Los Angeles, 2024
Second Thanksgiving has been an annual tradition with the Yaus since 2011. It happens the Saturday after Thanksgiving, with a full new Thanksgiving feast (not leftovers– that’s for Sunday) and an ever-expanding group of friends and their little ones in attendance. For me it has become a signpost, marking the years with a trek down to Alhambra each November to visit old friends and catch up on the intervening months of life that continue to fly by.
Sunday is turkey congee day! Plus our brioche feuilletée we brought down from Tarts de Feybesse’s new brick and mortar in Oakland.
Kids’ gingerbread houses actually means the parents are busy hot gluing kits together.
SGV things.
Huge Tree Taiwanese breakfast + Savoy Hainan chicken.
Then we stayed with Jon and Pei, and we had a theme for every day. Mexican Monday.
Tang (soup) Tuesday. So much soup.
A visit to our friends at Goodfight.
I don’t drink coffee, but I’m told the cherry espresso tonic is very good.
Found the perfect re-loved Barbour jacket.
Back at the Yaus, for some home grown guava and a very fragrant pomelo.
And Wagyu Wednesday!
Culver City lunch break.
A visit to Suay Sew Shop, which is dedicated to eliminating textile waste via repair, remaking, recycling, etc. I got this duster jacket!
Dropping in for Thirsty Thursday… drinks at Kato, the Michelin-starred Taiwanese American fine dining restaurant in The Row.
Delicious bites and sips at the bar, which we walked into with no reservation. Would do again! Thank you Austin!
Thursday is also Thigh Thursday. With Gus’ fried chicken, followed by a lower body workout for me and Pei while the boys lounged on the couch.
And just like that, it was time for Farewell Friday. Thank you for the wonderful stay, friends!
Grabbed some Porto’s on our way out, and drove back to the Bay through the immensely hazy agricultural crop burns of the Central Valley.
Hope to see y’all again at the next Second Thanksgiving!
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