Having people we love and who love us back is one of the most important things throughout our lives. Love gives us warmth and strength when we need it the most. No matter the distance, people we cherish and who cherish us back will remain in one another's hearts, and we will think of each other especially during important holidays when we finally have time to breathe, and wish that we could all be together. We miss each other. On Thanksgiving, we don't only celebrate with the people who are there physically, but we also think of the people we love but who can't be there.

"Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but never in heart.”

So on this very special day, I'm sending all my love to people around the globe whom I love, care about, cherish, trust, cannot live without and appreciate to be in my life.

Since I'm without family (whom I miss greatly) this year, my thanks would be:
Having a very romantic evening together with my loved one to celebrate each other's presence and the love we have for each other. Let this day remind us to appreciate our loved ones and what we have in our lives that we cannot take for granted. I thank my mum for bringing me to the world, for giving me a brighter future, for giving me unconditional love, and for being my mum. My goal is to bring happiness and fortune to people's lives, especially my loved ones. If I can put one smile on just one person, I've already gained something valuable in my life.

What would my thanks be?

Turducken. Deep fried to perfection and care by Shu Qi, who is wearing only an apron while I watch football on a wide screen complete with surround sound and a dog who has been trained to deliver me a cool beer on my command.

In between games, I would be visited by the Foo Fighters who would play several songs dedicated to my awesomeness and who would later be invited to my Thanksgiving Feast Extravaganza which also will include famous guests such as Conan O'Brien, Kanye West, and Jon Stewart among others.

Afterwards, I would hold my annual thanksgiving middle east peace talks, which would break new ground and set forth a plan in which both sides agree to Palestinian statehood (until things fall apart later in the year.)

We would then go outside to play our annual all star football game where my team would win due to a spectacularly thrown Dmitri Medvedev to Louis C.K. touchdown pass.

Later, Beyoncee would bring out her famous Pumpkin Pie which would be enjoyed by all except for Kevin Spacey who ended up being kind of a downer and would not be invited the next year.

As the day came to a close, I would say goodbye to all my guests and turn on the cleaning robot, I invented with my own brain, who would make the house spotless.

I would complement Shu Qi's Turducken and she would thank me, saying that she had a good time, and would like to do some more cooking with me that night. I would tell her no, because I ate so much already and tell her she should have ate more at dinner, finally seeing her off.

When she was gone, I would eat as much food as I wanted because I tricked her, and I would eventually pass out into a 11 hour food coma at the table ending the best Thanksgiving ever.

And that is pretty much how I would like be thanked.

Tom O'Malley makes a recommendation here, or try here.

WTL-design wrote:

The Tree

first round closes at noon today (Monday, Nov 14)

second round opens at 2pm today (Mon, Nov 14)

I hope at least it will bring some light on the more interesting people that do music in China, and that finally people around the world will get interested in what happens here.

I'd like to see Nasca vs. Kro's in the finals. Kro's has been back with a vengeance since opening the new location, with better pizza and a much cooler space than the old ones (sorry, Tube Station, you suck and will always be a Chinese rip-off of the original, not to mention a cheat). Nasca makes some amazing gourmet pizzas with great ingredients at reasonable prices. I have been seriously underwhelmed by Gung Ho, which I think is not worth the inflated price at all, so I hope they go down to the New Zealand cafe. Whenever I want good times and pizza, though, I opt for Kro's.

Kro's vs. Nasca - Winner Kro's

Gung Ho over the The Tree.

Gung Ho beating out Hutong (popularity win, since Pyro would be a contender, but no one will make the journey out to Wudaokou to try it - or they'll vote on their experience 4 years ago, when it was baby fresh and not as good as it is today

The Tree beating out Kro, (history and popularity, plus Beijing always seems to like thin crust pizzas when the voting gets down to it.)

But all in all, such a better scene for pizza than it was when I first arrived in the city almost 7 years ago!

Friday, thanks. I like improv very much, and shnook \ shmendrik \ shlemiel \ shlimazel \ schmancy are all best words that describes the spirit of improv. my phone number is 13341009612.