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"Thanksgiving with the Nantucket friends and family was pretty unreal. If our dinner had had a theme, it would have been French cuisine does an American holiday! To start, French wine, and on slices of baguettes, the most flavorful cheeses I&amp;amp;#8217;ve ever tasted. Our turkey dinner included dishes like fennel puree (hello, mashed potato upgrade!). The table was lovely&amp;amp;#8212;my friend Beatrice made Martha Stewart-worthy centerpiece creations, with yellow pumpkins carved into flower vases (sorry no photos!!). Illuminating our meal was the gentle flicker of candlelight, which bounced off the sparkling silver Tiffany cutlery. It was a feast for the eyes and stomach! Tasteful and tasty!Afterwards, we went to see Australia, starring Glamour cover girl and 2008 Woman of the Year Nicole Kidman. The movie felt like a combo of City Slickers (the cattle drive part, minus Billy Crystal) and The Thorn Birds (one of my favorite books) plus The Sound of Music (the sweeping landscapes). But we were all distracted because early in the movie, my friend Edie saw a rat near her left foot, looking for popcorn! Eek! In fact, we were so preoccupied by what might be underfoot that we couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t really enjoy what was in front of our eyes. I only glimpsed two of the supposedly 73 pairs of shoes that James Ferragamo hand-made for Kidman&amp;amp;#8217;s character, according to W magazine. Another thing that took me out of the movie was this constant inner debate: Do I like Hugh Jackman better with a beard or without a beard? Beard or no beard? The movie was three hours long, which gave me time to decide, but I still don&amp;amp;#8217;t know! Okay, the best thing I watched this weekend was the USC-Notre Dame game. We won, 38-3. My friends Laurie and Lauren are so into football that, in addition to USC games, they actually watch other games that aren&amp;amp;#8217;t even their team. How was your Thanksgiving weekend? Did you see a good movie or football game? And most importantly, the matter of Hugh Jackman&amp;amp;#8217;s facial hair&amp;amp;#8212;take this poll! Hugh Jackman: Beard...or no beard? How do you like your Hugh Jackman? ( polls) Photos: Everett Collection."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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