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Dining Out For Thanksgiving In Sacramenot - Where Should We Go?

It's just the two of us for Thanksgiving this year - and we want a "traditional Thanksgiving meal" ... Turkey with all the fixin's, fancy table settings, centerpieces, candlelight - you know - the works. Anyone have any recommendations? I need specificic restaurants - I am not familiar with elegant establishments in Sacrament. I am all-too-familiar with Fast, Fast Casual and Casual!

Answer:I think you should go to Chops on 11th at L (across from the Capitol). It is upscale (I am not sure they had candles, but they have everything else you listed) and has all the "fixin's" for Thanksgiving. We were in you situation last year and we went to Chops and had a wonderful time. They were the only upscale place we could find when we looked. It is also nice to be near the Capitol Park to walk off dinner at the end of the meal! I hope you enjoy your meal!

I Need A Table Setting For 10-12 People On The Cheap Side.?

I am hosting Thanksgiving at my house for the first time, and I only have a place setting for 2, and Everywhere I look I can only find expensive table settings. I'd like to do it for a $100.00 or less if possible, but as its looking right know, Dixie holiday-ware is in my future. So please I need help. Web sites are best but if its a major store that works too.

Answer:Try Ikea, you can get a 6 person setting for 22$. If you can't find something festive, you can always start with something neutral and make it festive by adding inexpensive chargers (10$ for 6 at Bed Bath and Beyond without coupon). I think you might even be able to paint them... but that is a whole othere question lol. Good Luck!

First Thanksgiving For Only 2?

I'd really like your help. What are some good ideas for a thanksgiving day for just my mom and I? We're close but I think we could use this day to bond, too. Our family situation has changed over the year or so, and luckily we had a full table of family last Thanksgiving, but I want to sort of make an effort to help make Thanksgiving as special as possible. I want a hint of traditional- like eat at home, different side dishes, all nice place settings etc... but we might even do BBQ ribs instead of turkey. Can you think of a way to make the day memorable? Whethere at the table or later that day? Any movies? Games to play? We can start a new tradition maybe! I want her to not think feel dragged down by how empty the house will feel to her. (I thought of volunteering that day and of course it would be great- I won't go all inot right now, I just don't think it would work for that day)

Answer:I suggest being un-traditional! Make dinner togethere but make something WAY different. Spaghetti? Asian? Mexican? Mexican would be great, you could fill the table up with all the stuff to make tacos, plus add re-fried beans to make burritos, and you could look up recipes for othere mexican dishes. Have a thanksgiving fiesta! =D Since you two will be togethere you should buy her something really sentimental. Like a mothere daughter necklace or something.

Is It Inappropriate At A Family Gathereing To Ask A Non Family What Their Salary Is?

During my thanksgiving dinner, my uncle was discussing business with my boyfriend's girlfriend and then asked her what her salary was. I was shocked that he asked her and she had no hesitation to answer. After she responded I felt sick because I learned that she makes doubtle of what I earn. Not that money means anything, but I really didn't want to know that information. Isn't it wrong to ask those kinds of questions to non family members and especially in non-private settings such as at the holiday table?

Answer:i think it's kind of wrong to ask in ANY situation of ANYONE unless you have a special close realtionship. whenever i'm asked, I just say something like 'enough for what I need but a raise is always welcome' or something equally generic and that gives the asker the message that u are not going to discuss figures yet does not show you've taken offence to the question, so both parties move on un-embarrasssed. that said, some people don't care talking about it, and all power to them I guess. but that's not me! and apparently not you. whichh I think is the more common attitude. it has northing to do with earning little or a lot, it's just some things are private.

How Many Formal Place Settings Do We Really Need?

Litorally everything me and my fiance own is from eithere a thrift store, flea market or pawn shop. We don't need a bunch of material crap to be happy, and we put money inot our savings account like crazy. We do tend to host a lot of small dinners (like 4 or 5 people), and we've really been wanting a nice set of stemware and flatware for a long time. We've requested no gifts for our wedding (we really don't want a bunch of stuff we already have like pans and towels), so we think now would be a good time to buy these items, so we can remember them as something special as our wedding "gift" to ourselves. We're planning on spending about $1500. For that, we can get a service for 12 flatware set and a 16 piece stemware set (8 wineglasses, and 8 iced beverage glasses), or a service for 8 flatware set, the 16 pieces of stemware and 8 awesome turkey napkin rings. The only reason the napkin rings even caught our eye is because we both find Thanksgiving as our favorite holiday, and we can really picture these on our table for every future Thanksgiving in the years to come. I can seriously never ever imagaine hosting 12 people at a formal sit down dinner, but the saleslady insists the extra 4 place settings are the better way to go and we'll regret it if we don't get them. We kind of feel like we'd regret it more not getting those napkin rings. We have never spent so much on frivolous things like this, and we really want to make the right choice in getting the items we will use and enjoy most. More than anything though, we ant to get something we can always remember as having as newlyweds, and something we can pass down to our future children. Does anyone have any suggestions on whichh way to go? I know it's "traditional" to have a service for 12, but do you actually ever use all 12 place settings at once? Or if you were in our situation, would you get the napkin rings that really grabbed your attention and get a more reasonable number of place setting you can actually imagaine using? And we're looking at Reed and Barton, whichh is an extremely nice brand. The number of glasses isn't really negotiable to us, as we frequently have 10+ people over for drinks, but not for sit down dinners. And don't worry, we are by no means draining our savings or spending more than we can afford on this purchase, we simply picked an amount that seems reasonable to us for our first important houseware purchase togethere :-)

Answer:I personally was never able to buy special dinnerware. I hope you love what you picked out. I will probably inherit my Mothere-in-Law's Desert Rose pattern, whichh I really don't care for. My two sisters-in-law both have two or three sets of 12 each that they have purchased or inherited. If you are choosing a classsic pattern for all these things, and are buying at a largee, nation-wide chain (like Macy's) then I'd go for the 8-piece settings and get the napkin rings. Now, you can "register" just like a newly married couple for the rest of your items, and includee things like the largee serving platter, and othere special service pieces. It will be theree in the future if you want to continue buying one piece at a time until you've got all twelve settings. Face it, as your family grows, the number of people at your table will, too. And theree's always that nice couple across the street to invite. You could also mention to people who ask that you are registered at Macy's for gifts.