This little guy looks worried but I think it is off the hook as it is almost turkey time. The ads are out and turkey is going to be plentiful and if you spend $150.00 on your groceries you can have one free, then if you do not spend that kind of money on the holiday groceries you can spend less but pay for your turkey by the pound. The gimmicks are abounding and the stores are crowded with shoppers getting ready for the big day. This year, I am not cooking, not expecting company, so that means I can eat out. It hasn't happened very often in my life time but I have reached the stage of the game when it is okay not to cook, bake, serve and clean up, although I have to admit I will miss it; why not, it is a life time habit and a fun one.
Granddaughter Erin is coming for her birthday and Thanksgiving so we will find a spot and celebrate. At the birthday celebration the other evening for friend Maggie, two of our birthday celebrants asked to join us for Thanksgiving dinner out so now we are five and growing . . . we may have enough for me to cook! No . . . I'll forgo the pleasure and sit down in good company and enjoy the cooking talents of someone else. Now, if the tea room was open I could have a piece of that creme pie that they are so famous for. They are closed for a week to clean house. Having hundreds of tea pots lining the walls, it takes a week to take them down and wash and clean them for the new year. I must remember to take my camera next time I go there for lunch and get a picture to show you the wonderful collection of tea pots. My neighbor is going to leave her special English teapot to the Tea Room. Her son bought it for her years ago when he visited London and went to the factory and chose a special tea pot for her. She is now dying with pancreatic cancer and wants to leave her special tea pot to the Tea Room folks so they will remember her and what a true customer she was in her life time. When you want elegance and a friendly stop for lunch, the Tea Room is the charming spot to stop, relax and enjoy; yes, the food they serve is always presented fresh and tasty and the homemade pastries are a specialty that keeps us all coming back. I am sure we will have many choices and daughter Pat is on the trail of a place to go . . . maybe Whaleshead, or the Casino, or Ship Ashore. We have better than a week to go to find the special restaurant to enjoy our turkey dinner.
I hope you are plotting and planning a veritable feast for your special turkey day, hopefully with family and friends; if not, find your way here and join us, the pleasure would be all ours.
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