Well folks, another Thanksgiving
has passed by and while everyone was either wrestling with the bird or
meticulously making pie crusts, I took the easy way out this year! Now it
should be noted before I continue that I absolutely, unequivocally stink at making
a Turkey dinner! This unfortunate predicament is consequent of my upbringing on
the warm tropical island of Trinidad in the Caribbean, where a cooked turkey is
not as celebrated as it is here in the USA. I’ve never seem a live turkey
matter of fact! So do understand how overwhelmed I become when
my friends or family here in NYC ask to help bake the bird!
This year was no exception! My younger brother Denzil informed me that he
would be home for Thanksgiving, he serves in the United States Marine Corp, and
if you know anything about military men you’ll know that they can eat so the
pressure was on to prepare a good meal. The turkeys came out in full force and
mocked me from their frigid shelves at the local grocery, the cranberries
rolled in and the sweet potatoes reminded me of fries rather that pie. The
restaurants on our Citybuzz spots started looking like better options. Never
has a bird unraveled my sanity like this!
My saving grace came in the form
of a SMT at Vidicom! Who knew the secret to my dream turkey was sitting in our
production room rehearsing. Yup, it was my first time watching a production
rehearsal for one of our Satellite Media Tour’s and though I sat in to learn
the ropes (yep, I’m new here at Vidicom) I learned one more piece of vital
info… I can buy my turkey cooked! It was pretty simple, ridiculously simple!
And since we’re at it, why stop there, I could buy the whole shebang; pie,
turkey, stuffing, and even the mashed potatoes!!!
I was getting excited for Thanksgiving;
I had an Insta-worthy dinner! My dinner was going to have more selfies that Kim
Kardashian! I was quite pleased with my plans until my brother called 5 days
before the holiday with one more request: can you make Lasagna? I don’t want
Turkey!
And so our family had meat
Lasagna and a fresh salad for Thanksgiving, watched Transformers 4 the movie
and we were all quite content with ourselves as well as our Thanksgiving
holiday. It might sound cliché but it’s not always about what you do for the
holidays but rather spending it with the people you care about.
More to come from your friends at Vidicom!
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