of the month it is so it`s little planning and we rotate picks so each gets a turn in choosing our food-fate.
I`m generally not a breakfast food person and brunch often has good compromise. My favourite meals in these year are both shameful – there was battered chicken deep-fried with waffles one morning and another that I shared a giant portion of poutine (french fries, cheese curds and gravy) and a bucket of macaroni and cheese. I could eat both of those meals again right now. 
Conversation is always better than the food – even when it`s very good.
If life is busy and it`s tough to slow down with those you love, book a regular date like this and let the memories begin. It`s a tradition that I treasure like few others and one of my all-time faves; even as one of the girls.