11.26.10 - Thanksgiving Day

Since my family celebrated Thanksgiving last Saturday, the 20th, I had no specific plans for T-day itself.  I worked more on my research paper, downloaded a bunch of Christmas music, and worked out while watching the first 45 mins of Much Ado About Nothing.  

Jack and I were going to go get a drink before he had to go to work at 10pm, but we decided to make it dinner after all.  We were going to go to Beckett's pub and have some baked chicken; Jack had wanted to get duck as an homage to A Christmas Story, but they don't have duck so I guess chicken is the closest thing.  Despite a recording assuring us they were open on Thanksgiving, Beckett's was, in fact, closed.  So was everyone else.  I was actually impressed by how many restaurants and shops were closed--glad so many people presumably got to be home with their families.  The streets were empty.

So we drove around to other parts of town, and finally passed a Chinese restaurant that looked open.  The place was hoppin', probably with customers who had found it the same way we had--as the lone light among the streets and shops.  It was actually pretty good.  Jack and I laughed to realize that, of course, they serve duck!  We split a bottle of white zinfandel, some sweet and sour prawns, shrimp dumplings, and the duck.  It was delicious, although duck is too fatty for my taste.  We took our time and had great conversations.  I liked how quiet the restaurant was, especially compared to the pub we had planned to eat at.

That bottle didn't stand a chance. :)

Then we came back here and slept for a bit before Jack had to leave for work, and that's where he is now.  I don't know what time he'll be done because it's Black Friday--all bets are off.  I don't really understand the appeal of Black Friday.

Anyway, I enjoyed reading so many peoples' statuses about what they are thankful for, the food they ate, and their crazy relative stories.  I saw statuses ranging from a friend in Nicaragua glad the weather was cool enough she wouldn't be sweating all Thanksgiving to a friend in Switzerland excited about all the snow they were getting. :)

Happy Holidays everyone!