Hello Possums

What a truly odd Thanksgiving we celebrated this year.  Instead of spending hours in the kitchen and working to cook the perfect bird with Rust's family stuffing and the obligatory relish tray, we relaxed and went to the St. Francis Westin Oak Room for a late lunch/early dinner.  The Thanksgiving buffet was good, but quite honestly, because we chose not to cook and because Rusty has very traditional ideas about Thanksgiving, the K and W Cafeteria would have been more than enough.  (If only we had one in the bay area - 'Serve You? Serve you meat sir? I'll pass it down!  I said I'll pass it down.")   

After, to Maxfield's in the palace for martinis.  A must see bar for all visitors to San Francisco,the bar has a Maxfield Parrish painting/mural. The Palace paid $6,000 for The Pied Piper way back in the 30's.  Some of the children in the painting look a little Children of the Damned-ish with wild eyes and a creepy calm countenance, so of course we love this mildly subversive dream like painting.  

Then a walk to the Post Theatre to enjoy an evening of Dame Edna Everage.  

Dame Edna was in excellent form.  This self-proclaimed Australian icon and megastar caused us body aches from the convulsive laughter.  Songs like "Friends of Kenny", an homage to her hair dresser son and his "flatmate", and to audience participation bits such as audience members raising and waving Gladiolas made us squeal with delight.  Nothing like seeing the first seven or eight rows in a theatre raising swaying flowers culminating in a "trembling glad" crescendo. Brilliant, Absolutely Fucking Brilliant.  This is considered her First Last Tour, so if she comes to your area, make sure you get a seat in the first few rows! 

We braved Black Friday, and managed to buy more for ourselves than for Christmas gifts.  The crowds were tolerable and we managed to get home without hurting each other or anyone else for that matter.  Next on the Holiday roller coaster ride is Rusty's Birthday.  He will be out of town this week, but we will celebrate on next Sunday afternoon with a late lunch of Southern delicacies and cocktails, of course.  

I have much for which to be thankful, certainly not the least of these is to have a wonderful group of people on my bloglist all of whom are near and dear friends.  Keep in touch and come see us soon, make it part of your New Year's resolution.