Thanksgiving Redux

So the Thanksgiving holiday weekend was alot of fun. We left our house at 5 am on Thursday morning and were able to miss the bulk of the traffic as we arrived about four and a half hours later at Julia’s house. We rested for awhile as Julia prepared the Thanksgiving meal.

With football on the TV (what else?), Julia and Monica were preparing the turkey, stuffing, and all of the usual Thanksgiving fare, as well as the holiday favorites of ambrosia and napa cabbage salad. The family started to arrive and we finally sat down to eat around 3 pm. We stuffed our faces and topped it all off with the usual pumpkin pie. It was a great meal!

On Friday, after recovering from the previous day’s gorging, we had leftovers, and then headed downtown to checkout some of the holiday festivities. We started out at Macy’s where we visited the “North Pole” and actually saw Santa.

Yes, Santa Claus! I never knew Santa had a New York accent.

After walking around Macy’s for awhile, we walked (in the rain) for awhile and eventually caught a cab up to Bloomingdale’s where we checked out their Christmas section (very nice!).

At this point, we were really hungry, so we headed over to a club called Swing 46 where we ate a great dinner and listened to some really good jazz. I highly recommend it!

On Saturday, it was another lazy day, but we did head back downtown in the evening to look at the wonderful store windows at Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Sax Fifth Avenue, and Lord & Taylor. My favorite had to be the “A Christmas Story” theme at Macy’s. We also got to see the inside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral which was very pretty.

I even got to finally eat some fresh roasted chestnuts. Woohoo! Ask Monica how good they are. 🙂

To finish the evening, we stopped by a restaurant called the Jekyl & Hyde Pub to have some drinks and eat some food. It’s a great little place with a wonderful theme. I don’t want to spoil it for you so be sure to check it out if you’re in New York.

After the great time in New York, we once again got up very early and left the city around 7 am. We were able to miss most of the traffic (which was terrible later in the day), picked up Jack, and arrived home before 12:30 pm.

Thanks to Julia and Aramis for a great time!