Bottoms Up!

Many weeks ago it was suggested we do a "Girls Brunch," before those of us leaving the island left the island.  The new "thing" in Sunday brunches on the island is "all you can drink champagne."  This is Bermuda.  The craze won't last long, as none of the restaurants can afford that kind of offer in this kind of population!  In fact, our carefully booked reservation that we made in June for Tucker's Point Champagne Brunch on a mid-July day, was cancelled.  The hotel said they cancelled it due to people wanting to eat outdoor, but I think they were just were just overrun by champagne guzzling divas in the weeks before.  So we re booked at the Reefs!

The reefs is always a beautiful place to stop into anyway.  As a reminder, Sunday brunch generally serves as breakfast, lunch, dinner and deserts.  It's a bad idea to eat anything before, and you won't want to eat anything until the next day after.  It's a gourmet buffet, in this case with all the bubbles you want.  The waiter warned us it was actually Prosecco, and not very expensive bottles, but like any bargain hunters, we were tickled pink with the offer.  You tend to stay at brunch several hours, and end up on the patio afterward with some of those bubbles overlooking the ocean relaxing after your meal.

The beach for guests of The Reefs

The first part of the plan was getting out to Southampton.  We decided to take the bus out and cab back in later for the World Cup Final.  This was going to be my first bus ride in about 4 years.  I was almost a little excited about it!  Enough so that I took a bus station selfie.

I look a little "bus shelter kinda crazy" even

Lizzie and Adrie were had hopped on a few stops earlier each, and we tore down the road in the speedy style that only the buses and Bermuda can get away with apparently (yes, I am still bitter about the speeding ticket on my SCOOTER...it's a scooter).  A few stops later we stopped for Siobhan, and then rolled on down the road til we reached the Reefs.  It was kind of nice riding the bus -- everyone assumed we were tourists and were extra cheerful and nice in their hello and goodbyes as we got off the bus.  It's  good sign that many are trying to make individual and personal efforts to help tourism on the island.

my bus/brunchmates

Once inside we were greeted with an eye catching display of cupcakes and other desert delights, and another 3 rooms full of food.  My friend Margaret has an interesting philosophy of desert first -- if it is something you are craving and you know you are going to have, no sense in cramming all those other calories in first and then trying to squeeze desert into a full tummy.  Eat the desert, and when you fill up later on dinner, no problem, stop there.  It seemed like a good idea as i was obsessing about the cupcake, so this was my first course of the day.  Cheers Margaret!

why yes, that is fact a chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing and chocolate balls on top!

Good thing I went for the jog the night before!  We had a lovely lunch date, with our bottomless bubbles and our endless dinner and deserts.  When we were finally finished, they gave us another bottle and a half to enjoy on the patio.  I didn't think it was possible, but we may have been all bubbled out by the end!

Girls Day

Nice place to catch some afternoon sun

Hopefully not too much sun our Irish vampire-white friend

A cab ride later we were at Flanagan's for the World Cup Final.  We were reunited with the boys, who seemed a little surprised that we were late for the game, as if they expected the hotel to run out of Prosecco much earlier or something!  It wasn't that exciting of a game, or that surprising of a finish, but after seeing it on every TV screen on the island for the last few weeks, it had to be watched.  Turns out that the second last Sunday was a pretty fabulous day on the island.  Thanks for organizing Lizzie and Eileen!  I know I will miss days like these!