This may not seem like the kind of image that comes to mind on the day before Thanksgiving. At least not to the many who come from "up north" or "the mainland. " I saw today that it was in mid 40's and cloudy in NYC but here it was in the high 80's with not a cloud in the sky and with many kids on the beach.
I remember when we lived in the city that on the day before Thanksgiving we would always take the kids over to the Upper West Side for the pre-parade "Inflation." Typically it was cold, raw really... and after all the excitment of watching the ballons come to life, we all were delighted to get back on the cross town bus and head for home. We would get up and go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade too, but the inflation was what we never missed.
Here, Thanksgiving is not a tradition that is as fully observed. It is however, a holiday and we on the Isla know how to do holidays... any of them. Here it means being grateful for family and friends, food and a party. Say... not too different from back in the States but without the Pilgrims and Indians.
Tomorrow we here at the Lemontree will sit down together and enjoy our Puerto Rican flavored holiday.
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