11 pounds

hello,

everyday more and more christmas appears. the top of the space needle is a christmas tree and one of the three t.v. towers in queen anne is a giant lit up tree at night (i always wonder why only one of the three?). the bellevue buildings (and cranes) are christmas themed. and the christmas music has arrived on the radio. its a beautiful thing.

thanksgiving was a great traditional meal with all the usuals. it was a nice, slightly later than expected meal (does any one else think their red turkey-is-done popper is defective?) with jamie and mattia. we finished it with pandoro (probably the best christmas cake of time) and some super mario brothers 3, which is not as easy as i remember it being.

for friday we dropped jamie off at work and mattia and i went to the macy's santa parade:



after some shopping for mattia's italian friends and family, i picked up something that will bring me months of happiness. a five kilogram (11 pound) giant container of Nutella. as we were walking it back to the car through pike place market, i could only hear partial conversations. "oh my gosh, that is the biggest container of...", "man, look at that giant..." "nutella is my fav.." and in a way i felt like an extremely large breasted woman. all of the glances and second glances and double takes were all looking at my body and what was in my hands. they weren't seeing me as a person.

since it was an amazingly clear day, mattia and i went up to the space needle where the lighting was perfect and we could see all the mountains. these cold crisp days are good to get as much vitamin d as possible before the clouds roll in.