November is my month of traveling apparently...I flew down Wednesday night after school to LA to spend Thanksgiving with the California cousins. I stayed with Katie at her new swanky house in Hancock Park, and we headed over to Jenny & Marc's house early afternoon on Thursday to help with Thanksgiving dinner. Jenny had quite the guest list - 30+ people, family, friends, neighbors, kids and Katie and her came up with a seating arrangement that managed to fit everyone...phew! Everyone contributed to the feast, I attempted to make a baked brie appetizer but since Katie never uses her oven and
doesn't really know how to work it, we ended up overcooking our one contribution, and up bringing wine instead. Michael brought his special sweet potato pie, and there were even turkey shaped jello shots, green for the adults (with alcohol) and red for the kids (without). Katie and Jenny made a job jar, so when
everyone arrived they had to pick a job from the jar, some included grace, water duty, wine duty, dishes, etc. Katie and I were elected dish duty girls to help Jenny in the kitchen. The feast ended up being delicious, 2 types of turkey, like 6 different types of potatoes (from mashed to scalloped), 3 types of stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, fennel gratin, a wide selection of fresh baked bread from their chef-neighbor, apple-cranberry pie, the list goes on. All in all, a fantastic Thanksgiving at the Bolger-Rey's!
November is my month of traveling apparently...I flew down Wednesday night after school to LA to spend Thanksgiving with the California cousins. I stayed with Katie at her new swanky house in Hancock Park, and we headed over to Jenny & Marc's house early afternoon on Thursday to help with Thanksgiving dinner. Jenny had quite the guest list - 30+ people, family, friends, neighbors, kids and Katie and her came up with a seating arrangement that managed to fit everyone...phew! Everyone contributed to the feast, I attempted to make a baked brie appetizer but since Katie never uses her oven and 
doesn't really know how to work it, we ended up overcooking our one contribution, and up bringing wine instead. Michael brought his special sweet potato pie, and there were even turkey shaped jello shots, green for the adults (with alcohol) and red for the kids (without). Katie and Jenny made a job jar, so when 
everyone arrived they had to pick a job from the jar, some included grace, water duty, wine duty, dishes, etc. Katie and I were elected dish duty girls to help Jenny in the kitchen. The feast ended up being delicious, 2 types of turkey, like 6 different types of potatoes (from mashed to scalloped), 3 types of stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, fennel gratin, a wide selection of fresh baked bread from their chef-neighbor, apple-cranberry pie, the list goes on. All in all, a fantastic Thanksgiving at the Bolger-Rey's!
