Bill's Cafe, and San Jose All Day

I spent this weekend in San Jose visiting my sister Samantha and finally going to my second brunch of 2012.  On Saturday we started off with Counter Burger (brunch blog coming soon) and some shopping until our feet hurt so bad we had to sit down every 10 minutes and our eyelids drooped from exhaustion.  Next we napped in The Cloud while watching Law & Order (sounds so luxurious).  We ordered take out from Naglee Park Garage and ate it while watching Law & Order and then saw The Vow.  On Sunday we went to brunch at Bill's Cafe, described below in detail, then took a nap while watching Law & Order.  Samantha's friend Jessica came over and we went to see The Woman in Black, which was the scariest movie ever.  We ate dinner, and I was too scared to drive home, so we spent the night at Samantha's, painting our nails and watching Law & Order until we went to bed.

Without further ado, a brunch review:
Location: Bill's Cafe.
Food score: 10
Drinks score: 9
Service etc. score: 9
We ate: Bacon Grilled Cheese sandwich with fries, Ortega omelet with hash browns, rye toast.
We drank: Cranberry mimosa, coffee, water.

Drinks from Bill's.

My favorite parts about Bill's were: the outdoor seating and free coffee while we waited for a table and discussed the roles of children dining at restaurants, my many beverages, the crunchy hash browns, and the mountain of butter on my rye bread toast.  I'm not planning to keep up my lack of brunching effort for 2012, but Bill's definitely made up for a brunch-less month and a half.

The only thing I didn't really like about Bill's was the presence of strawberries in my mimosa.  (Most of the time) I really don't like strawberries.  When I used to make smoothies for my food service job, the strawberry smoothie mix smelled a little bit like strawberries and a lot like sugar, and for some reason it was the most popular smoothie flavor.  Therefore, it was the most frequent smoothie flavor to end up on my clothes.  I could not hold onto a carton of smoothie mix if my life depended on it.  I hate thinking about how many articles of my clothing were completely ruined by a sticky coat of strawberry Island Oasis mix....  Gross.

I ended the weekend by accidentally leaving behind a sweater and my favorite pair of jeans, i.e. tricking Samantha into returning my stuff visiting soon!