thanksgiving i was up from 4am until 6am. woke up that early to ensure i could shower, walk to the train station, take the train to the airport, and go through airport security without having to worry about time. surprisingly, the airport wasn't that busy and my flight wasn't delayed and even landed early.
after taking the free shuttle from manchester to boston, harv picked me up and then we went to logan airport to drop off heidi (cindyL's sister) and pick up theodore. from there we went to john's house where i got to see my niece natalie for the first time in almost a year (and she has gotten so smart and talkative and even more adorable, which i really didn't think was humanly possible) and meet my week old baby nephew dylan. he's a little ball of sleep and gums. and so tiny!
dinner consisted of wine, a turducken, meat loaf, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet mashed potatoes, creamed corn, cranberry sauce, mango salsa and yellow tail sashimi fresh straight from japan. it was a very yummy dinner. around 11, harv, cindyL, mum, dad, theodore and i drove to the outlets to do some black friday shopping. i was feeling sick, and traffic was absolutely horrendous, but we managed to start shopping around 1ish and stuck around until almost 5am. once i walked around for a bit in the fresh, albeit freeeeeezing, air, i felt a lot better. in the end, i bought a pair of pumps (originally $120, marked down to $30) from kenneth cole and theodore got a bluish-grey sherpa-lined hoodie from j.crew.
friday, the fam had a late lunch at shabu-zen in chinatown, and teddy and hannah came along. nowhere near as good as the shabu shabu place in little tokyo, los angeles, but still decent. we walked around boston for a bit. had dinner with the fam at giacomo's, which has an amazing huge-portioned seafood pasta. saturday morning we had a taiwanese-style breakfast at this little place in the middle of nowhere, then we headed over to harvard square. while mom and dad did their shopping for harvard paraphernalia, theodore and i grabbed burgers at bartley's - sooo amazing. other tasty stops that day in the square: berryline for frozen yogurt and burdick's for hot chocolate. theodore left to catch his flight to chicago in the evening, and harv rented i now pronounce you chuck & larry. stupidest movie ever. but, it was so funny to my parents that neither of them fell asleep at any point, which has never ever happened. ever.
today low-key and spent mostly at john+cindy's playing with natalie and dylan. caught the shuttle back up to manchester and got back to my apartment in philly around 9pm. exhausted, btw.
as for theodore and my family. things went pretty well. my mom's biggest complaint was that he wasn't talkative / social enough, which, if you know him, is really funny. but since there was no drama or joy-luck-club-esque fiasco, i'm quite happy with how things turned out. he even learned to play mah-jong after thanksgiving dinner and won a game! i'm so proud.
for some photos, click-y here.
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