by the way: happy birthday, mom!
so, last thursday was thanksgiving. the program had organized a dinner at a restaurant, but when you have a friend from portland who has personally served oysters to gus van sant on multiple occasions who wants to cook thanksgiving dinner at your place, you don't pass that up. nathaniel (whom rosie and i met at the sunset one thursday) ordered the bird from a butcher's shop ahead of time, and we shopped for groceries the day of at the market and both monoprixs. then we all got down to business. well, sort of.
hurricane nathaniel hits our kitchen as louis (a friend of nathaniel's who teaches english in marseille) looks on.
helen, nathaniel's english girlfriend, watches the spitting rain from the kitchen window. we have (or at least used to, when the fac was open!) provençal class together. she lobbied for a calamari thanksgiving, but nathaniel insisted upon cooking a traditional meal.
still life: the turkey (with sub-dermal butter implants!) and a can of 1664 (a french beer). everyone -- well, except rosie, i guess -- was pretty much drinking all day.
our feast, clockwise from the top left corner: mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (roasted with brown sugar), homemade cranberry sauce, turkey, stuffing (made with a baguette), and brussels sprouts (which i ate and kind of enjoyed, actually).
sadly not pictured: the wonderful pumpkin pie nathaniel made from scratch. mmmmmm. it made a delicious breakfast the next day before going to expression écrite.
here we are, around the table, drinking wine and eating away.
that's pretty much the excitement. some friends had a french stereotype-themed party last saturday, and tomorrow night we're doing the honours of hosting champagne pong. [yes, i admit it: i played beer pong for the first time a few weeks ago. and i will never play it again. but champagne pong is different; it's classy and has a french twist to it.] other than that, i've been studying at home and staying out of trouble.
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