Thanksgiving

Holidays away from family are always difficult. Especially when you cannot get the kind of food that you are used to having that your family makes. I especially miss Gigi's bread stuffing!

However there are options in Shanghai and this year on Thanksgiving day, we had Thanksgiving with a group of friends. We went to Cafe du Monde which is in the Thumb Plaza near our house. The owner, Robin, grew up in New Orleans and he serves authentic New Orleans and American food. We made reservations there since we knew his food was good.

We weren't disappointed. He had a buffet set up with two seatings, 5 and 7 p.m. We ate at 5 with Kim, Jeff, Orla and Ciara Young. Missy, Lucy, Allie Stevens joined us too as Luke was flying back from the US that day. The kids had more fun playing than eating and didn't appreciate the mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, turkey, etc! But we were glad that they had kids to play with and talk with so that we could enjoy our dinner. They even had pumpkin and pecan pies.

The kids in the picture together from the left are Alex, Ciara, Orla, Allie, Elizabeh, and Lucy. You can see they enjoyed each other!