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.

Cazey, Cars, and Chaos

June 15, 2016 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

My last summer of college, I had a friend come visit me at home in Virginia Beach. Once they arrived, we didn’t stay at the house long before I told my parents we were going to the beach. I backed down my driveway only for my friend to cry out, “Stop!”

I had backed out of the driveway and dragged my side view mirror down the side of my mom’s year-old van. A white streak adorned its gold body.

Me: “Oh no.”

I had to decide right then if I should continue going backward or go forward. Either way, my mirror remained in contact with the van.

Confessions of a Driving School Misfit

October 12, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, life lessons

A few weeks ago, a cop pulled me over for turning right on red. You are inevitably asking, “But aren’t you allowed to do that?” And yes, ladies and gentlemen, you can turn right on red – unless there is a sign on the stoplight saying, “Don’t do it.”

Honestly, the cop must have thought I was drunk. It was 11 PM at night. I prayed he would just let me off with a warning, but as each minute ticked by in my car, I was like, Crap, I am going to get a ticket for committing a crime I didn’t even know I committed. Where is the fun in that?