Beer as breakfast food

I have this theory that the World Cup promotes day drinking. Suddenly people in Seattle are lining up outside of pubs early in the morning and in the door with a beer in hand, often before 8 a.m. Yeeesh.

Nevertheless, it sounded like a fascinating ritual, so when my friend invited me to join her at the Market Arms for the Brazil-Chile game Monday morning (at a far more reasonable call time of 11:30), I seized the opportunity. And a cup of coffee. I may be open to the idea of day drinking, but I still have my priorities straight.

Nevertheless, I had a Black Velvet in front of me well before noon …

…that’s half Strongbow Cider, half Guinness, all delicious.

The good news is, I didn’t get drunk. I had two drinks (and an egg sandwich) and then after several hours, more coffee, lots of water and a chicken salad sandwich I went to work sober as a Mormon.

My new opinion on day drinking? No harm, no red card.

(We’ll see how I fare Friday morning when Brazil faces the Netherlands … at 7 a.m. )