Thanksgiving 2014 came earlier this year for me, by a week, when I was in Dallas. I was there too early for the famous Neiman Marcus Christmas buffet at the flagship store downtown so my parents and I had brunch at the Four Seasons instead: But instead of seeing decorations with cornucopias, turkeys, or anything remotely related to Thanksgiving, we …
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Thanks For Another Year
It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the US and the holiday season has officially begun. From now through New Year’s Day, the work pace will slow down to a skeleton crew at most places, with people’s minds on their Xmas holidays or parties. The commercialism of it all will kick into high gear this year more than ever, what with Black …
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Happy Turkey Feasting
This time last year my Belgian host family celebrated an American Thanksgiving by going to bed at 9pm so that we could be out the door by 3:30am for Black Friday shopping. After that experience I grumbled to myself that my favorite holiday had become too commercialized and that perhaps real traditions were going the way of dinosaurs. Fast forward …
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The Real American Thanksgiving Tradition
Hi everyone! I’ve not fallen into a food or shopping coma…yet. I promise to circle back to continue the Lanvin story in a few days, but for the time being, I’ve been hosting my Belgian family here so we’ve been on the go nonstop. Who knew LA was so big! And who knew there was a thing called the Central …