Two

Lately, it seems that Saturday nights at my house are synonymous with 3 a.m. plates of bacon, grits, and delicious cheesy eggs, movies on laptops, lots and lots of loud music, and dishes. After church, the boys come over (5 to be exact), write, and record their music in the studio which happens to occupy the bedroom in our one-bedroom condo! Imagine that. And oddly enough, the number of participants in our "bed-and-breakfast weekends" seems to grow every week as does our grocery list for breakfast foods. The music continues into the dawn- the sun is up by the time we're all settled down to go to sleep. And if its not the laughter that keeps any prudent juvenile from wandering into a lovely sleep, it's the blaring music for sure! 

Needless to say, they sleep here, nestled in large cocoons like snoring speed bumps on the carpet. 

But no one- absolutely no one goes to sleep without first sampling (or inhaling) Lawrence's breakfast creations. This morning's menu included roast beef cheddar eggs, fluffy pancakes, sunny D, and assorted hot teas. His food is simple, always well-seasoned, and comforting. What could be better? Especially at 3 a.m. My friend even harbors the humility to serve his dishes to the salivating partakers. AND cleans up after himself! Ladies, can we say "KEEPER"? 

It's a rare and glorious thing to witness a man grace a kitchen with his presence, whether he wandered in to browse the fridge, or God forbid to wash a dish. It's even rarer and more glorious to witness a man engage the kitchen appliances (all but the microwave) to create rib-sticking deliciousness. One word comes to mind when describing this sight; I'm sure you'd agree the word is "sexy". 

And I say "sexy" in the most platonic sense of the word, objectively. You see, we'd never allow the gang to stay here if they weren't all seen as brothers and cousins. So although I do admire my friend for his belief that "cheese makes everything better"and his stove-top talents, at the end of the day, all I lust over are his roast beef, cheddar eggs.