Thanksgiving vacation

We had a 4-day vacation in the Northeast last week, splitting our time between New Haven, CT and NYC. First, we flew up to Hartford on Thanksgiving day to visit Rick and Rachael. Rick picked us up at the airport and drove us to their house in New Haven. When we arrived, Rachael was busy cooking a dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, salad, and pumpkin pie with home made whipped cream (Rick made the whipped cream). She also had fresh roasted pecans to snack on. They even had Hawaii bread rolls. There was so much food, we did not get around to eating the salad. They've continued to make a lot of improvements to their house and it is a much cozier, nearly finished place now. Unbelievably loud little dog and friendly tabby round out the family. Friday, we went shopping at thrift shops and antique malls. In the evening, we went to Lenny's Indian Head Restaurant, where I finally got a simple lobster dinner that I've been craving. Saturday, all of us came into the city for shopping and food. It was an uncomfortably cold day for me, while I'd been fighting off illness all week. Rachael saved the day with lots of hand-warmer pouches for everyone. I slipped one in each glove and, while I was still cold, I did not shiver all day. We had a very good brunch at Prune. I had the chickpea plate while MonsterMustDie had lamb sausage. He and Rachael had the Bloody Mary (two each) that came with a shot of PBR as a palate cleanser. We finished the night at Pegu, which had delicious Earl Grey "MarTEAni"s. Rick and Rachael returned home that night, while we stayed in the floral district at the Indigo hotel. Sunday, it was just myself & MonsterMustDie. We went to the Asia Center and took the bus from there to the Noguchi Museum, which was the high point of the New York side of our trip. Monday, we got up and had breakfast at the hotel's restaurant "Blue" before heading to the airport for the trip home.