Free Continental Breakfast

Posted by Jennifer W. Miner Mar 29, 2006

While I unfortuately have never been able to pass up a high-carb breakfast (even embarrassingly, an ALL-carb one), my older kid decided at some point that she doesn't like bread. When we were staying at The Shangri-la Hotel in Santa Monica, she was only momentarily perturbed to discover that the free continental breakfast was bagels, toast, or danish. She managed to pass on these and made do (quite contentedly) with eating the little jellies and butters. Hence our new expression, "Free Condimental Breakfast."

While a hotel with only starchy free continental breakfasts doesn't exactly bring up images of luxury (no eggs benedict!), The Shangri-la is just a couple of blocks away from many, many fine eating establishments in Santa Monica. Since I, myself, couldn't make do with a condiments-only breakfast, I availed myself of a different restaurant each morning. This "adventure" helped my family acclimate to our new home...after all, we think it's IMPORTANT to know what's out there!