Thanksgiving weekend wrapup

Thanksgiving Day, we'd planned on going to a big group pot-luck thing over on Capitol Hill, but there was some kind of drama amongst prospective guests and we had to regroup. I don't know the parties involved, so I don't know who got whom pregnant. Or whatever. We ended up with a bunch of guys from Laurent's rowing team coming over to his place for an impromptu dinner. Good thing there are still some grocery stores that were open on Thanksgiving Day! Our ultimate menu ended up being much more down home and much less Martha Stewart, although Laurent and I carried on with our original plans of him fixing deviled eggs garnished with red caviar and me fixing wasabi mashed potatoes with green peas (with Yukon Gold potatoes, white pepper, a couple of sticks of butter, and a couple of cups of heavy cream, naturally). Then I got to advise some of the other guys on what to buy at the store that was quick to prepare, and how to doctor up exciting things like Stove Top Stuffing and canned sweet potatoes. The whole thing turned out very well nonetheless, we were (overly-)sated, and there were plenty of leftovers to share. The highlight of the evening, though, had to be when we accidentally came across the Ms. Senior D.C. beauty pageant on television. Watching all those dignified elderly ladies pageant-walking and trying to sing and dance during their talent and evening gown competitions had us all in stitches!