Baltimore Thanksgiving 2024. What can I say? This is the first Thanksgiving since I lost my Mom. There will definitely be a void to the day. I am thankful for my family and my friends who have been there for me throughout the past year. I am always thankful for our Frontline Workers, often who [...]
Baltimore Thanksgiving 2023 is a time for reflection and feeling grateful. I am thankful for my family and my friends, and hope they all remain healthy and safe. I am thankful for our Frontline Workers, who often must work and don't get to spend the holiday with their families. I am thankful for my clients [...]
Baltimore Thanksgiving 2022 is returning to a sense of normalcy. I am thankful for my family and my friends, and hope they all remain healthy and safe. I am thankful for our Frontline Workers, who often must work and don't get to spend the holiday with their families. I am thankful for my clients from [...]
Baltimore Thanksgiving 2021 is returning to a sense of normalcy. I am thankful for my family and my friends, and hope they all remain healthy and safe. I am thankful for our Frontline Workers, who often must work and don't get to spend the holiday with their families. I am thankful for my clients from [...]
Baltimore Thanksgiving 2020 is definitely a different holiday than usual. Due to COVID, my family is not coming in, and I will not be hosting my usual 38+/- people. The Thanksgiving Ravens game just got canceled due to an active COVID outbreak on the team. It has been rescheduled for Sunday. This isn't so those [...]
Baltimore Thanksgiving 2014 is definitely one for the books. A snowstorm with Thundersnow came on Wednesday, closing Baltimore County schools early, as well as many businesses. My son was off school and found indoor activities to play. My nephew even built a snowman when he got home from school! I am thankful for my family and [...]
Today was my first Thanksgiving since my Dad passed away. We've been apart before, and last year, the last one he was alive, we were not able to be together. I didn't know that Christmas 2010 was the last Christmas we would spend together. I had been worried about this first Thanksgiving without him. He [...]
Why is Thanksgiving not the last Thursday in November? I was having this discussion with someone the other day, because it hit both of us that we always thought it was the last Thursday. It is always the FOURTH Thursday, not necessarily the last. Often times the fourth Thursday IS the last, so many times [...]
Well, Thanksgiving will be a weird one this year for many of us here in Baltimore. The Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers at 8:20pm Thanksgiving night -- so my family will be split up in places. A mini Kirk Thanksgiving will be held at Ravens Stadium (or really, prior to, at the tailgate), [...]
Our office Thanksgiving luncheon just ended, and as usual, I had multiple requests for my sweet potato recipe. It's not a big secret, and I am happy to share. I created the recipe in 1999, when I was asked to bring sweet potatoes to multiple Thanksgiving luncheons. I will clarify that at the time, I [...]