Last night, went with friends to see American Gangster – it was a good film, good acting, but in the end I felt it lacked drama as though they were simply retelling a true story, too true to be deemed entertainment. Coming home everyone was in the mood for a little bourbon, so we came to the LaLa and lit all the candles and poured some aged bourbon over crushed ice and I suggested a…
Met F and S to talk about the Turkish party. While we were waiting for S to arrive, F and I looked at her digital photo album and the house she is building in Rize near her mother’s tea plantation. When S arrived, we made our list pretty quickly and talked about the guest list and then started chatting away about F’s birthday party and how we are going to celebrate. A man walked over…
On Thanksgiving, someone told me “Rachel, you’re all curves and I have no brakes.” Pretty good pick up line, huh?Here’s me protecting Fatma from the girls – they were singing “Girls Just Want to Have Fatma” since she is so Fatmalicious:poca-protecting-fatma.avi
We were dancing and dancing and dancing and dancing after our meal, and into the night and into the next day………Then we added some gymnastics: And then took it outside for some bayou gymnastics:
Two deep fried turkeys, one brined and roasted turkey, three roasted chickens, shrimp and andouille stuffed mirliton, dressing with sausage and pecans, sweet potato souffle, Turkish dirty rice, sweet potatoes, chopped salad, gravy, eggplant, butternut squash soup, pecan pie, pumpkin cake, apple pie, crudite with poppy seed dressing, pumpkin cheesecake, brussel sprouts, green beans with caramelized mushrooms and shallots, wine, and more…..We set the table up on the bayou and ate outside – although winter was…
Thanksgiving morning got up and walked the dogs and ran a five mile race in City Park along with about 500 other people. What a great way to start the day – running with friends – and getting ready for the day of feasting. My timing was decent too considering I was trying to catch my breath most of the run and my piriformis on my left side got so tight I had to stop…
The weather report says rain tomorrow – so what? I made enough stuffed mirliton to feed an army – a real army. And the pecan pie just came out of the oven. It’ll all be good – I just know it – and there will be lots of happy people eating lots of delicious food and drinking yummy champagne and wine. Not to mention the pumpkin cheesecake calling out to everyone in the fridge.
I’ve been going to my mom’s apartment every day to take care of her since she broke her ribs earlier this week. She doesn’t know how she did it but because she has osteoporosis, she could sneeze and break them. She lives in the slums of Metairie and I’m always shocked to go to her apartment. It reminds me of that song that Diana Ross used to sing about a mother who died in the…
I was thinking about the prayer that would lead off our Thanksgiving meal tomorrow and I thought what was appropriate to lead off with is this enormous bounty that we all have and how we are given so much so that we can give back at equal measure. Again, as if reading my mind, my daily affirmation today: November 21, 2007 I give from the wellspring of my good! I give generously and gratefully!
A routine of Arlene resistance and Loca motion has begun in earnest. Each morning, I’m dragging the almost dead weight of Arlene who refuses to do her morning walk – but I make her. And I’m keeping Loca from dragging us down the street. Since I’ve been crabby lately due to illness and work overload not to mention upcoming social engagements that are taking place at my house very soon, their routine has not been…