Brunch please!

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Good Sunday morning, folks! About to head in to work, but a fun little article on Yahoo! News about the best brunch locations in America caught my eye, and I thought I'd share. I've always loved Sunday brunch, though I don't get to indulge in it nearly enough (maybe when I'm rich and famous I'll make it a weekly tradition ;-) ). Unfortunately, I've never visited any of the restaurants listed in the article, but when reflecting on the best brunches that I've personally ever had, two places come to mind (both of which are in hotels, strangely enough)- the La Fonda in Santa Fe, and Marty's Bistro at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

I'm extraordinarily lucky in that I was blessed throughout my childhood and adolescence to get to go to Santa Fe multiple times every year, as my father Jack Sorenson is a Western artist whose paintings are sold exclusively at Joe Wade Fine Arts in Santa Fe, necessitating a trip on Dad's part to Santa Fe every month to deliver paintings. Two or three times a year on such a journey, he would take me and Mom along for the ride, and we always had a really wonderful time. I have a lot of good memories from those trips, many of which happened while eating breakfast or brunch at the La Fonda. If you're ever in the area, stop by and get the Eggs Benedict- no joke, by far the best Eggs Benedict I've ever had (and with a Santa Fe flair, to boot).

As for Marty's Bistro, I was only 13 years old the one time I ate there, so who knows if it's still as good as I remember, or if it really was as amazing as my 13-year old self thought it to be, but I remember having the most pleasant of Sunday mornings with my parents and my recently graduated brother Jacob (we were in LA for his graduation ceremony from UCLA), partaking of a brunch buffet that included the usual suspects- bacon, eggs, pancakes, etc., in addition to more exotic fair with a uniquely Californian character (my Mom also let me have several sips of her mimosa, making my day).

Well now that I've gotten myself all hungry, it's off to work. Brunch on, readers! :)