Coffee and a Conversation

As Told Over Brunch is a home for intelligent discourse from the twenty-something perspective - so the stuff you gossip about over mimosas on Sunday morning or over takeout on your friend's couch when happy hour ends too early. We love chatting about our lives, whether it be the relationships we’re building (or destroying), lessons we've learned at work, struggles at school, growing pains we've felt, or even the food we’re talking over.

A Son’s Dream Is His Mother’s Nightmare

December 26, 2017 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

Weeks ago, I bought a ticket to Portugal and Spain. When I returned from Italy in August, I had already a promise to myself I made last year: I would always have a trip ahead of me.

I knew there would be another trip, but it wasn’t scheduled and I wasn’t sure where it would be. After a month of anxiety, a deal popped up to fly into Lisbon and out of Madrid. A few quick searches and consultations with friends who had been to these places, I dropped the $463 and danced. I was going back to Europe!

What I didn’t do was tell my mom.

Go When You Can

November 28, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

When I woke up last week, I didn’t know I’d be buying a plane ticket to Italy. Actually I thought I’d be buying a ticket to Barcelona. But that’s not what happened.

A few weeks ago, I signed up for travel deal emails from Scott’s Cheap Flights. Daily, deals land in my inbox. Most of them I ignore. Last Monday I saw a deal for $400 flights to Spain – from Richmond.

Get out.

And this wasn’t a cheap airline: it was Delta. How could this be happening?