holidays

We may not get days off at Thanksgiving, but we do everything we can to make sure we get to eat turkey! On Sunday, L and I cooked a full Thanksgiving meal for 13 of our American, Northern Irish and German friends. It's a lot of work to cook that much food!! But we were very lucky to have an industrial kitchen with FOUR ovens, which meant everything could still come out hot and at the same time. It was good eating, good company and good laughs. Link to photos is at the left.

This city is so beautiful at Christmas. City centre is decked out in lights, the Christmas Market has taken up residence on the front lawn of city hall, and Black Mountain has even seen a few dustings of snow. I went to a charity event at my favorite coffee shop last week (raising money for World AIDS Day) and alongside several super bands, they sang Christmas carols and served mulled wine and mince pies. Yea, I love this time of year. It's a miracle in itself that year in and year out hearts soften and people get a little nicer for one month of the year.