What's everybody doing for Thanksgiving?

This non-traditional, non-nuclear family is dining on non-traditional foods: pizza, Italian spinach, sauteed mushrooms and Dos Equis.

Spending it alone, going out today to figure out what to make myself. Probably will not do the traditional turkey. A bottle of wine sounds good to me right about now.

We have a thread for those of us who are alone...

Bless you R3.

Chardonnay and regret...

Huma, call me- we need to talk.

Bringing the turkey to a mainly vegetarian potluck. I’m expecting a Land Acknowledgment and maybe Pronouns.

R6 that reminds me of the Buddhist meditation group I joined years ago, there was never any meat at their potlucks ofc. During meditation I would think of things like steak and feel guilty. Such is the power of these little groups to shame you.

Stuffing the turkey and then stuffing my husbear.

Going to the outdoor market. Picking a large piece up at the framer's. Having carpenters in for some work. And meals and the rest of the day as usual. I no longer live in the U.S. so don't celebrate a holiday that was usually spent travelling, or a meal I never much liked.

But best wishes to those who are celebrating in whatever way, whether you're going to one of those big family free-for-alls, having dinner with a few, or it's just you and the cat. Find something to enjoy in what you have, and say fuck it to what you don't.

r9 What did you have framed? I have this almost obsession with finding things that weren't meant for framing and having them framed. My latest acquisitions were the covers of some old sheet music books I found at the flea market, the front cover of "Show Business Illustrated", dated Oct 31, 1961 featuring Judy Garland in a dressing room mirror, a movie poster for "Grey Gardens" and a copy of the circus poster that inspired the writing of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds".

R10, isn't having something framed expensive? I was given a large (3'x4' ish) print of a woodcut by an artist friend. It is beautiful but cost $600 to frame. It took me about 6 years to get over the cost and just spend the money. I have a drawer full of stuff like that.

Going hungry

And, to answer the question of this post, I am going out to a restaurant which was a former "hospitality house" for WWI soldiers, which is in a beautiful Julia Morgan building. It is an all you can eat buffet, but high quality selections and nicely dressed and polite locals. (I invite you Darfur Orphan, my treat.)

r11 Framing can be expensive and the larger the frame, the higher the cost but I don't have any bills other than a monthly credit card so I have the money and I figure I am worth it. You can't take it with you, after all, and I'm not going to have children to leave money to so I feel free to indulge.

I'll be down at the shelter rolling drunks passed out on the sidewalk from tryptophan.

This year will be the first time in two decades that I have not been alone for the holiday. I've moved near my mother, so she and I are spending it with a couple who are family friends.

Funny there should be all this discussion of a framing, as I have many prints I've made from my own travel photos, which I'm in the process of putting on the walls. Unfortunately, it looks as though I'll have to do Custom Framing for two of them in order to cover plasma TV hookups plates.

Came home from Michaels with eight, very basic, frames for $100. Too bad we can't post our own photos here, as one of the custom prints will be a 20 x 30 picture of a lone cyclist on the road in Iceland separating the European and North American tectonic plates (photo taken from former looking across to the latter).

Bless your heart R3 and what are you doing for thanksgiving?

Counting my blessings I live on a different continent than my family

R11. Framing is often much less expensive outside the U.S. as in a fraction of the price. It's a huge drawing with overpainting by an artist I like. About 6 feet by about 2 feet, a whopping 65 USD, and well done.

Going out to eat at the Capital Grill with my boss and her friend.

Nothing. As my boyfriend (who just survived a liver transplant) went on a trip to Colorado, where he’s now hospitalized with COVID… I can’t visit, so I’m just waiting for the call to drive out there to pick them up. It’s about an 18-hour trip. At least he was vaccinated with a booster! He was extremely ill for the first few days, and his liver numbers were sky high, but as of this morning, he seems to be doing much better. That’s all the Thanksgiving I need.

R21 here. *pick him up

Getting take-out Nepalese. I couldn’t bear to face dealing with any of it. Maybe for Christmas.

[quote]What's everybody doing for Thanksgiving?

Cock!

And I don't mean Tom Turkey.

Using the pandemic as an excuse to avoid family and making carnitas.

Staying at home with brother. Normally I travel during this week off.

Are you by any chance in Cambridge, R23? My aunt and uncle there mention Nepalese takeout.

Spending the month of November in Budapest, going to make roasted chicken and potatoes for dinner.

Staying home and cooking for family! Today I made all the breakfast pastry stuff for breakfast tomorrow morning. Have you guys ever tried traditional southern sweet potato bread? It’s awesome.

I just finished making 7 lbs. of mashed potatoes. 15 of us will be at my brother's house, everyone fully-vaccinated. It's usually 25 but my crazy sister and her kids and grandkids won't be coming this year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I will spending Thanksgiving at my sister's house. Looking forward to hanging out with her two dogs.

Going to my brother's alongside my sister. We're all bringing pieces of the big meal. It'll be a nice time for all.

Going to some friends' place about 15 minutes from here. They're ordering it in, and we're bringing some champagne and wine.

Just got back from two weeks on the Continent (that's Europe, bitches), so very glad we don't have to cook it. Plus they're a lot of fun. Looking forward to it -- though I am going to make the bf cook a turkey over the weekend so we can have leftovers.

Don't hate me b/c I'm a pretentious cunt. I'm a cunt, but I'm not pretentious.

Waiting for a call. My brother is knocking on heaven's door.

[quote] I'm a cunt, but I'm not pretentious.

You type pretentious r33. But you also type cunt.

I am sorry R 34

I’ll be going to my husband’s family get together. My tightly wound sister in law will be bitching about everything, my mother in law and my husband will be gliding around like everything is fine with smiles plastered on their faces, my father in law and brother in law will be tuning it all out while watching football, the twentysomethings will be getting drunk and high, and I’ll be in the corner with a bottle of wine, playing with the dogs.

Sounds like a typical family, R37.

At least there's not an aunt with Alzheimers who gets stuck in a corner for half an hour. Happened to me.

Was she happy there r38?

As happy as anywhere else, R39.

R38, yeah it’s a nice enough way to spent the day. I just roll with it. They are WASPy and all press each other’s buttons, but it takes a lot to get me rattled. Any of my family members who I actually like are either dead or live on the other side of the country, so I do appreciate a family gathering.

I’m more looking forward to Friday…we are getting together with other friends who don’t have to work and having a big brunch. It’s a really fun, drama free group. Straight, gay, young, old, different ethnicities. Love it.

Staying home this year and doing the solo thing. My aunt and uncle are going out of town. I usually go to their house for Turkey Day. So I am staying home and making a roast chicken. It dry brining in my fridge right now. I will be working on my screenplay.

Happy thanksgiving r42. And best of luck on the screenplay!

Thank you R36.

Thanks r43. I posted about it a year ago. Still a work in progress. I’ve had a couple of friends look at it already and they have been supportive.

I'm going to my parents' for dinner. Just the three of us, as we are the only ones in the family vaccinated. I was really surprised my mom laid down the law, I thought I'd be the odd man out. She's let everyone else know that there will be tupperware dishes full of food in the garage for them to pick up.

Garage food, mmmmm!

kinda sad that y'all let vaccine status rip apart Thankgiving

Well, it beats death ripping apart xmas in a few weeks r48.

oh fer god's sake covid isn't the Black Death or Ebola, MARY!

You sound like someone who does his own research r50.

Covid MARY!

Covid IDIOT!

Single, usual T'giving invite not forthcoming (COVID!!!). Reached out to two old friends; one I haven't seen since 2019 (?) and another who was in a car accident six weeks ago.

Both agreed to have me visit. I'm really looking forward to the day. Old friend one I worked with for 20 or so years. He's retired, lives with the wife in a rural town in the area. Definitely a good glass of wine and conversation.

Friend two I've known for decades. Not a "best" friend, but a good soul who is known to be difficult. She's been homebound since the accident, recovering. I worry - she's been circumspect about injuries. She and the husband are going to be alone for the day, I'll be their third for dinner mid-afternoon.

Friend one and two are good conversationalists and entertaining. I feel really good about seeing them and catching up.

I’m sick of being home and cooking and cleaning so we are dining out for thanksgiving this year and I’m getting steak.

Having Thanksgiving lunch with a friend at a restaurant in East Harlem, then Thanksgiving dinner with my niece at another restaurant in Hell's Kitchen. Friday I probably won't even leave my apartment.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Enjoy whatever you're doing or not doing. Stay safe if you're traveling. Kisses.

I'm running in a race in a few hours. Then will come home and watch the Macy's Parade. Dinner? Not sure yet. I may have pizza because I've been thinking about it lately. Tomorrow I open in a local production of "The Nutcracker".

Break a leg r58!

Best of luck, R58 and Happy Pizza!

[quote] oh fer god's sake covid isn't the Black Death or Ebola, MARY!

Tell that to the families of the (at least) 776,000 Americans who've died of it, r50.

Alone in San Diego. Anyone from here and know where there might be some tasty place open?

Pizza, beer, and binging on stand-up comedy specials on Netflix and HBO Max.

Nothing, I'm Norwegian.

You could always be thankful for lutefisk r64.

Binge watching old movies as my chicken and greens cook...watched [italic]For Whom The Bell Tolls[/italic] for the first time. What a fucking snoozefest. I couldn't finish watching it. So now I'm catching up on YouTube gossip channels.

R65 Lol. I hate lutefisk. It's gross. I'm a very weird Norwegian as I hate Norwegian food. I prefer American, Italian or Mexican.