sometimes obvious is delicious

Yesterday, being the first day off after a series of gut wrenching doubles, I laid in bed and drank coffee and read while Demetrius made me a delicious brunch. An hour or so after he got back from the bodega, I set down my book (naked - david sedaris) and ventured into the kitchen to see what was going on. I walk in and my heart sunk and my hungry stomach growled. Demetrius had gone overboard, he was marinating the bacon, using english muffins to make french toast, squeezing blood oranges for god knows what! See the thing is, I have never had marinated bacon, smoked is about as fancy as bacon can get, and english muffin french toast, that seems like a whole lot of pretentious europe and it seems that if it were good it would be as common to see on menus as brioche or challah.
Well I could not have been more wrong.
He marinated the bacon in red wine and herbs, which just tamed the salty over load that bacon can sometimes be. The french toast was fantastic, flavored with bourbon vanilla, nutmeg and blood orange topped with REAL MAPLE SYRUP (there is no substitution, imitation syrup is absolutely disgusting). Luckily I had a bottle of Rosé Prosecco in the fridge so we had some yummy mimosas as well. All in all I win, I ate a great meal and I did not have to lie to Demetrius about liking it.