There are a few food groups New Yorkers do extremely well: hot
dogs, pizza, artisanal cocktails, and brunch,
which is just like breakfast, but later in the day and with plenty of drinks.
It really is the way to go. Why waste an entire meal on Wheaties when one could
just wait a few hours and opt instead for quiche Lorraine and mimosas with
friends?

Last weekend Shawn and I threw a mini-brunch before heading
off to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden for the Cherry Blossom opening weekend,
complete with (what I consider) the world’s best bagels and cream cheese, fruit
salad, mini semi-homemade muffins (blueberry with real bananas, pumpkin
seeds, and sunflower seeds), and mimosas.