The line at the buffet went around the corner, so we went to our favorite diner, where the manager is an old friend and the wait staff has seen us all the time. It wasn't insanely busy, so they could stop by and chat occasionally, and the TV was on in the corner, and everybody got what they wanted. Not a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving, but the pie was insanely good. Home for naps. Though Hubby dumped us off to go visit his father's grave. Not sure why he wanted to go alone, but he died this time of year and Hubby can do things on his own.
Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.
Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Nov 28, 2013 1:01:36 pm PST #13185 of 30000
brillig
Dana - Nov 28, 2013 1:13:23 pm PST #13186 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Cancel the alarms! There was pie at the dinner.
Sue - Nov 28, 2013 1:40:54 pm PST #13187 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Thank god! Dana.
Jess, how scary. I'm so glad you guys are okay.
Sigh. I was in a good mood most of the day. But breaking in new coworkers is hard.
Theodosia - Nov 28, 2013 1:41:27 pm PST #13188 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Escapesgiving here went well -- I was happy of the company (especially the dogs, who were loves) and my friend seemed happy. Good lord, I really didn't realize how commercial the Macy's T-Day parade was, each and every float a commercial. Plus, when did country singers start using auto-tune?
Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2013 1:42:09 pm PST #13189 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Instead of cutting up turkey, used a trick from Doug Henwood - basted the turkey with melted butter every half hour. Juicy, tender, flaverful and golden brown. Stuffing was cooked on top of stove. My cranberry sauce was whole cranberries cooked with one apple and 3 tangerines in lemon juice - spices sugar, cloves, cimmano a little salt - plus sugar (well splenda in my case). Really good cranberry sauce. All of the preceding have been eaten. Brussel sprouts are being consumed as we speak. Pumpkin pie to follow.
Sue - Nov 28, 2013 1:54:20 pm PST #13190 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving!
SuziQ - Nov 28, 2013 1:57:00 pm PST #13191 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
We are just now on our way to dinner at a friends. It feels so late.
Liese S. - Nov 28, 2013 2:09:18 pm PST #13192 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Our dinner is going to be super late, but it's because I got caught up in Death of Comet drama, which, since no one was joining us, seemed like a reasonable geek choice at the time.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 28, 2013 2:12:06 pm PST #13193 of 30000
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I took the folks out to Dixie Cafe for Thanksgiving lunch (How do people eat dessert with the DC prix fixe meal? It was HUGE!), and will head over to their place for baked ham and pumpkin pie if I ever get hungry again today.
My cats and their likely mother and the big Tom out back all got leftover turkey to enjoy for the holiday. It still cracks me up to hear Jackson growling to warn me away from food that I just gave him.
Tom Scola - Nov 28, 2013 2:17:08 pm PST #13194 of 30000
They pay me in WOIMS
On the bus home. My nephew seems OK for now. The poor guy is getting slammed by puberty pretty hard, though. It sounds like my Mom's conversation with me was her way of expressing her anger that nobody told HER until after the fact.
I'm bringing home about 2,300 old slides, and I'm going to see about getting them scanned.