It’s mimOsa, not mimosA
1. “This was their first encounter with the fact that a full stomach meant good spirits; an empty one, bickering and gloom.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 15
b. Arriving to your brunch location at 11am only to hear there’s an hour and fifteen-minute wait for a table.
a
2. “X’s extremities seemed to have gone numb. X stood quite still, holding the miraculous paper in his nerveless fingers while inside him a kind of quiet eruption sent joy and grief thundering in equal measure through his veins.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 1
b. Visceral reaction upon picking up the drink menu after being seated.
a
3. “Would it hurt to die? All those times he had thought it was about to happen and escaped, he had never really thought of the thing itself: X’s will to live had always been so much stronger than X’s fear of death.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 34
b. Thoughts running through your mind when you choose the $20 extra unlimited drinks option.
a
4. “She was screaming again: the sound went through X like physical pain.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 23
b. *that* girl is making a huge deal about an insignificant text/dm/like/story-view that occurred with a guy who she hasn’t hung out with yet – however in her mind, they are to be wed.
a
5. “If the pictures could have reflected the feelings inside him, they would have been screaming in pain.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 11
b. Your narcissistic friend posts a group picture where she Face-tunes herself and leaves you looking like you got hit with a leaf blower, only after being dragged through a garbage disposal.
a
6. “Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 1
b. Your stomach is currently a pressure cooker of Eggs Benedict, mediocre bacon, and 14 mimosas. Someone just ordered pickle-backs and you’re full-fledged cold sweating and shivering even though it’s 85 degrees outside.
a
7. “Then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before…and it was blissful oblivion, better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 7
b. You look over and your friend is shamelessly making out with a stranger at the bar at 1:30pm, in broad daylight.
a
8. “It was not, after all, so easy to die.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 34
b. Spills entire content of purse on the bodega floor when trying to buy 4 Vitamin Water Zeros and a family sized bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
a
9. “Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? It would all be gone…or at least, he would be gone from it. His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes.”
a. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow, Chapter 34
b. Getting out of bed at 2am for water after falling asleep at 8pm.
a
ANSWERS:
1-9. Both
a
And on a related note, things you could probably eat ~brunch time in NYC:
Scarpetta‘s Capatelli with confit cherry tomatoes, guanciale, fava, and goat cheese crema
a
Cafe Clover‘s Lavender Waffle with honeyed ricotta, stewed blackberries, bee pollen, and spiced honey syrup
a
Forgtmenot‘s Egg Nachos for 2, “the Mexican breakfast food of your dreams”
a
Annicka‘s Salt Baked Beets with pistachio milk yogurt, roasted dates, and pickled mustard seeds
a
Modern Love Brooklyn‘s Vegan Mozzarella sticks made with house-made coconut cashew “mozzarella”, seasoned breading, marinara, and micro basil
a
Shinsen‘s Ahi Tower with crab meat, tuna, avocado, all atop a bed of sushi rice
a
Goodnight Sonny‘s very happy happy-hour of $1 oysters and $8 cocktails
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La Mercerie‘s Grapefruit, Crab and Avocado Salad
But check out the restaurant aesthetic thou…
a
Seamore’s Blackened Shrimp Bowl with quinoa, black beans, fried tortilla, lime crema, and pickled onions
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Cervos‘ Manila Clams with vinho verde and garlic