Dia de Accion de Gracias

Ugh, what an awkward translation of "Thanksgiving Day," but that's what it is. Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and it turned out pretty well. I'm not that fanatic about recreating American holidays abroad, so we didn't plan much for this Thanksgiving Day. I did my volunteer work in the morning, and I brought along pumpkin pie to share. It was a hit! And even better, there were three other (Chilean) volunteers there who had lived in the States for 15 years, so they could explain to the girls about Thanksgiving, much better than I could obviously. I still doubt they will remember the story, of course, but spicy-sweet pumpkin custard=yum!

In the afternoon I cooked our dinner, with help from my sous-chefs Taylor and Tasha who were still frantically working most of the afternoon. We invited our friend Ryan over for the evening, so I cooked turkey breasts for 4. Plus stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, and of course, pumpkin pie. After a somewhat stressful beginning, everything turned out very well. Juicy, tasty turkey with all the fixins'!

Unfortunately I forgot to snap a pick of the table before eating, but here's the three roommates on our balcony during our pre-dinner cocktails:


There's definitely something to be said for short sleeves and 8:00 cocktail hour on Thanksgiving...