Just like the last few years, my parents came down from Ohio and my sister up from Raleigh for Thanksgiving at my brother's. It was another big two turkey thanksgiving.
When my parents arrived on Wednesday evening we went out to eat at Restaurant 3. On Thursday Beth and Matt picked me up on their way to Scott's. We all hung out and munched on snacks till Jen's family, Steve, Yuko, and their daughter Avril came. Avril is 2.5 years old and has spent all of her Thanksgivings with us. She gets more active each year and was the star of the dinner as usual. This year the oven roasted turkey was the favorite over the the deep fried turkey. Scott had Sam Adams and Yuengling and I brought over Bell's Winter White and Sparkling Ale. The Sparkling Ale is an interesting triple.
On Friday the seven of us went to the ICE! scuplture exhibit at National Harbor. It was expensive but interesting. The venue was set at 9 degrees to preserve the ice. Apparently they have a team of foreign artists maintaining it each night. After the ICE! exhibit we ate at Sweatwater Tavern. Then on to the Strathmore to see Brian Setzer and his orchestra on their Christmas Rocks! Extravaganza Tour. We sat way up in the upper tier in the second to last row. Its not a huge theater and every seat is decent but we were up pretty high. It was a rockin' show. Both Santa and the Grinch made an appearance.
We laid low on Saturday. We had a good lunch at Bernie's and dinner at Faccia Luna.
On Sunday we woke and went to Whole Foods together. Last year when we went and there was a jazz band playing. We had to go back this year since the place is huge and we wanted some food and beverages to hold us off for the weekend. Once back at Scott's I made my classic left over turkey and stuffing sandwich. Then we took off to the National Aquiraum in Baltimore. It was smaller than I remember. They had a special jellyfish exhibit which was cool. For dinner I tried to take the family to Brewer's Art but of course it was the one day they were closed. The downstairs bar was open and we walked in but decided to go to Il Radicchio in Arlington for some Itailian.
My Mom brought me my own whole coffee cake which I'll eat for breakfast everyday this week. Good tastes from the childhood.
No comments:
Post a Comment