giving thanks

yesterday was my first international thanksgiving. seven of us celebrated in yawatahama at veroncia's place. i brought the corn, mashed potatoes and the rolls. we feasted despite the fact there are no turkeys in japan. even have enough apple pie to go around! things were nearly the same as home, but, my lunch of sushi kept the reminder i will spend this thanksgiving day in japan.

thanksgivings

thanksgiving was last week. our 'day before thanksgiving-thanksgiving' party went off without a hitch. we had about 25 people show up in all. there was much merriment and eating.

my turkey turned out tasty - a little dry, but reasonable and the green beanies pretty much all eaten. the stuffing was immaculate, all of it went. em and jay brought amazing potatoes with dill. megart brought mashed sweet potatoes with marshmallows. joel and erica brought 3 pumpkin pies. tessa was there in spirit and had mike bring a tasty cran-granola-brown sugar medley. valerion brought the turkey deep fryer. mei yun and chen han (actually came!!) brought sushi! and made mike re-fall in love with SB. i may be forgetting the rest but it was all delicious. oh yes, martis was also there in spirit - as was his vat of corn... but unfortunately he had to talk to the cops all night.

here are some photos from then:


as always i was extremely pleased to see filer and sohrab come out for the festivities! ^_^