Lunchtime: In The Office

When I first started working, years and years ago, going out for lunch was a good part of the workday. I was into it, got me out of the office. I started this trend in high school when we were first allowed to leave the property and take our lunches elsewhere. That elsewhere, in Miami, meant The Toast, a bar restaurant up the street, and lunch included any number of drinks, with alcohol - have you ever had a Singapore Sling?? We were young and stupid and it was Miami in the 70's, what can I tell you... 

 

Today the girls will run out to lunch, grab some low cal thingee and pop back in to eat it. Going "out" to lunch just means picking up. Not sure if this a good or bad trend, but in NYC it seems to be one that is here to stay. I'd like to encourage them to go out and stay out, but they don't listen to me when it comes to things like that. So, every now and then, when I'm not on a fast, I'll buy wine or champagne and we'll have a late afternoon cocktail. I never failed my classes, after all.