What Playwright Should You Get Brunch With?

Ah, the perfect Brunch. It takes great care to have all the ingredients come together just right, and with good old Will you're in the best of hands. You'll compare your pancakes to a summer's day, and marvel at what deliciousness from yonder egg yolk breaks. If brunch be the food of love, eat on . . . or something like that.

It may sometimes be a long day's journey into night . . . but the next morning there's brunch! You need a morning meal partner who gets down to the nitty gritty. If your waiter offers you the specials in his local slang and pushes his mother's famous grits rather than the usual pancakes, Eugene will certainly be pleased to oblige. This brunch is real, poetic, and if it's bad, you can always hope the next one will be better, and if not, hopefully the iceman will comet around again to refill the mimosas.

Time to do brunch the old fashioned way . . . like the way way old fashioned way. You can talk about your family history, though don't mention Oedipus or thing might get a little complicated. Don't be afraid to invite a few other friends along. Though his predecessors may have preferred a more private meal, Sophocles thinks the more the merrier. Why not invite a whole chorus? Stories after all are best told aloud among friends (and over short stacks and extra syrup).

You and Mr. Shaw will have an excellent time discussing the finer points of life over mimosas and muffins. Subjects of sociology and politics are never taboo, after all you're in the company of a friend. Just make sure you e-nun-ci-ate, unless of course your mouth is full of bacon.

The Importance of eating brunch cannot be over-stressed. You and Oscar can chuckle over societies' hypocrisies and ridiculousness to your hearts content, chowing down on muffins and melon. You'll have plenty to discuss, whether it be the decadent beauty of art or the ailments of society. His ideas may get him in trouble with a few people, but what fun is lunch without a hint of danger, and a hint of cinnamon with your french toast.