{"id":121,"date":"2011-04-21T07:41:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T07:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/?p=121"},"modified":"2025-06-11T05:25:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T05:25:45","slug":"no-breakfast-at-tiffanys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/no-breakfast-at-tiffanys","title":{"rendered":"No Breakfast at Tiffanys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>No Breakfast at Tiffanys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"The Tel Aviv Marathon trip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/tel-aviv-marathon-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tel Aviv Marathon trip<\/a> continued .. previous post <a title=\"Meetings and Greetings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/meetings-and-greetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meetings and Greetings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Me sleep, heavens no, that can be done another time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the complaints I have towards myself is that I thoroughly place myself under pressure on a daily basis to do things correctly in the manner of what I perceive as correct.<\/p>\n<p>So, therefore, and the what not, I inevitably didn&#8217;t sleep that well and was mulling around my room well before 6am or make that 5am.<\/p>\n<p>It was time for breakfast and I was going to cover this affair. Little did I know what was in store for me but do recall, &#8216;alls well that ends well&#8217;. Never forget this, as I often have to maintain this mantra on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p>I trundled off with camera in tow and waltzed down to go take photos before the guests arrived.<!--more--><strong>Breakfast fit for a King<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most important adages I recall from my youth is the one; &#8216;Breakfast fit for a King&#8217; and of course where I grew up there were plenty of Queens as well.<\/p>\n<p>I flitted through the different areas after receiving permission to take photos of the most fantastic and alluring spread.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php 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alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast9-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bfast10-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Morning View\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-143\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-143'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Morning View\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It was truly mouth watering and breakfast would start at 6.30am.<\/p>\n<p>At 6.30, the O so humbled and ready to eat, was rejected a meal fit for a King, according to them there would be <em>No Breakfast at Tiffanys<\/em> on that said morning.<\/p>\n<p>Stunned, gobsmacked, I ventured towards the reception area with tail slightly between legs but with the knowledge that there must be some mistake. I certainly chose the wrong moment to do this as the whole of the world&#8217;s flight staff had decided to check in at that moment, so after 20 minutes of waiting I gave up and returned to my room.<\/p>\n<p>Yes,\u00a0 by now fuming. So I took a photo of the morning view and I might add; it was delightful<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/files\/2011\/04\/morn-view.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143 \" title=\"morn-view\" src=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/files\/2011\/04\/morn-view.jpg\" alt=\"The Morning View\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/morn-view.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/morn-view-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Morning View<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having recouped my composure, I ventured downstairs to have another go at the reception desk and I had the luck of bumping in to the person who had checked me in the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, and they confirmed, that I was indeed not entitled to breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>Ridiculous, dumbfounded, what.<\/p>\n<p>But, not angry, I sauntered back up the elevator to the 18th floor, Room 1822 (<em>remember it has a nice view<\/em>) and called Hadar to inform her of the situation. The time 7.10am<\/p>\n<p>Thank heavens Hadar was alert and manning the trenches, as she quickly phoned around and rectified the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast was served and Chef David made me an omelette to order, the cappuccino at the end of breakfast was outstanding and I began to feel as fit as a King.<\/p>\n<p>Now, do remember that at breakfast (<em>and for your future stay<\/em>); no meat can be served with dairy produce and don&#8217;t expect to see bacon there, please, show the intelligence to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Why, thank you<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding Private Ryan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Franziska was found wafting around the lobby and she had accepted that she was not to have breakfast and so I led her through the check in of the breakfast arena and accompanied her while she grabbed a bite to eat.<\/p>\n<p>What is it with me and this personality trait that seeks to assist others \ud83d\ude42 , as no sooner had I finished the procedure with Franziska, did I go through the same process with Nick.<\/p>\n<p>Let me add though, I did not have more breakfast, I simply had ample orange juice to sink a battleship and enough cappuccinos to bounce off the walls for the next day or two.<\/p>\n<p>We then met Sharon to start our tour of the city.<\/p>\n<p>And before I go further, that evening the breakfast fiasco was rectified by the hotel but more about that later. One should not get ahead of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>more to follow &#8211; Tel Aviv The City<\/p>\n<p>This article follows on from the previous<\/p>\n<p>1. <a title=\"The Tel Aviv Marathon trip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/tel-aviv-marathon-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tel Aviv Marathon trip<\/a><br \/>\n2. <a title=\"Hotel and Onwards\" href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/hotel-and-onwards\">Hotels and Onwards<\/a><br \/>\n3. <a title=\"Meetings and Greetings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/events\/meetings-and-greetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meetings and Greetings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Breakfast at Tiffanys The Tel Aviv Marathon trip continued .. previous post Meetings and Greetings Me sleep, heavens no, that can be done another time One of the complaints I have towards myself is that I thoroughly place myself under pressure on a daily basis to do things correctly in the manner of what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22,25,23,24],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-breakfast","tag-chef-david","tag-king","tag-omelette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/theed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}