1) I spend it every year at my sisters house in Cambridge where I get to see my family and friends
2) I always find some great deal on either a jacket or bag at the TJ Maxx in the Fresh Ponds Plaza
3) I get to walk over to Whole Foods from the hotel and buy some snacks and be thankful I no longer work for the organization
4) The food is always excellent and the Thanksgiving leftover sandwich is the best (thank you Dan....if you don't know Dan he makes the sandwich)
Although I wouldn't say I attend the most traditional Thanksgiving dinner ( Perhaps in Cambridge a lesbian, vegetarian, gluten free thanksgiving is more traditional than I realize) lately it seems that the tradition of Thanksgiving has become more of a holiday of traditions. Let me explain. It began with the first Thanksgiving, not the one that preceded real estate dealings and pox covered blankets, but our first Thanksgiving in Cambridge. We all had a good time and decided lets do it here annually. Then came the second tradition, for me, which was the annual post-thanksgiving Walnut Hill (my high school) alumni dinner. Every year we get together for drinks and food and catch up the inane details of everyones life while enjoying drinks and trying to enjoy the food at whatever local craptacular eatery has been chosen. This always is fun regardless of the fact that I don't really like the food, and know nothing about finance nor do I wish to. Last Thanksgiving two new traditions were born, both that I hope have a long life as they are welcome additions to the beginning of the holiday season. The first new one was the pre-thanksgiving Annual Bike-Run-Stretch Conn, Klein family triathlon.
this was a great idea that my sister Leah started. We all donned our official triathlon gear and went on a leisurely bike ride around Cambridge followed by a quick run and some stretching. A great way to loosen up before a day of too much food and just enough alcohol. The second new tradition was the post-thanksgiving hike with one of my best friends in the world Rich. We met up the morning after grabbed some GU, trail mix, apples, and water, and drove out to the beautiful Blue Hill reservation in Milton. We hiked through the afternoon accompanied by mild weather and conversations ranging from the deep philosophies of two minds molded by the long awesome journey called life, to the ridiculous yet hilarious musings that perhaps would be more suited coming out of the mouth of a 12 year old boy raised on sugar and Beavis and Butthead. Anyway the hike was great and the time spent with an old buddy was greater. I hope I can look back on years of these hikes and they truly will become one of the few traditions in my life.
Blue Hills trail map
The observatory at the peak of the trail
Rich and I inside the observatory
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I agree, I have never enjoyed Thanksgiving as much as I have enjoyed it since I have become part of your family. However, you seemed to leave out the fact that when we are in Cambridge we get to eat at High Rise, which is always awesome, and this year we packed in two visits to NYSC, which reminds us why we spend so much money to have the Passport Membership. Oh, and one more thing... you left out that during the little kid bike race, your fiance, me, wiped out and busted up the whole right side of my body, first time falling off my bike since I was 7 and it had to be during the toddler portion of the race..... how embarassing (for both of us).
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