Dear Fellow Haines His Way folks!
Thank you all for the birthday wishes!!
On this Thanksgiving(and my natal day) weekend, I feel grateful for many things, not the least of which is having a spouse who is French and cooks better than I, and twin daughters who have the love of performing and seeing live theatre/musical theatre as much as dear old Mom.
I want to thank Bruce for inviting us into his world….his Kritzerland books, his marvelous shows, this blog, his favorite coffee shop, the affable and wonderful way he has with kids. Next year he is directing something new, a really different concept, that I am working to produce with him, more to be revealed and very exciting for young performers :-)
I hope you all have a restful rest of your holiday weekend, that yesterday was lovely however you spent it.
Here in LA it was a balmy 80 degrees, I watched the Macys Day parade while cooking. That was particularly sentimental for me. In my 20s I lived in NYC and was recruited to be in the Thxgiving parade as a "Babes in Toyland soldier", flanking Phyllis Diller as "Mother Goose". We marched from 81st and Central Park West down to Macys, with all those surreal inflatables floating overhead and bumping into high rises. It was bitterly cold and there was a bit of snow/slush, children on the sidelines of the parade scowling because they were cold, hungry,bored or all three, having arrived at 4 a.m. to get a good spot. Phyllis laughed with us later about how all she could see for blocks were sour-pussed kids, yet we were smiling, waving…..
Yesterday my French husband (the cook!) made the juiciest turkey EVER. And I made a killer sausage chestnut cream stuffing. It was a wonderful meal and no one had to be rolled to the car.
Here's hoping your Thanksgiving Day was glorious however you spent it!
