It’s all in the details, or so we’ve been told and planning your first breakfast as a married couple might seem waaay down on the priority list but when you think about it, it’s pretty important.

Thinking about spending time in bed, I began to wonder about that ultimate first the one that’s potentially the first private meal a married couple would eat together. Whereas my bottomless mimosa, the perfect banana and French toast with plenty of real maple syrup was a struggle to come up with and felt rather unsatisfactory, my colleagues didn’t need a second to nail down their ultimate ‘first’ meal. The conversation was so rapid fire, it felt like a rehearsed moment of a movie, rather than real life….

The scene opens with three women at a table, each with some kind of notebook or calendar and pen at their fingertips.

Stephanie Wright: So, your ultimate breakfast in bed would be …
Catherine Lash: Coffee, a croissant you don’t need butter for, and strawberries {pause} milk and sugar [for the coffee] {pause} oh, make it a chocolate croissant.

{Longer pause}
The coffee cup has to be beautiful and the whole thing needs to be served on one of those
{She gestures with her hands for us to understand the concept of the legged tray}
Stephanie Gareri: {Nodding, already 100% sure of her own answer}
I’m a bacon and eggs kind of girl
CL: Even in bed?
SG: Yup, I’d have Prosecco and a strawberry, eggs cooked through, rye toast, a spinach salad and coffee
CL:Oh, I’d want Prosecco too, with raspberries

{A pause}
CL: But really, I’d love to reenact the Breakfast at Tiffany’s coffee and croissant in front of Tiffany’s.
SG: Oh, me too!

Hungry yet? What’s your best breakfast  – in bed or out?

“Sunday Morning” Photo by Elena Kovyrzina