Category: holidays
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Thanksgiving 2016
We sat 26 people down for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. Some family but also friends. Our menu was as follows: Thai pumpkin soup Smoked organic turkey Roasted organic turkey with confit legs Fried organic turkey Roasted shrimp with rosemary Roast duck Stuffing Chili-bathed sweet potatoes Dinner rolls Rice Kimchi Gravy Orange cranberry sauce Roasted carrots…
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Halloween 2016
We have a Halloween family tradition of over 10 years of inviting ourselves over to a friend’s house who has considerably more trick-or-treaters than we do (given that have zero). The kids decided (very reluctantly) that they were too old to go trick-or-treating by themselves and contented themselves with giving large amounts of candy to…
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4th of July in Nantucket
We were kindly invited by some good friends to join them in Nantucket for the 4th of July weekend. Nantucket is one of the very few places on the East coast that reminds of us God’s country (otherwise known as the West coast). There were magnificent sunsets: Fun 4th of July fireworks (lit off on…
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Inn at Little Washington Over The Holidays
Jim and I have a tradition we’ve done for many years, which is to go spend a night at the Inn at Little Washington between Christmas and New Year’s, just the two of us. (This does not go over well with the kids, who also want to dine there and spend the night, but we…
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Merry Christmas!
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!!
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Disneyworld & the Osborne Family Lights
We haven’t been to Disneyworld for the Christmas season in years, but when we learned that this would be the last year of the Osborne Family Lights at Hollywood Studios, a visit was a must do and off to Orlando we went on the first weekend of December. We landed on Friday evening and headed…
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
We have friends who host a gingerbread house decorating party every year. Below is this year’s creation with the side decorated by the 14 year old son. (The 17 year old daughter couldn’t make it this year.) My favorite touches this year are the chimney (decorated by Jim) and the fish in the pond (made…
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Thanksgiving 2015
We sat 31 people to dinner for Thanksgiving this year, which is rather a lot for us and a tremendous amount of fun (and a teeny weeny amount of stress). Thank goodness for Robert, Jim’s nephew, who came early and helped tremendously with the cooking. Together, we managed to feed everyone the following menu: Thai…
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Halloween 2015
You might think we were a bit too old for Halloween and trick-or-treating, but it’s our favorite holiday (and you are never too old to beg for candy). The family Halloween photo featuring The Tardis, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Captain Cold: Another one of the kids: And just as full disclosure, Chewbacca was The Grinch…
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Inn at Little Washington (December 2014)
Every year, Jim and I try and spend one night at the Inn at Little Washington sometime between Christmas and New Year as a way to relax and spend some time together. This year, we decided to bring the entire crew (the kids, our exchange student, and Jim’s mom) to spend the night there. (Gift…