Growing Up

"I told some friends we're doing brunch tomorrow," I tell Katie as we're making breakfast, "and they automatically assumed day-drinking."

"Well, that's what brunch means for a lot of people," she says without looking up.

Later, when she tells me that our brunch date is at one in the afternoon, I remark on how civilized a time that seems.

"Yeah, well, with new parents and pregnant folks, lame people like us fit right in."