Turkey Weekend
Nov. 30th, 2008 05:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournA fun and busy Thanksgiving Weekend. Since I did the turkey, stuffing, gravy, apple pie, and rolls for last year's little get-together with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
loree and tithonium, I decided to do it again. Only this year I invited more people over: loree, tithonium, jeliza, drakemonger, the two kids, and cuddlyeconomist who was in town for the holiday. Instead of a 7# breast, I did a 16# full bird. Otherwise same as last year with more quantity (perhaps too many rolls), and a few pre-dinner snacks. Alton's brined turkey turned out excellent again, and the stuffing seemed to have a more reasonable spicing than last year--I still don't recall exactly how it tastes when my parents make it. The timing was thrown off by the turkey taking closer to 3 hours to finish, but everyone enjoyed the meal.
Saturday night,cuddlyeconomist, jeliza, and I went to see Brandi Carlile. Instead of her usual act, she was playing with the Seattle Symphony. 2,000 cute lesbians and Brandi's relations filled the place, and the 6 or 7 songs that had full orchestral backing were awesome. She even did her cover with Hallelujah with full backing, and it was amazing. cuddlyeconomist's outfit for the show also drew some attention, given that 95% of the audience appreciate the sighting of a cute girl in a great outfit.
Also managed a fair amount of time on Lord of the Rings Online playing the new Mines of Moria expansion that came out about a week or so ago. Some of the people in my kinship (the LOTRO equivalent of a guild) were online for a week solid to hit the new level cap ASAP. I'm taking a bit more a leisurely time exploring the new content. Lots to do.
loree and tithonium, I decided to do it again. Only this year I invited more people over: loree, tithonium, jeliza, drakemonger, the two kids, and cuddlyeconomist who was in town for the holiday. Instead of a 7# breast, I did a 16# full bird. Otherwise same as last year with more quantity (perhaps too many rolls), and a few pre-dinner snacks. Alton's brined turkey turned out excellent again, and the stuffing seemed to have a more reasonable spicing than last year--I still don't recall exactly how it tastes when my parents make it. The timing was thrown off by the turkey taking closer to 3 hours to finish, but everyone enjoyed the meal.Saturday night,
cuddlyeconomist, jeliza, and I went to see Brandi Carlile. Instead of her usual act, she was playing with the Seattle Symphony. 2,000 cute lesbians and Brandi's relations filled the place, and the 6 or 7 songs that had full orchestral backing were awesome. She even did her cover with Hallelujah with full backing, and it was amazing. cuddlyeconomist's outfit for the show also drew some attention, given that 95% of the audience appreciate the sighting of a cute girl in a great outfit.Also managed a fair amount of time on Lord of the Rings Online playing the new Mines of Moria expansion that came out about a week or so ago. Some of the people in my kinship (the LOTRO equivalent of a guild) were online for a week solid to hit the new level cap ASAP. I'm taking a bit more a leisurely time exploring the new content. Lots to do.
