This is one of the reasons I like living up so high.

.:.

Some people don’t seem to believe that I could get as stuffed as I claimed to be last night without having any turkey. Let’s just recap what I consumed:

• Great Lakes Pumpkin Ale
• mixed greens with apple, pear, candied pecans, goat cheese and a maple vinaigrette
• mashed potatoes
• maple-glazed carrots
• peas
• half an acorn squash stuffed with…well, stuffing
• fresh rolls
• 2004 Tatone Montepulciano
• pumpkin pie

Quantities of food consumed: let’s just assume “copious” to be safe. Nellie outdid herself, and I paid for it with a distended (more than usual) belly.