You make me promises, promises

{Last post on Palm Springs, promise.

But I’m amazing at breaking promises.}

Yesterday morning after running we chow hounded down at the hotel’s restaurant Lantana.

Since we didn’t end up eating dinner the night before, we both were ready to chow down on breakfast.

The Sunday brunch (beverages included) was $22, and an omelet and coffee was $19 so we went with the buffet.  Good choice because I ended up having 3 plates.  girl was hungry.

{salmon}

{Oatmeal, fruit and an omelet}

{More eggs, more watermelon, felt very Monica-esque}

The hubs had a plate of pancakes after his omelet and while eating he asked who created pancakes in the first place because they’re “so delicious and taste like heaven.”

I didn’t know the answer so I just said Martin Luther and left it at that.

I’ve never been a pancake fan really and prefer savory breakfasts like eggs and smoked salmon any day.

After brunch I sat out by the pool for another hour while football was watched by the Dude in the hotel lounge.  I was reading the October issue of Runner’s World and came across The Ultimate Guide to Pancakes… weird coincidence.

And to make things even more of a coincidence, the article talks about where pancakes originated and their history.  Now if only I could blurt out a bunch of random numbers and then win the lottery.

A couple of highlighted flapjack hot spots:

We went to the Gazebo Restaurant in Maui last year and even though I’m not a ‘cake lover, it was insane.  If you’re ever in Maui, you have to go here.

And we’ve also been to the Kerbey Lane Café back when we lived in Austin years ago.

We also went to another great joint, the Magnolia Café.  Really randomly, one time we were there that my husband spotted a huge piece of artwork on the wall that he thought my younger brother would love so we bought it as a birthday gift from my mom.

On our drive home I had Reading Circle Time and read some of the pancake article out loud and then we stopped at a fruit stand on the side of the road.  I always want to stop at random little roadside joints especially when they sell CANDY.

We picked up some peaches for .99, 7 tiny avocados for .99, yams for .39/lb, a bag of baby carrots for .99, a meat marinade, and a pickle.

Oh yeah, and my favorite health food of all:

“Some research has found that a particular type of cinnamon, cassia cinnamon, may lower blood sugar in people with diabetes…. Laboratory studies have found that cinnamon may reduce inflammation, have antioxidant effects, and fight bacteria.”

source

These are all natural, right?  Wax has to be good for you….

Tagged as: breakfast, candy!, family, holidays, palm springs, vacation