Coffee and Breakfast

I – am – miserable.

Waking up I am miserable.

Hot.

Miserable.

UGH!

My hot and uncomfortable bed.

My hot and uncomfortable bedroom.

My hot, uncomfortable, noisy bedroom!

UGH!

Arguing with this noisy house as I turn over in my bed.  Sleep is important.  Arguing with sound reasoning – eight hours of sleep is NOT unreasonable.  Wanting to sleep for eight hours like a normal person should NOT be a problem.  Wanting MORE than eight hours of sleep after NOT receiving adequate rest or sleep time is what any person who cares would want for another person.  Read about it.

8 Ways Sleep Benefits

All I want for breakfast is ice-cold water.

But, I don’t have any ice because someone is allowed access into my home to destroy things.  Someone broke into my home while I was at work.  Someone breaks into my home whenever I am away whether I am at work, out running, or simply out of my home.  So, the water on my refrigerator door and ice do not work.  My dryer has been altered and broken.  My light switch does not work at the top of my stairs.  There are problems all over my home.  Miserable.  Uncomfortable.  Grossly unhappy.

Miserable and unhappy.

Before I continue let me say this – my idea of art and your idea of art ARE NOT THE SAME!!!!!

Pressure washing – GREEN, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER – is not art!  Anyone can do that!

Art is meant to uplift, to inspire, to provoke thought, to enlighten, and on and on.  I don’t have time at the moment.  Mad about STILL being broke!

A tall glass of ice-cold water for breakfast.  Please and thank you.

However, last night was different.  Yeah, bronzed face.  I’ll write more in another post.

Last night, I was thinking about a raspberry pastry.  A homemade – not store-bought – pastry made with cold butter filled with my homemade raspberry jam with some lemon to brighten the flavor, and cream cheese.  Cream cheese whipped in a mixer.  I think I need to make several of these in order to decide what tastes better because I was thinking of adding flavorings either almond, amaretto, orange with zest, or vanilla.  Also, I was thinking of making small mouthful pastries or your standard turnover size.

Because a small mouth full pastry that you bite into filling your mouth with the raspberry, pastry, and sweetened cream cheese vs. biting into a pastry and having the raspberry and cream cheese at the corners of your mouth?  I might have to make several batches before I decide which one tastes better?

Which one do you want?

I would serve them on my antique dishes because it seems it is the only way they are going to be used is when I write about them.  I would decide on the plate based on the design and color and NOT the name stamped on the underside.

So, a real proper pot of black tea.  Properly prepared.  Warm the tea-pot with boiling water and so on.

Wait a second.

Here’s the scene and meet.

I am working in a pastry shop that I own.  It is filled with round tabletops of white crisp linen tablecloths.  It is a chic pastry shop, it is high-fashion, filled with vintage antique knickknacks – can you see it?  It is a popular shop filled with warmth, comfort, and innovative approaches to the same tired and worn-out cuisine, breakfasts, and doughnuts.  I serve no doughnuts.

I serve him a raspberry filled pastry with a pot of Earl Grey tea, real cream and sugar on an antique tray platter, and pour him his cup of tea and place his pastry in front of him.  Then, I sit down at the table – I own the place – and we have a conversation he will never forget.