Mille Grazie

Thanksgiving = great success. Well, mostly success. Which was, admittedly, better than expected.

TCU pays for us to go to this really nice restaurant. You know, one of those places where the food is almost to pretty to eat. Almost being the key word. It was called Ganzo, which means "cool" in Italian, and yes, it's pronounced like the Muppet Gonzo. Which is now what I think of every time I see the big-nosed blue whatever. And that's been happening a lot lately, but more on that later.

Back to dinner. Let's get a hit list here.

• squash soup ((more like bisque))
• turkey
• marmalade? sweet something that went on the meat
• pork ribs
• creamed corn ((just like Mom's!))
• green bean and mushroom casserole
  
• sweet potato chips
• stuffing ((not bread based, more like someone in the kitchen sliced open a sausage))
• deviled eggs
• roasted potatoes
• pumpkin pie
• apple pie

Um, wonderful!!! The only, and I mean only, problem was that, being a place that focuses more on the plate being visually pleasing than full, there was not enough food. No Thanksgiving food baby. Not even a Thanksgiving food pregnancy scare. It's giving thanks for a BOUNTIFUL harvest, people.

Other than that, not much. This has been homework hell week. Two papers, an oral presentation, and planning for Paris. So nothing too fun for me. Unless you count the beginning of Christmas movie season. Today: Muppet Christmas Carol. Thus, Gonzo. And I started my new book today, The World According to Garp. I would just like to say; dear John Irving, I love you.

kaythanksbye