Come Saturday Morning...

I have always enjoyed breakfast out, especially on Saturday when my favorite restaurant exudes a certain community feeling..families laughing and enjoying being together,  the baby in the booster with dad for a change watching the little one; long married couples, he's reading the "Post", she's quietly enjoying her coffee; young couples lost in one another's presence; divorced dads feeding the kids on his weekend. I enjoy the hum of the place and the smell of bacon and fresh squeezed oranges and even good old fry in those peppery hash browns that wind up on every egg plate. You can get anything you want for breakfast, and certainly what you don't have in your own fridge at home for a nice change. The coffee is always hot and frequently refreshed, and the service welcoming and friendly offered by waitresses you want to call "Flo". I speak of my favorite morning spot for breakfast, Virginia Kitchen in Herndon on Baron Cameron Road in the Kmart Shopping Center. They are open all week for breakfast and lunch with a very nice menu for lunch too. You get the feeling with the lunch group that they eat there  regularly.Their chef is very creative with his specials, my favorite so far is mashed potato omelet with sour cream and scallions; regular breakfasts come in so many combinations, it's difficult to decide whether you are in the mood for pancakes, grits, or eggs in any number of forms. I like the people who run the place and I always enjoy the comfort there on a rainy morning. It's not the place where everybody knows your name, but you still feel you are among friends.