Despite a few glasses of beer, sangria and wine last night, I woke up early. My lovely hostess and I went to one of my favorite brunch places in Miami, A La Folie on Española Way, for a nice sunny sidewalk breakfast.

I broke my no coffee and dairy diet with my favorite bowl of latte.

And since I was cheating anyways, why not have a crepe with smoked salmon, brie and mushrooms? I am on vacation after all…

But, there was fresh-squeezed OJ, and fruit.

And a basket of tartine and croissants, ooops.

I dressed to match my breakfast, just something I like to do. And, I am realizing that I may need a haircut, since my hair seems to have begun defying gravity.

It’s nice to be on Española Way in the morning, when it’s quiet and peaceful. Quite the opposite of what it looks like at night.

A La Folie is on 516 Española Way (at Drexel). Get the savory crepes or the Royal breakfast.

After waking up on that Sunday in the desert, we headed to 29 Palms Inn for brunch. The Inn has been around since 1928 and has been known to attract a celebrity or two.

We did not park in the lawn mower parking. But, we did check out the on-site farm, where much of the produce (as much as you can reasonably produce in the desert) for the restaurant is grown.

There was a hammock. I love hammocks!

There were also grapes, most of which had shriveled on the vine and almost turned into raisins because of the heat. These were the pretty ones.

The atmosphere is refreshingly laid-back, and the room (bugalow, really) rates are pretty affordable.

This cute one is called Gold Park, has two queen beds, a sun porch, a hammock and could be yours for a night for between $90-175, depending on the season.

Despite the heat, we decided to enjoy our brunch outside, by the pool.

It was yummy.

We also had mimosas, a weekend-must, before we headed off to Joshua Tree National Park. Great start to a great day.

See my other desert posts here, here, here and here.

När jag kan sova hur länge jag vill på helger så brukar jag försöka göra det. Ibland går det inte för jag blir alldeles nervös av att tänka på allt jag borde gå upp och göra. Men denna helg, efter en alldeles för jobbig vecka, gick sovandet alldeles utmärkt. Vi äter alltid långbrunch, och börjar ofta med att gå ut och handla det som saknas. Igår gick vi först till Marlow & Daughters och köpte färskt bröd och ägg, sen till latino-delit på hörnet för apelsiner (att göra juice av) och mexikansk cola (som är mycket bättre än “vanlig” eftersom den inte innehåller nån dålig High Fructose Corn Syrup) till senare. Väl hemma gjorde vi mimosas, omelett och starkt kaffe och myste med tidningen halva dagen.

TRANSLATION:
When I can sleep as long as I want on weekends I usually try to. Sometimes I just can’t, though, becuase I get all stressed out thinking of everything I should get up to do. But this weekend, after a way too stressful week, the sleeping was no problem. We always eat a long brunch, and often start out by going out to pick up some stuff we need. Yesterday we first went to Marlow & Daughters and got some fresh bread and eggs, and then to the Latino deli on the corner for oranges (to make juice) and Mexican Coke (that is so much better than “regular” since it doesn’t have yucky High Fructose Corn Syrup) for later. Once home we made mimosas, omelet and strong coffee and then we chilled with the paper half the day.