happy thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I’m sad to be away from home today, especially since I’m in a country that, in general, could not care less about Thanksgiving. I figured today would be a day of work and eating mashed potatoes (the true star of any Thanksgiving table) on my own while watching Thanksgiving episodes from favorite TV shows.

A little depressing.

So I decided to turn it around. I left work at noon, and met my friend Allyson at an American bakery called Sweety Rome, with the sole intent of finding and consuming some pumpkin pie.

They did have pumpkin pie, but it was half the size of a normal pie, covered in crushed pistachios (not OK), and cost €30. Not happening.

To console ourselves, we turned to the case of pastries and, in addition to some questionable cupcakes, I spied a cheesecake brownie. I deemed it a satisfactory substitution (for the moment), and Allyson settled for a coconut brownie, and we sat and ate, while listening to a bizarre cover of Bohemian Rhapsody that was blaring through the sound system.

After putting away the brownies, we still had a little time to kill, and we hadn’t given up hope on the pumpkin pie. So we headed for The Perfect Bun, crossing our fingers that they would come through.

Well, they knocked it out of the park. Not only did they have full-sized pumpkin pies, they had miniature pumpkin, pecan, and apple pies! The Thanksgiving Trifecta. Allyson bought one of each to take home to her host family, but, ever in need of instant gratification, we decided to split a mini pie right there.

Since no one can make better pecan pie than my mom, and I wanted to buy a pumpkin pie to take home and eat later in the evening, we chose the mini apple.

It was so good! The crust was flaky and not too sweet, and the filling was cinnamon-y and not at all soggy. We got our much-needed dose of Thanksgiving and I headed back to work.

Now I’m home and I’ve got a solid line-up of episodes to watch, a glass full of Diet Coke, and a mini pumpkin pie just waiting to be devoured.

I did ask my family and some of my friends to send me pictures of their Thanksgiving dinners, and provided they don’t all forget, I’ll share those tomorrow!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

p.s. My friends and I are planning our own little Thanksgiving meal for this Sunday! I will share the disastrous/delicious results early next week!