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Merry Christmas
Our family - Mom, Dad, me, Will in the chair, and my grandmother Mitchell on the right.
It’s really wonderful to be home in Santa Ynez for Christmas Eve this year.
The turkey test
Now that Thanksgiving is over and I’ve passed my first turkey test, I’d like to offer up a toast to all the women and men out there who make the turkey for their family each year.
You are underappreciated.
This turkey thing is serious business. Hard work. No holiday at all. My turkey process took 48 hours from brine to leftovers and at the end, I was exhausted.
But it sure tasted great.
(Read the rest of this column tomorrow at www.edhat.com)
Snickers and Andy in sweaters
Yesterday my brother Will re purposed an old scarf and ski mask into urban chic sweaters for his dogs Snickers and Andy. They proceeded to model them around the house. (The dogs are tiny and actually cold most of the time when they come to Santa Ynez in the winter, so this is filling a need for them rather than exploiting their adorableness.)
Snickers stretched out in front of the fire.
Andy rocks the peasant-look.
Sweater + blanket = warm
William and Andy
So what am I thankful for this Thanksgiving? My wonderful family and friends, living in a beautiful place, being healthy, fit and active, having interesting professional work, and a future full of possibilities and potential. Have a wonderful holiday.
Legendary Ugly Sweaterfest
The fantastic Deadly Syndrome will play their annual Ugly Sweater Festival for 2010 on Dec. 11. It’s at the Echoplex.
Link with all the juicy hipster details:
http://thedeadlysyndrome.com/
(It’s binary code for the > symbol.. 1,900 points if you knew that.)
And if you don’t click, here’s what you’re missing: “It’s kind of like a Carnival Cruise to Mexico, with more booze, less Spam, and just as much marital tension!”
(Past year’s poster.)
