Holiday shopping in NYC

Bryant Park transformed,
craft booths shine with baubles, lit
from within  with smiles

Black Friday

Kmart opens at
4am. Outlet mall at
midnight. Who needs sleep?

Thanksgiving – after dinner

Post-tryptophan, we
watch Forrest Gump and digest
the day’s memories.

Thanksgiving – no time for diets

Don’t count calories.
Savor silken pumpkin, tart
cranberries. Taste joy.

Thanksgiving baking

Tempting smells – so strong
they nearly satiate the
appetite – drift by.

Thanksgiving – division of labor

They’ll watch football. We’ll
cook. Men and women. Hunters
and gatherers still.

Thanksgiving – turkey envy

Brine, barbecue, deep
fry, roast, smoke? How many ways
can you do one Tom?

Thanksgiving – all in the timing

I’m the kitchen air
traffic controller, and the
oven my runway.

Thanksgiving dilemma

If you clear out the
fridge for the turkey, then where’s
the other food go?

Thanksgiving procrastination

Canned pumpkin sold out.
Damned overachievers! I’m
a “last-minute” type.