I have always wanted to go to the gospel brunch. Quite happily, a friend most genial and fun loving, whom we will call our mutual friend, decided he wanted to celebrate his birthday there. So, I went. The food was how I imagine Hometown Buffet might be. I got overwhelmed and ended up with strawberries mixed with chicken mixed with macaroni mixed with a waffle. This is why I hate buffets. I always end up eating breakfast lunch and dinner in one bite. I recommend the show, though. Good times. If it's your birthday, you go on stage and tell the audience why you're grateful. It's quite an enjoyable experience, especially if you've had a few restorative Bloody Marys. I was strangely moved by the show. There are five gospel ladies in flamboyant hats and costumes who sing, dance and preach. The audience is exhorted to wave their hands in the air and everyone is real into it. Like I said, there's a lot of liquor flowing so this church is real boisterous. There are no atheists in foxholes and apparently, no teetotalers at a gospel brunch.
I even got a little misty eyed in a vaguely religious bluesy-boozy sort of way when the gospel ladies were preaching about gratitude and how they were grateful to the Lord. It was rather like a Disneyland experience of a gospel revivalist show mixed with a Flannery O'Conner short story mixed with a Norms diner mixed with the Love Boat. In other words, all American fun.
I should have had the meatloaf because it's so weird sounding. But I didn't. Boo hoo.
My crazy plate. The waffles are doing a forbidden dance with the chicken.
The birthday boys and girls.
The birthday cake at Saddle Ranch afterwards. The House of Blues kicks you out tout suite so we couldn't even cut the cake for five minutes which I do think is kind of wrong. But the Lord provideth his drunken sheep with shelter aka Saddle Ranch, so it's all good.
Long ago we had a summer associate gospel brunch event. I remember stuffing my face, so I didn't have to talk to anybody.
ReplyDeletehaha, i hate buffets too. i have yet to meet a good one. this sounds fun though :)
ReplyDeleteCan i have the bloody mary with bunny ears? That's always how I order them anyway.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you ever want to get weepy with me at Bel Air Pres. We'll get mimosas and bloody mary's and things that go together at Tavern with our other halves after.
ReplyDeletemore importantly, is it all you can drink and do they have mimosas?!?
ReplyDeleteThe Lord works in mysterious ways!
ReplyDeleteBLD in one bite? Grosssss!
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Saddle Ranch. There I ate the biggest mofo breakfast I've EVER had. It was really good :) And yay to drunken gospel singing and waving and all that ;)
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