To learn more about this mushrooming world of senior entrepreneurs, I lured the dynamic Elizabeth Isele, co-founder of the non-profit SeniorEntrepreneurshipWorks to sit down with me at the Thornton River Grille in bucolic Sperryville, VA for a breakfast of French toast and coffee on Friday.

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Does the French Toast you had for breakfast really deserve a position on the same shelf as your writing, your career or your kids?

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In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina we spoke with Rachel Walton who, along with her husband, Eric, own the Bohemian Armadillo Guesthouse, a bed and breakfast two blocks from the French Quarter in New Orleans.

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Even certain names, like the French 'croisson' in the Barbar's breakfast menu, have been adapted to suit the Lebanese.

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The hotel's restaurant has unveiled a speedy new breakfast and lunch menu, sporting favourites like French crepes prepared with Nutella, fresh fruit and homemade compote (fruit cooked in a sauce or syrup).

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The old-school breakfast joint sprang up in Route 66's heyday, and waitresses still deliver thick-cut French toast and plate-defying omelettes - along with free doughnut holes and Milk Duds - near the fabled road's starting point.

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