Today: Bagels and bubbly.

[tweetmeme source=”elizabethev” only_single=false]We got things popping early this morning, enjoying brunch on the roof with our friends Tina and Mal.  What”s better than having great running pals?  When those great running pals become become bagel and bubbly buddies, too.  We always have such a great time with them!  We had planned to get a long run in before brunching, but every now and then, it pays to just cut to the bagels chase.  This morning I whipped up a platter of grown up bagel bites, which paired perfectly with mimosas.  (Everything pairs perfectly with mimosas.)

We planned to eat by the pool, so I wanted to be sure our low key brunch was, well, low key.  Who wants to tote around knives or creamed cheese?  Don’t answer that.   I pre-made a few bagel sandwiches, cut them in quarters and secured each quarter with a toothpick.  My favorite combos:

  • Peanut butter and jam on plain bagels
  • Cucumber and garlic hummus on everything bagels
  • Heirloom tomatoes and cucumber slices with veggie cream cheese on wheat bagels
When you spend four months seeing your friends solely in Spandex, it’s easy to let your guard down.  It’s easy to be goofy.  They’ve seen me at my worst (stumbling into the South Boston Running Emporium after a soul-crushing 18 miler in the snow), so why hide the fact that I just hit myself in the face with a Champagne cork?  Oh, man.  I like to think I know my way around a bottle of bubbly, but somehow the cork got away from me, grazing my cheek and shooting clear off the roof, landing in the driveway below.
I need a life coach.  I’ll bring bagels.
Also On Tap for Today:
How are you spending Labor Day weekend?

Comments (5)

  • Bianca @ Confessions of a Chocoholic

    September 3, 2011 at 8:04 pm

    Love the idea of making bagel bites for brunch! And yes, everything pairs perfectly with mimosas 🙂

  • Bridget

    September 3, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Fabulous idea!! Sounds like a fun brunch!

  • Paige

    September 4, 2011 at 10:40 am

    I love the idea of the assorted bagel bites. And yes/ mimosas go well with everything! 😉

  • Stacy W.

    September 4, 2011 at 11:11 am

    RE: Champagne cork — yikes! I hit myself in the eye with one right before the curtain went up at a Shakespeare on the Green performance of King Lear. Had to leave at intermission : ( But my eye is fine : )

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