Lots of photos to show you, but I'll wait on the NYC holiday snaps until tomorrow, with a couple exceptions. On Wednesday I took these two shots from the Broadway bus on my way to Midtown Comics:
I have no idea what this staircase was erected for (maybe some parade performers or media folks?)...
...nor who these fresh-faced, blue-jacketed kids are supposed to be (aside from probable parade performers), but I loved getting them in the same shot as this pretty white limo. The ride home on the express bus Wednesday was a 2-hour nightmare because they wouldn't let any traffic alongside Central Park West where the balloons were being blown up, so every single vehicle in NYC seemed to be on Broadway and Amsterdam -- plus, once we were free and clear at about the RFK Bridge, our driver decided he really didn't need to go anywhere near as fast as the 50 mph highway speed limit.
Fortunately, I'm just about over that. We ate Thanksgiving dinner late yesterday because Rob needed to finish a long day's work first, but I think it was the best one I've ever prepared. Maybe that was in part because I did little things throughout the day, including prepping two of the veggie dishes in the late morning and doing a round of washing-up hours before dinner. The less exhausted I am before we eat, the better the food seems to taste. The only real hitch was that the turkey breast (Butterball, highly recommended as it actually comes with instructions) was done a half hour before we thought it would be, so it rested whilst the veggies finished. Robin took shots of the final table, minus the soup and dessert:
Left to right in the background: cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges (in front of the egg nog, Rob's Thanksgiving drink of choice), store-bought sage stuffing (prepared by the fine folks at Stop & Shop, which is turning out to have quite the nice prepared-foods section), the aforementioned heart-shaped Butterball turkey breast, Bisto gravy, and apple cider (my Thanksgiving drink of choice). Left to right in the foreground, the three side dishes I made from recipes: wild rice dressing (on which I improvised to a large degree as I didn't like a couple of the suggested ingredients), Brussels sprouts with walnuts, and garlic baked squash.
Rob also got a good picture of my plate and accompanying bowl of pumpkin soup (also ready-made from the good folks at Stop & Shop):
The cats approved of the turkey; Datsa couldn't stop lurking around the trays:
Neither could Amy, but I wanted to post this little movie I got of her playing with her light source (in this case, the laptop lid) during the parade:
Yes, she does this sort of thing regularly. As I've said before, she can't not be cute...
I have no idea what this staircase was erected for (maybe some parade performers or media folks?)...
...nor who these fresh-faced, blue-jacketed kids are supposed to be (aside from probable parade performers), but I loved getting them in the same shot as this pretty white limo. The ride home on the express bus Wednesday was a 2-hour nightmare because they wouldn't let any traffic alongside Central Park West where the balloons were being blown up, so every single vehicle in NYC seemed to be on Broadway and Amsterdam -- plus, once we were free and clear at about the RFK Bridge, our driver decided he really didn't need to go anywhere near as fast as the 50 mph highway speed limit.
Fortunately, I'm just about over that. We ate Thanksgiving dinner late yesterday because Rob needed to finish a long day's work first, but I think it was the best one I've ever prepared. Maybe that was in part because I did little things throughout the day, including prepping two of the veggie dishes in the late morning and doing a round of washing-up hours before dinner. The less exhausted I am before we eat, the better the food seems to taste. The only real hitch was that the turkey breast (Butterball, highly recommended as it actually comes with instructions) was done a half hour before we thought it would be, so it rested whilst the veggies finished. Robin took shots of the final table, minus the soup and dessert:
Left to right in the background: cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges (in front of the egg nog, Rob's Thanksgiving drink of choice), store-bought sage stuffing (prepared by the fine folks at Stop & Shop, which is turning out to have quite the nice prepared-foods section), the aforementioned heart-shaped Butterball turkey breast, Bisto gravy, and apple cider (my Thanksgiving drink of choice). Left to right in the foreground, the three side dishes I made from recipes: wild rice dressing (on which I improvised to a large degree as I didn't like a couple of the suggested ingredients), Brussels sprouts with walnuts, and garlic baked squash.
Rob also got a good picture of my plate and accompanying bowl of pumpkin soup (also ready-made from the good folks at Stop & Shop):
The cats approved of the turkey; Datsa couldn't stop lurking around the trays:
Neither could Amy, but I wanted to post this little movie I got of her playing with her light source (in this case, the laptop lid) during the parade:
Yes, she does this sort of thing regularly. As I've said before, she can't not be cute...
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