It didn't take much effort at all really, but the result was something to remember, a small thing, just a sliver of time in the grand perspective of life, but one that held great value and was much desired.
I'd asked if my partner wanted to have breakfast with me but not any old run-of-the-mill breakfast, nope it was a breakfast date, and she said yes.
The time was arranged and I'd gone as far as arranging a pick up, you know, knocking on the door and picking my girl up like a first-date sort of thing, (how it used to be), and and off we went to the location, a winery in the Barossa Valley that has one of the most awarded restaurants in the State. The drive was nice, lovely scenery and conversation, some hand-holding as I drove my truck with the other, and forty five minutes later we arrived.
Greeted warmly and taken to the best seat in the house in the alfresco area we overlooked rolling vineyards, patches of green vines in straight rows interspersed by the dark earth lanes between, all crowned splendidly by vivid blue skies and the date breakfast moved on from there.
Part of what made this breakfast date special was that I had a secret weapon in my date-arsenal in the form of the executive chef who is a friend of mine. We'd gotten together a couple weeks earlier and discussed the menu which would use fresh local produce from the Barossa Valley, South Australia, and he'd specially prepared it in innovative and interesting ways. Good? You bet it was!
See those images above? Tthat's not the breakfast we were eating at all, the images are for demonstration purposes only; the breakfast we had was way better! You see, part of my date-breakfast rules was that no phones were present so no photos were taken. That's right folks, I went old-school like it used to be before mobile phones got in the way of human to human face to face communication. We were focused on the moment, each other, the fine food and view...not phones.
We lingered for a couple hours oblivious to others came and soaked in the scenery, the setting, glorious food and coffee and the company of each other to the exclusion of anyone else just like it should be.
Just in case you're unclear, no I did not make breakfast myself, I just made it happen, set it up and worked towards making it a memorable morning, which ended up becoming a day in the Barossa Valley exploring around and just enjoying ourselves and time together. Was it special? Of course it was, that was the whole point. It was something we needed, a time to connect without distractions or the need to do anything other than show up, and it felt so great to connect through disconnection meaning the no phone policy.
Have you ever done such things? Have you gone to a little effort to create a special moment for you and your partner, maybe it was even your first date. If you want to, tell me about it in the comment, I'd love to hear.
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