Talkin' Turkey

So on Monday, the agency where I work is planning on making Thanksgiving Dinner for as many of our clients as can make it over to our humble drop-in space in scenic North Philadelphia (the neighborhood apparently is referred to as "The Badlands" by those who live there). Largely, we all donate the food that's served, "we" being the staff at the agency. So this weekend, I'm making three turkeys, lots of stuffing, my stepmother's amazing baked pineapple (using a wheelbarrow full of sugar), sweet potatoes, and succotash.

Until this past Wednesday, I was thinking that we had a week to go before Thanksgiving. But no! Here it is, upon us once again. So this weekend, the Baron kindly agreed to come up here and help out with the cooking.

For Thanksgiving proper, it's looking to be a quiet affari, just my father and I. I put the word out at church that if anyone is knows of anyone whose going to be solo for Thanksgiving, there's room around the Kramer table and the eatin' is good.

So far, no takers.

And of course, next weekend, one week from today, is Santa Saturday, the local leather-bear event put on by the Bucks MC. That means that for Just One Day of the year, the inebriate twinks at the Cartwheel will have to find something else to do, to make way for all the bears and leatherfolk who converge on their watering hole. And of course, it also means meatball sandwiches!!! We're talkin' not just the best meatball sandwiches you've ever had, but the best meatball sandwiches imaginable. And they're only $3!!! I love those meatball sandwiches. Some dedicated member of the Bucks MC is probably hard at work right now making the sauce.

But wait! There's more!

Santa Saturday also features a charity auction. And this is the way the charity auction tends to go:

Auction Item: Leather pride flag granny afgan
Auction Item: Leather jock strap
Auction Item: Gay pride flag granny afgan
Auction Item: Dinner for two at an over-priced New Hope restaurant
Auction Item: Granny afgan with reindeer and snowflakes
Auction Item: Leather jock strap
Auction Item: Bear pride flag granny afgan
Auction Item: NYPD insignia granny afgan
Auction Item: Gift basket of emoluments from bath shop
Auction Item: Granny afgan depicting a meatball sandwich
Auction Item: Free teeth cleaning at a local dentist
Auction Item: Granny afgan depicting autumn leaves and a pumpkin
Auction Item: Granny afgan depicting leatherman knitting a granny afgan, titled, "Self Portrait"

So that's a lot to look forward to.

Anyway, to work! I've got some birds to roast.

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