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Happy Thanksgiving 11/25/04 |
Happy Thanksgiving! Despite being alone this Thanksgiving, I decided to go all out and fix Rock Cornish Game Hens the way my old friend James Haller from the Blue Strawberry restaurant in Portsmouth, NH did them. In fact, I used one of his recipies to fix stuffing from scratch and then got the makings to make a sauce from the leftovers to ladle over home made dumplings. To bolster my effort, I used a Michael Joseph 2002 Bordeaux - inexpensive but very nice.It was an overcast, misty day with periods of light rain. Perfect! You wouldn't want Thanksgiving in New England to be any other way!
I got up early and watched the entire Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and then almost the entire Denver/Indianapolis football game. I started cooking around 3:30 and ended up eating around 7:30. Then I just watched a couple of movies and turned in. A great day and very much needed relxation!
Marissa and Colin showed up unexpectedly in the morning to wish dad a happy Thanksgiving! What a joy it was to see them - love 'em to death! What a nice thought and a great way to start the day off!
Is this guy relaxed and ready for Thanksgiving day or what!
Colin, me and Marissa Thanksgiving morning.
Marissa and Colin in characteristic teen-age form: stuffing their faces with food!
Marissa and Colin heading off to their grandparents in York, ME. Thanks for coming by, guys! You made your dad's day for sure! Everything else from here out is just gravy!
Still in Thanksgiving celebration mode, Marissa, Rick Downs and Colin go at it again over the backgammon board Sat. the 27th. While we had pizza we continued to play and watched The American President. Then we finished the night off with The Rundown. It was quite a day!