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.

Clothes, Blood, and Being Cheap

August 28, 2017 by Cazey Williams in Humor, Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

My recent trip to Germany was my third time flying Wow Air. As Sara and I have covered before, Wow is economy flying. You pay for the flight and everything else is extra, including seat assignment and water.

Luggage, of course, is no exception. When I flew to Copenhagen and Amsterdam last year, Wow allowed 11 lbs. of luggage within certain dimensions or else it was $48, and the prices increased from there. So I went to Copenhagen and Amsterdam with 11 lbs.

This year when I bought my ticket to Germany, my heart skipped a beat to see they increased the threshold to 22 lbs. I could go crazy. 11 more lbs?! What couldn't I pack?

Adrenaline Rushes, Reckless Decisions, and I'm Going to Copenhagen

February 01, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

I’m a planner. From dentist’s appointments in six months to haircuts in six weeks, I schedule things. If you ask some people what they’re doing this weekend, they’ll say they don’t know. If you ask me, I’ll list my morning workout, when I’m doing homework, and what errands will be run afterward before I see who-and-who at such-and-such time for dinner at blank place.

I’ve also always wanted to go abroad. This has been a dream since high school. In tenth grade I decided I wanted to join the Peace Corps. In college I tried to study abroad, but my parents blackmailed me out of that. And in more recent months Sara and I have been plotting an overseas adventure that became waylaid by life.

Last night I booked my first trip abroad. Without planning.