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From: news on 4 Aug 2010 03:53 In november we go to florida and on Thanksgiving day we are in Naples. Is ther something to do than?Where can you get a good Thanksgiving meal?Every thing is welcome. Ina from Germany
From: Rik Brown on 4 Aug 2010 05:03 news;5017124 Wrote: > In november we go to florida and on Thanksgiving day we are in Naples. > Is ther something to do than?Where can you get a good Thanksgiving > meal? Every thing is welcome. > Ina from Germany Some families do go out for Thanksgiving Day. Not all restaurants close. Many hotels will feature traditional Thanksgiving Day fare so that the wives do not have to work hard at preparing many dishes and all the cleanup. This is getting more and more common. Also, some major grocery stores will prepare entire Thanksgiving meals for take out. I'm not sure, however, if they do that for small numbers of people. The grocery stores that do this in our area, however, still close at about 5PM so the dinners must be picked up before then (and ordered in advance). I would contact the hotel at where you will be staying. They may have a Thanksgiving Buffet. The bigger the hotel, the more likely they will have a Thanksgiving Day buffet. If not, they can probably suggest a restaurant that does or perhaps another hotel nearby. -- Rik -- Rik Brown Message origin: SaavyFriends.com
From: K on 4 Aug 2010 21:27 news wrote: > In november we go to florida and on Thanksgiving day we are in Naples. > Is ther something to do than?Where can you get a good Thanksgiving > meal?Every thing is welcome. > Ina from Germany In the US many restaurants close on Thanksgiving, but some will be open and most likely offering a 'traditional' Thanksgiving dinner. Your choices will be limited, but hotels with restaurants will of course be serving meals. You might send an email to the city of Naples tourism website to inquire about restaurant options, because you'll almost certainly need an early reservation. As to your first question, most things close on Thanksgiving, so an afternoon with a good meal isn't a bad bet. Bring your leftovers back to your hotel (you will surely have a lot) to have as cold snacks later. Buy your wine the day before, or bring a bottle with you, as most purveyors will be closed. You might enjoy watching some of the Macy's parade in NYC on television, and some American college football bowl games later on. Or not. In fact, if you enjoy sports you could seek out a local high school championship game - they are usually settled on Thanksgiving morning. It's certainly not high culture, but it is Americana and will be a high energy event. Wherever you sit, be sure to cheer on the team whose uniforms match the colors around you. It won't be hard to find some fun, but it's realistic to expect most places to be closed for the day. Keith --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Hatunen on 4 Aug 2010 21:40 On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:27:41 -0500, "K" <keithblakeslee(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >news wrote: >> In november we go to florida and on Thanksgiving day we are in Naples. >> Is ther something to do than?Where can you get a good Thanksgiving >> meal?Every thing is welcome. >> Ina from Germany > >In the US many restaurants close on Thanksgiving, but some will be open and >most likely offering a 'traditional' Thanksgiving dinner. Your choices >will be limited, but hotels with restaurants will of course be serving >meals. You might send an email to the city of Naples tourism website to >inquire about restaurant options, because you'll almost certainly need an >early reservation. > >As to your first question, most things close on Thanksgiving, so an >afternoon with a good meal isn't a bad bet. It may vary from locality to locality, but my experience is that business establishments may be closed on Thanksgiving morning, but many will open later in the afternoon. >Bring your leftovers back to >your hotel (you will surely have a lot) to have as cold snacks later. It might be noted that taking leftover food from restaurants is not a commonplace thing for Europeans, who seem not to have gone through the doggy bag stage. >Buy >your wine the day before, or bring a bottle with you, as most purveyors will >be closed. > >You might enjoy watching some of the Macy's parade in NYC on television, and >some American college football bowl games later on. The televised Macy's parade has gone downhill over the decades. Now you get to see too lttle of the parade while the network injects adverts and the camera spends too much time on the celebrity talking heads that have been hired to present commentary. Of course, there are several other Thanksgiving Day parades from other cities, but they aren't much better. >Or not. In fact, if >you enjoy sports you could seek out a local high school championship game - >they are usually settled on Thanksgiving morning. When I was young that was the tradition, the annual Turkey Day game between two local rivals. Unfortunately, the telivising of national Football League games seem to have driven most of these local games away. >It's certainly not high >culture, but it is Americana and will be a high energy event. Wherever you >sit, be sure to cheer on the team whose uniforms match the colors around >you. Indeed. a very nice slice of Americana. -- ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: MLD on 5 Aug 2010 08:44 "K" <keithblakeslee(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:i3d42f$r5o$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > > news wrote: >> In november we go to florida and on Thanksgiving day we are in Naples. >> Is ther something to do than?Where can you get a good Thanksgiving >> meal?Every thing is welcome. >> Ina from Germany > > In the US many restaurants close on Thanksgiving, but some will be open > and most likely offering a 'traditional' Thanksgiving dinner. Your > choices will be limited, but hotels with restaurants will of course be > serving meals. You might send an email to the city of Naples tourism > website to inquire about restaurant options, because you'll almost > certainly need an early reservation. > > As to your first question, most things close on Thanksgiving, so an > afternoon with a good meal isn't a bad bet. Bring your leftovers back to > your hotel (you will surely have a lot) to have as cold snacks later. Buy > your wine the day before, or bring a bottle with you, as most purveyors > will be closed. > > You might enjoy watching some of the Macy's parade in NYC on television, > and some American college football bowl games later on. Or not. In fact, > if you enjoy sports you could seek out a local high school championship > game - they are usually settled on Thanksgiving morning. It's certainly > not high culture, but it is Americana and will be a high energy event. > Wherever you sit, be sure to cheer on the team whose uniforms match the > colors around you. > > It won't be hard to find some fun, but it's realistic to expect most > places to be closed for the day. > > Keith > > > --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- Aside from the comments in the other posts-- Of all the holidays in the year Thanksgiving is the one that will most likely shut down everything. Some restaurants will be open but not many--it is the one holiday that is considered a "Family" day, more so than Christmas, and everyone wants it off. Football (not soccer) is the big event all day....and all night. MLD
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