{"id":1382,"date":"2011-07-08T00:38:08","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T05:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2020-05-30T19:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T00:21:26","slug":"milano-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1382","title":{"rendered":"Milano Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?p=1382\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Waiting for the breakfast room to open<br \/>\nGate slides wide and the people come out of the woodwork<br \/>\nEuropean buffet brings all types around<br \/>\nBusiness men and Vacation groups<br \/>\nSleepless roadies, liars<\/p>\n<p>Families of the modern Muslim age<br \/>\nWith women in different degrees of traditional garb<br \/>\nHijab, leggings, long sleeve shirt<br \/>\nSubtle patterned scarves<br \/>\nDark top to bottom Jilbab<br \/>\nSometimes simple jeans<br \/>\nDesigner sunglasses on their covered heads<\/p>\n<p>The men less traditional, almost slovenly<br \/>\nShorts, untucked shirts, baseball caps<br \/>\nCould be road crew without the family in tow<\/p>\n<p>The children, vacation casual<br \/>\nPolo shirts and Bermudas<\/p>\n<p>Then throw in an Italian fashion plate business women<br \/>\nAnd she looks like a porno star<br \/>\nParading her snug ensemble and gold frames<br \/>\nConfident with what the lord gave her<\/p>\n<p>The cream jacketed staff hovers, practicing the few English phrases that they&#8217;ve been served<br \/>\nCued by the fat, the blatant appearance<br \/>\nManagers circling, steering, glad to have busboys to correct<\/p>\n<p>Back to the wall, all the little dances are visible<br \/>\nThe initial seat fine until a wife finds fault<br \/>\nWith ventilation or sunshine<br \/>\nBusinessmen who give the better seat to their luggage<br \/>\nDaughters following mothers like toilet paper on a shoe<br \/>\nOld couples filling remaining days, making up for wasted ones now that the clock ticks louder<\/p>\n<p>To hide behind a bush<br \/>\nZiplock full of Splenda &amp; 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