Wednesday, August 01, 2007
A Request
Is it too much to ask for a healthy, portable breakfast that can be obtained quickly in this town? Here's my suggestion: Instead of a fried chicken breast on a buttered biscuit, serve a grilled chicken breast on a whole grain bagel. Instead of a side of fried potatoes, serve a side of fruit or crudite. I would eat that every morning.
You might consider Starbucks for breakfast. They have a pretty wide selection of food items, such as multigrain bagels, muffins and more... (And many of their offerings are low-fat or reduced-fat.)
ReplyDeleteJust to give you an idea... here's a link to some of their food offerings: http://www.starbucks.com/retail/nutrition_freshfood_detail.asp?zip=30909
ReplyDeleteOkay, the Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon, Cholesterol-Free Egg, Reduced-Fat White Cheddar ... uh, I forgot what it was already because I got lost somewhere around "Egg"...
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it sounds lovely. But I should have been more specific. I would like a healthy, portable breakfast that can be obtained and paid-for quickly from a restaurant that is locally owned and/or is on my way to work.
I'm hoping that the coming co-op market on Broad Street will solve that problem.
Oh, and Jim: tone it down, son! I know you're jealous of my fireplace screen and the Pretty Pretty Princess masquerading as my husband, but there's no reason to attack my man Chris. He can put a virus on your computer that will knock out even your beloved bicycle.
ReplyDeleteAttack Chris? Nah...just Starbucks.
ReplyDeleteAnd the whores that give them their money.
(I guess that does sound kind of harsh. Look! A puppy!)
Oh. And New Moon sells apples.
ReplyDeleteI almost feel bad about even suggesting Starbucks (*$)... Not because they are an evil corporation bent on world domination - though, that is a problem... - but moreso because I hate going to *$ myself.
ReplyDeleteI get intimidated by their menu. It makes me feel stupid. The few times I have gotten coffee from there, I had to simple settle on something... because it all looked greek to me. As a matter of fact... the last time I got something from a Starbucks, I couldn't make up my mind and ended up ordered a Lemonade Ice Tea or something. It sucked. Really bad.
Anyway...
In Evans, there used to be The Bagel Factory which was locally owned and offered a pretty decent breakfast offering. Unfortunately, they decided to close out of the blue... I hated when that happened to... I found out the Saturday morning it first closed... I showed up at 6am to find a note on the door. All I got that morning was a big bag o' disappointment :(
I actually went to Starbucks this morning, and I don't even know what happened. It was like time and higher reasoning both ceased and after trying to order the Turkey Bacon Bagel ("May I have the turkey bacon bagel?" "WHAT kind of bagel?" "The one with turkey bacon?" "We ain't got one wif TURKEY bacon" etc.) for about three minutes, with cars backing up behind me and no breakfast menu on the drive-through board and Emerson in the backseat shrieking, "Wha we do here? Wha we do here, Mama? Emmie get chips? EMMIE GET CHIPS?!?!?!" because she is two-year-old and obsessed with Pringles and also speaks at a volume of SPACE MADNESS... well, I gave up. I got a bagel next door at Dunkin' Donuts where I pulled up and ordered "anything you got on a bagel," and the disembodied voice said, "Okay, pull around." I got bacon and egg on a croissant, but you know what? I freaking got it, and fast. No arguments.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't even like coffee. Try ordering a Diet Coke at a Starbucks and they give you a lecture about the moral quality of your beverage.
Hmm... I'm getting cranky. I think I'll stop working now and go home. Deadlines schmeadlines.