The day after-Thanksgiving

I spent most of Thanksgiving day writing exams-almost harder than grading them! Went to Dan's for a few glasses of wine and talked to his son, daughter and ex-wife.I never get invited to anything with my ex! :) Then went to my sister's for traditional turkey dinner with pumpkin pie, naturally. Roger made drunken cranberries which fit in since we were on our 3rd bottle of wine by then! Today we're going to see Burlesque (Cher) at the bargain matinee, natch. Then to the 3rd ward for holiday specials and entering contests-then to a bar for cocktails (2-for-1) finally going to Ned's for yummy leftovers.

Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive!

After teaching last night I met up with Roger and Joe at a Beaujolais Nouveau fundraiser downtown-it was the 3rd Thursday in November, after all! Since it was 30 minutes before the end, I just walked in and didn't have to pay the almost $40 fee-but got to drink my share of wine and had great appetizers. I even tried quail eggs!

Friday morning I sat in on a live WUWM radio broadcast at Chase Tower. I got free parking and they had free coffee and doughnuts. Oddly, they were talking about local, organic food, and Klements was there. I should have had sausage!

Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner

Roger volunteered at the MKE Public Market last night for Chef Pierre Briere-late of Elliot's Bistro. Here's a description of the class:

Come see for yourself as Chef Pierre Briere shows that you really can make entire Thanksgiving dinner, including a 15-20 pound turkey, in less than two hours!  He’ll also share accompaniments to make this special meal complete.  You won’t want to miss this!

So, of course, that was our dinner as Roger got to take home the leftovers for free! Turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie and a bottle of wine hit the spot on a cool, rainy November night!