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| November 23, 2017. N.A.S. Miramar, Cougar's Sore Bottom Sailing Club on Thanksgiving morning. |
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| The previous days, hours were spent between refreshing recipe knowledge from old cook books.... |
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| ... and Redhill Farm's kitchen (on Earth for quite a while now). All the food was grown, bread and cooked at the farm. |
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| The invite sent to our distinguished friends, many of whom could not make it but were present in thought. |
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| First to arrive, from left: CAPT. Vickie Kühn, CAPT. Asra Kron, Ms. Asp Grelling and LCDR. An Rainbow. |
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| VCG's VADM. Eliza Belis is welcomed at Cougar's piano diner by Asra Kron and Asp Grelling. |
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| First turkey serve, from left: CAPT. Kühn, LCDR. Rainbow, VADM. Belis, CAPT. Kron, Ms. Grelling and LCDR. Baxter. |
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| The turkey didn't last long on the plates and that was just a little hint of things to come! |
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| As dessert was served, VADM. Belis was replaced by Col. Kangas, SLMC, who joined us for coffee after the first meal. |
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| From left: CAPT. Vickster "Speed" Kühn, Ms. Asp Grelling and LCDR. An "Mistell" Rainbow. |
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| From left: VADM. Eliza Belis, LCDR. Bambi "BamBam" Baxter and Col. Jade "Cheeks" Kangas. |
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| Col. Jade Kangas, SL Marine Corps, enjoys a smoke after coffee as the guest's guard was changing. |
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| The French arrive! Some of our friends from the PAF SL show up after practice. Notice Lcl. Lefavre still in flight suit. |
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| Rhea Thor: "A prayer before eating. Une petite prière avant de manger." At the back table, Ms. Grelling and Col. Kangas. |
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| Second serve of turkey. From left, clockwise:Cdt. Myrisse Loon, Col. Mara Klaber, Lt. Chipounne, Cne. Patoulou, Lcl. Paterne Lefavre, Col. Rhea Thor, Cne. T'Sar Kanto and CAPT. Asra Kron. |
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| Paterne was not the only one changing clothes. Boss Vickie Kühn enjoys a Bourbon at the bar while the French eat. |
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| The puff pastry hearts were the selected dessert and met general approval. The Boss takes Mara's place for seconds! |
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| Patrouille de France en SL's wonder couple: Col. Rhea Thor and Lcl. Paterne Lefavre, |
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| From left: Cne. T'Sar Kanto, Cdt. Myrisse Loon, Col. Mara Klaber, Cne. Patoulou and Lt. Chipounne. |
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| As the sun sets quietly on Du Sud Isle, Cougar's settles for the last party. |
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| "Cougar" and "Speed" share the calm atmosphere between parties with drinks by the fire, at the piano diner. |
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| "You are either 4 hours late or 2 hours early, Lieutenant. You choose." That made "Hawk" stare at the clock a while. |
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| Time zones may be unkind, but Cougar's is not. LTJG. Matter "Hawk" Blueskind missed the dinners but did take a turkey home. |
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| The last party starts to arrive. From left: CAPT. Asra Kron, Ms. Valerie Patterson and Quinn Avery, dog reporter extraordinaire. |
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| "And that one has your name on it!" One of Quinn's photos was used for a Blue Angels F9F poster. Happy doggy! |
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| As the last guests seem late, the third serve starts. Ms. Patterson seems to wonder about Quinn's hat that soon disappeared. |
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| From left: CDR. Helena Stenvaag, Ms. Valerie Patterson, CAPT. Kron, Quinn Avery and the returned VADM. Eliza Belis. |
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| When you see "Barbie" parked at Cougar's you know who is in town. |
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| CAPT. Sidney Pobieski enjoys her turkey and a little time away from the Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club. |
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| From left: Ms. Valerie Patterson, Quinn Avery, CAPT. Sidney Pobieski and CDR. Helena "BB" Stenvaag. |
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| As the evening winds down, drinks and warm chat by the fire. "BamBam" joins the last group. From left: LCDR. Baxter, CAPT. Kron, CDR. Stenvaag and CAPT. Pobieski. The flan pudding on the table made someone happy! |
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| Dusk at Miramar and Cougar's turns another fine page. Thank you all for coming. More turkey next year! |
N.A.S. Miramar, Cougar's Sore Bottom Sailing Club, 2017
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