Speaking of Thanksgiving ......

[NBachers]

41. I love how you can swim in the deep end of the international pool, and take us along with you.

My sister and I will be the German-Irish American participants at the Thanksgiving dinner hosted at her home today. Her husband, Mexican-American with a large and loving family, will be part of the festivities. My son has married a Bulgarian woman who would be a world-class catch in any part of the world. We just picked her mom up at the airport last week. Mom flew in from Istanbul on a flight that started in Sofia, her home. Mom, named Svetozara, has just retired, and is here on an extended visit to help care for my 2 year old grand daughter. The dinner will be filled with associates and friends; all of them hard Democratic liberals. My son's wife, Savina, brings an interesting and determined Eastern European socialist perspective to the mix. We're not afraid of strong women.

My Shanghai-American lady friend will spend the day at home, cooking for her son, who will spend the day buried in his studies. She may spend some time at one of her two jobs, or she may stay at home and find some other work to do. A whirlwind force of nature, we spend time together when our busy schedules permit. She's good at painting, a whiz at electrical, and is able to tutor her son in advanced physics and calculus, which she learned when she obtained a mechanical engineering degree in Shanghai.

And that's my San Francisco Thanksgiving.