Very Happy Thanksgiving Day to you, wherever and whoever you are. (Who wouldn't want to give thanks for being rid of their colonial oppressors anyway?)
We celebrated a little early with a great Room to Read tenth-anniversary dinner last night at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in London, which has become almost impossible to reach, thanks to the fancy flats being built by the Candy brothers next door, thereby making it all the more remarkable that Bar Boulud in its basement is doing so well. (They apparently did 900 covers one day recently.)
Our dinner was in the banqueting suite overlooking...