We hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Just a quick post about how we spent ours.
Back-to-back updates are becoming very rare on the site and I don’t want to bump Chizzy’s latest post off the page so if you want to see some pictures we took in London have a look here.
A couple of Chizzy’s coworkers organized a Thanksgiving dinner on the appropriate day at one of their apartments. I thought this was a little strange only because the two organizers were English and Austrian, but it was informally billed as a work event and the company is American so I think they were just playing along. Who doesn’t love an excuse for a big dinner party anyway?
Constituting a full two thirds of Americans present, we were asked a couple times what Thanksgiving was. I mumbled something about Pilgrims and Native Americans and when it was clear I had no idea what I was talking about Chizzy practically pointed out it was just the day that marks the beginning of the Holiday Season in the states. And of course the eating of the turkey.
We didn’t have turkey though. We had chicken. It was great nevertheless and several of the old standbys made an appearance… mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce. We contributed to the desert with some caramel/apple/pecan tart thingies. I didn’t think about it at the time, but that probably was the very first Thanksgiving I didn’t spend with family. If you are ever in that situation I will go on record as saying you can have almost as good a time with a handful of Swiss, several Brits, an Irish woman, a Frenchman, a Dutchman, a Czech woman, and an Austrian gal.
Our hostess getting it done in the kitchen
The rest of the cooking staff... and all-around great gals
Despite the scarf, this is the other American at the party. The blurry hands were not the result of bad photography... this guy can carve.
They were calling this punch. I think the more appropriate term was spoodie and it was just as strong as the stuff you loved from the college days.
Swiss dudes. The guy on the right played golf with Tiger Woods a few years back.
Not too bad, eh?
Got this shot on the way home from dinner. It was actually snowing, but you can't make it out. Still... you got a Christmas tree there.
Happy Thanksgiving you guys! It looks like you had a great time. Nick and I were at his grandparents again this year. It was over 60 people and lots of crazy games. I like the thanksgiving spoodie idea. That could definitely come in handy for family thanksgivings. . .
Chizzy, November 28, 2005 10:25 PM:Bryan didn't realize, but it's kind of funny why we didn't have turkey...nobody's ovens were big enough.
Mom, December 4, 2005 08:23 PM:Your Thanksgiving looked like ours! Lots of wine and fun people!
Glad you had a great time. We toasted you from Auburn!
Love you