Well, you know that they say. They always go in threes: Robert Vaughn, Florence Henderson and Fidel Castro.
I wouldn't expect the recount in Wisconsin to flip that state — and even if it did, it wouldn't flip the presidential election. But it won't be surprising if it shows that the first count wasn't as accurate as we'd like to think all our vote counts are. And Hillary's mounting lead in the popular vote does do a lot to remind everyone that most voting Americans didn't want Donald Trump or the political agenda that comes with him. I suspect that in the days since the election, a lot of folks who voted for the guy have started to wonder if they made the wrong decision. The celebrations of white supremacists at their new supposed power is doing some of that as are the lousy cabinet selections.
The best things about having Thanksgiving Dinner in a restaurant is that you have no hassle to get the food purchased and prepared, no clean-up after and you don't feel obligated to invite over a lot of people who have nowhere else to go that day but who you'd rather not see that day.
The worst thing about having Thanksgiving Dinner in a restaurant is that you don't wind up with two-thirds of a roast turkey in your refrigerator for the next few days of sandwiches and nibbling. I partially solved that. I remembered last night that in previous years, the Whole Foods Market near me had tons of very good leftover turkey in its Hot Food Bar for days after. I ran over and bought a few pounds worth. It's just about the only prepared chow I've ever found in a Whole Foods that's as good as it looks.
Carolyn and I had Thanksgiving Dinner (lunch, actually, given the hour) at the Tam O'Shanter Restaurant in Los Feliz. This was long one of our favorite dining spots but a few years ago, I had a couple of bad meals in a row there and, worst of all, a bad experience with a manager who treated my complaints as an annoyance. So we stopped going there.
Some places though are deserving of another chance. I'm glad we gave the Tam another chance because Thanksgiving there was delightful. If you want to go there next year, I'd phone for a reservation now because they do tend to get pretty full on the holidays. With good reason.