HUNGRY GERALD

Each morning HG eats a healthy, keep-the-old-guy-alive  breakfast. It is cooked, organized and served by Wonder Wife BSK. It consists of a smoothie (many varieties of fruit plus nuts), yogurt mixed with a compote of dried fruit—20 vitamins and medications. A large glass of water. It’s followed by coffee and a piece of Italian Panettone. Nice jumpstart to the day. For years in New York and New Jersey, HG’s breakfast was: Black coffee, Marlboro Cigarettes and The New York Times (after the unhealthy Jersey meal, HG would stop at a Montclair, NJ convenience store and buy a box of cinnamon donuts. HG would eat them with more coffee at the HG public relations office in Clifton, NJ.). HG/BSK moved to Colorado–first to a 100-acre horse ranch and then to a super spacious apartment in Denver plus a large office for HG/BSK’s growing government relations firm specializing in media information and land use counseling and guidance. (BSK was the prime figure in the firm). HG’s breakfast dramatically improved. Most mornings HG dined at Pete’s Diner on Colfax Avenue, drank coffee and ate Pete’s sumptuous “Breakfast burrito”—smothered in tangy green chili sauce and containing scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, bacon, onions. (SJ agrees, a fabulous burrito). After moving to Santa Fe, HG’s morning meal was at El Parasol or Sopaipilla Factory–Menudo and cheese enchiladas. Now, HG/BSK live in a very large loft in Central Falls, RI. HG is 95 so HG’s breakfast a la BSK is appropriate.