Thanksgiving

November 27, 2018

Tom, Caitlin, Effie and Greta

 

Thanksgiving

Kathy and I have been loath to travel during the holidays lately, there is just too much traffic, crowds and confusion. Airline delays become nightmare scenarios which we would rather avoid altogether by just staying home and enjoying the holidays together and with our friends here in Key West. This Thanksgiving is a perfect example, because as much as we would enjoy spending it with family, there is something comforting and wonderful about just staying home.

 

Though by staying home, I mean not traveling and not holing up in our house. In fact we had two wonderful invitations to share Thanksgiving with friends that we took advantage of this year. We started the day off at our friends Nadene and Trevor who along with their daughter Meredith have an annual Thanksgiving Day Parade Brunch that we love. 

Kathy

There is always a wonderful selection of food and beverages, but it is the wonderful company that we enjoy the most, so many of our friends are there and it is so fun just to hang out, catch up and just enjoy the company of really wonderful people. We are so fortunate to have a collection of some of the best friends ever and we certainly are thankful for their roles in our life.

Kathy and Nadene

For dinner we were at another amazing gathering, this time at the home of our friends Tom and Greta, it is yet another wonderful, relaxed, enjoyable and fun gathering of friends. This year they had a theme of “A Bacon Thanksgiving” and almost all of the food, even the yummy deserts had some combination of bacon included. It was a delicious twist on the traditional Thanksgiving Feast.

 

The weekend after Thanksgiving, Kathy and I were headed back to Miami, where we had tickets to see two Elton John concerts, one on Friday Night at the BB& T Center in Ft. Lauderdale and one on Saturday night at the American Airlines Arena. In addition to the concerts, we had time during the day to explore Miami a little.

Kevin and Darci

We started in Coconut Grove where our friend Darci and Kevin happened to be in town for the weekend as well, so we met them for brunch. For some reason, it is always fun to meet with friends from home in another place and we enjoyed a wonderful brunch before checking out the Barnacle State Park in Coconut Grove. The Barnacle is a small park that is the restored home of one of the earliest settlers of Dade County.

It is beautiful home and strip of land on the shore of Biscayne Bay, a tiny natural refuge amongst the massive buildings, hotels and condos that have sprung up all around it. For some reason, neither, Kathy or I had ever been there, even though it is literally right in the middle of Coconut Grove, a place we have visited many, many times.

 

 

We also spent time in the Wynwood Arts District, visiting the Wynwood Brewery and walking around the area and checking out the crazy collections of murals and graffiti that cover almost every wall in the area. The artwork is constantly changing and my guess is the work we saw is living on borrowed time with the massive Art Basel show and Miami Art week coming up soon.