erica saves the day

Frankly, I don’t have the time, am too broke and too lazy to travel this year for Thanksgiving, so for the first time ever, I’m ditching my wonderful and much-loved extended family to hold a Thanksgiving for my New York friends at my house (which, as soon as my mom found out about, she decided to forgo travel and spend the holiday with my friends as well. What can I say? We’re a lazy family when it comes to leaving the city.)

Three years ago I hosted my family at my loft, gathered up all the vegetarian courage I could muster, and cooked a damn Turkey. I brined it and everything, but for the week leading up to the Holiday I had nightmares about undercooking it and giving my entire family food poisoning.

So this year I’m thinking about doing an entirely vegetarian holiday. Most of my friends are vegetarian, but not all of them. What do you think? Is it the same without a Turkey? and do you have any good recipes to share?

But I’m gonna keep writing about my 20s like I’m still in them. for a few more days at least. Also, to celebrate old age, I’m going to reminisce about the things I’m glad I’m NOT doing for my birthday today.

• Getting alcohol poisoning, like I did when I turned 21.

• Having a screaming fight in the bar I’m celebrating in because I HAVE to go find a slice of pizza RIGHT NOW and I don’t care if it’s 2am and not a good idea.

• Getting thrown up on, in a cab, by my boyfriend who had gotten very very drunk at the joint birthday party he was having with me.

• Walking through East New York looking for the roller skating rink I’d told everyone to meet me at, after the car service refused to take us all the way because it was “such a bad neighborhood.”

yay for getting older! also, looking back at these makes me think maybe I should just stay sober for this birthday. Seems safer.

previously