There's not a lot of evidence of Thanksgiving in Bangkok. Christmas, yes...all the malls and shops are putting up Christmas trees and decorations. There's a 4 storey Christmas Tree in the middle of Central World mall. It's HUGE! But Thanksgiving, being uniquely American, not much visible evidence. However, many of the American owned restaurants do a great job of putting on some big Thanksgiving feasts. And like the 4th of July, the American expats are out in force today.
It's not really a holiday for me here of course, but I take it pretty easy regardless. Stay home, reply to some email, do a couple things, and pretty much chill. Watched a movie on HBO, and read. I'm reading "Pattern Recognition" by William Gibson, and as I started reading it, I realized I had read it before....but didn't really ever remember reading. Surprising, because it is quite good. Anyway, I now realize I only probably got into about 100 pages or so, because it all seems like new territory at the point I'm at. I digress.
In the evening, went for the usual ritual (past 3 years) of Thanksgiving Dinner at Bourbon Street Restaurant on Soi 22. They are a little expensive, but they do a nice job with buffet having turkey, ham, stuffing, veggies, potatoes, yams, cranberries and pumpkin pie. It really gets packed in the evening and reservations are a must. I am utterly and completely stuffed. Even though it's not supposed to be permitted, I was kinda sweet with some of the waitresses and they allowed me to stash some in a takeaway box for Friday leftovers :)
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