Topic: THE COLOR OF FRIDAY (Read 16314 times)

bk · « **on:** November 29, 2013, 12:19:04 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Black, Green and Purple, and now it is time for you to post until the colorful cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2013, 12:20:32 AM »

And the word of the day is: APOCOPE!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2013, 01:36:56 AM »

Yesterday's Thanksgiving was fairly traditional for us. My parents, my sister, my niece, my sister's boyfriend and I feasted at my parents' house. My mom made turkey (which I don't really like) and my sister and niece are vegans, so we all had different things.

It was all very good, though.

George · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2013, 01:37:59 AM »

The pecan pie that I made was quite good. My mom made a cheesecake and my sister made a vegan pumpkin pie...again, all good.

Ben · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2013, 03:39:25 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

FJL · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:03:22 AM »

Thanksgiving at Milla's place was quite wonderful, and she's such a great hostess. It was our first time seeing her renovated place, and the space is really well-used, and looks and feels luxurious. And the food was terrific. (Skip brought some food also, including his deviled eggs ad chocolate pecan pie.)

FJL · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:04:47 AM »

And that is the very same Milla who has this album on Kritzerland
http://kritzerland.com/milla.htm

FJL · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:06:15 AM »

Really enjoyed Cilla and TCB's fun race to get to page 6 last night!

And so glad Cilla, that your Thanksgiving turned out so much better than you'd expected.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #8 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:10:31 AM »

Good morning, all.

Coffee. Couple of clementines.

It would sure be nice not to eat anything today!

I know that isn't entirely realistic, but I will try to be careful.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #9 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:16:17 AM »

No Black Friday insanity for me, thankyouverymuch. Sheer madness. Count me out.

I will be making my way to a Barnes & Noble to pick up the new and outrageous (9 Blu-rays and 18 DVDs = 27 - count'em - discs) Zatoichi box set from Criterion while their 50%-off sale is still on, but my travels today should keep me relatively isolated from the INSANE crowds. I'll expect a little traffic, to be sure, but hopefully nothing to write home about. I'm not so certain they'd be interested in reading a missive about my traffic adventures, anyway, now that I think of it.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #10 on:** November 29, 2013, 04:39:38 AM »

TOD

The main part of the meal was largely traditional -- turkey, stuffing both in and out of the turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, homemade whole cranberry sauce, steamed broccoli, and tossed romaine/radicchio salad. Because there was an Italian contingent, one of whom doesn't like turkey and cranberries, there was also a pasta course (cavatelli) that included a selection of meats (sausage, pepperoni, and a variation on what I think is called involtini) all cooked in a wonderful homemade marinara, and garlic bread. There was also a fairly extensive appetizer selection with stuffed clams, potato croquettes, antipasto, and I don't even remember what else. Beaujolais Nouveau accompanied the meal. Desserts were pumpkin pie, Dutch apple pie, strawberry rhubarb pie, with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, and coffee.

Oh my god, that sounds like a lot of food.

Druxy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 29, 2013, 05:06:52 AM »

TOD:

THE RUTLES
MAD MEN (6)

Michael · « **Reply #12 on:** November 29, 2013, 05:35:12 AM »

good morning to all

Kerry · « **Reply #13 on:** November 29, 2013, 05:35:55 AM »

Happy Friday!!!

Michael · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2013, 05:38:16 AM »

tod

continuing to watch Barney Miller. Season 3 so far is really great. In my opinion it is the blueprint for the rest of the series with the writing and the characters and the wacky people who pass through the old one two

vixmom · « **Reply #15 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:03:12 AM »

We had Thanksgiving dinner at my brother's house - there were the Vixfamily three plus my parents and my SIL's sister and husband and my SIL's parents so a small group -

We had Turkey - which we all like, bread stuffing with cranberries and apples and sausage stuffing, greenbean casserole, corn, my favorite cauliflower casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes,rolls, turnips and gravy.

Dessert was apple pie, pumpkin pie, banana cream pie, chocolate pudding pie and vanilla ice cream

My contribution was wine, beer , and rolls, and driving my folks ... so I got off lightly this year - I hung around and helped clean up at the end to make up for that

vixmom · « **Reply #16 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:03:50 AM »

we were all so tired whenwe got home tha we all were in bed by 9:30

vixmom · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:06:31 AM »

Today my other brother and my other SIL and my three nieces are going to my folks' house,(they spent Thanksgiving with my bro's inlaws) so the Vixfamily 3 will be meeting up there for lunch

elmore3003 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:24:05 AM »

Good morning, all! I slept in: no matter how tired I was when I got home, I could not get to sleep. I watched a bit of the TNT "Castle" marathon, read a bit, and finally dozed off.

Today, I've got to finish up some Moross work, drag out the full scores of ROBERTA and start marking my edits.

DR cillaliz, I'm glad your sister-in-law came down on your side over your brother's aqua madness, and I'm happy you had a good day.

To work! More coffee, first!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #19 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:25:35 AM »

This stuffing was a combination of dried French and rye breads with sage sausage, dried cranberries, fresh herbs, and all the other usual savory stuff. I'm a stuffing freak, and made this one myself. Everyone loved it, but I thought the outside-the-bird portion was a lot better than the stuffed portion; the latter became mushier and less appealing than I like. But this was my first time trying that, so I don't know if that's because I'd moistened it too much beforehand, or whatever.

John G. · « **Reply #20 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:35:18 AM »

Good morning, all.

Hope you are all still fat and happy after yesterday's festivities.

John G. · « **Reply #21 on:** November 29, 2013, 06:36:13 AM »

TOD:

Car CD: Chronicles, by Bob Dylan.

Back on the barbecue trail. Plus, I have to get a new TV before I can watch anything. Thank goodness for Black Friday sales.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:14:27 AM »

We need photos of your new TV DR JOHN G.

No Black Friday for me either.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 29, 2013, 07:14:52 AM »

TOD:

CD: Enya The Memory of Trees

DVD: Nothing

Doug R · « **Reply #24 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:19:01 AM »

TOD

Nothing new this week but I've been watching again, a BBC rerun of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY with Alec Guinness, which has prompted me to download the book which I've never read.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:19:06 AM »

Quote from: John G. on November 29, 2013, 06:35:18 AM

Good morning, all.

Hope you are all still fat and happy after yesterday's festivities.

Guilty on both counts.

Ginny · « **Reply #26 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:30:44 AM »

Friday morning greetings! We had a great day yesterday. Everybody kept complimenting me on the meal, but the only cooking I did was one of the turkeys with stuffing and Shellie beans simmered with a ham bone. The others contributed everything else, including:

The other turkey with gluten-free cornbread stuffing from Rob & Mary Linda
Mashed potatoes from Mary Linda
Corn casserole and dinner rolls from sister-in-law Kathy
Dumplings from Mary Linda's mother Linda
Roasted root vegetables from our friend Betty
Cranberry fluff from Mary Linda's sister Julianne
Cranberry relish from Mary Linda's grandmother Norma
Pumpkin pies - one with GF crust - from Mary Linda and Linda
Apple pie from Norma
Fruitcake made by my sister Nancy
Birthday mini-cupcakes from my niece Laura

All preceded by appetizers from Laura and Eva, my nephew Mark's significant other, and accompanied by more bottles of wine than I can count. It was the kind of party that caused me to find a sparkling wine cork in the tub when I went to take my shower this morning!

Ginny · « **Reply #27 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:34:42 AM »

The evening ended with a little excitement after half the guests had left and the others were gathering up their belongings to leave. I had an encore of the malady that sent me to the ER in New York two weeks ago. Paramedic Rob was still here and took good care of me. After all the guests had left I sat quietly for a while and watched SHERLOCK with Richard and the nosebleed finally stopped.

Ginny · « **Reply #28 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:38:15 AM »

We met my relatives at Cracker Barrel for breakfast at 9:30 this morning and saw Mark and Eva off for home in Michigan. She has to work tomorrow and they have to get there before 5pm to get their dog Tama from his "spa," before they get charged for another night. It's called "Bed 'n' Biscuit" and cost more per night than the hotel where Mark and Eva stayed while they were here.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #29 on:** November 29, 2013, 09:39:07 AM »

Take care of yourself, DR Ginny!

That dinner itemization sounds...well, incredible. I'm afraid if I read it a second time I'll put another pound on.

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