Thanksgiving 2023

Busy week. I ran Nan and Pop ragged. We had a day of glass blowing:

We each made a different object. Pop made a green float, Nan made a heart, and I made a paper weight:

We also spent a day at the race track:

Tortilleria Reyes for lunch. Check out the size of my quesadilla:

We played lots of Monopoly:

On Thanksgiving, I hosted one of my famous bars. Here I am opening Pop’s wine:

Thanksgiving dinner was the traditional brisket, of course:

Along with a butternut squash, spinach, onion, and gruyere galette:

And a brussels sprout salad with apples, cranberries, and walnuts:

And, of course, a French apple tart:

Not my plate. I had much more brisket and much less squash.

On Black Friday, we went to the head of the Metolius:

Saturday was Christmas tree day. Sadly, no snow this year, but we found a good tree. I cut it down all by myself:

Pop helped me put the lights on, and I did all the decorating:

Pop made pizza for dinner. I had to jump in and show him how it is done:

Pepperoni:

Cauliflower, fennel, and pesto with pine nuts:

Caramelized onions with goat cheese:

Pop and I played a lot of tennis this week. On Sunday we took on the Bigs in a doubles match:

After tennis, we got fancied up to go to the Nutcracker at the Tower Theater: