Spa at the Monastery [St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, Monday Evening]

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Monday evening in the oldest (English) city in North America was crisp and... not all that clear, actually, with a light rain drizzling down. Lucky for the residents of Fandom, there was plenty to do inside where they could be nice and warm and dry. Like that rather expansive Thanksgiving feast being prepared in the Abbey Restaurant.

[ooc: ocd up! rooms | thanksgiving dinner | lobby | downtown st. john's ]

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Spa at the Monastery - Rooms

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Welcome to the Spa at the Monastery (http://www.monastery-spa.com/acomm.htm)! Rooms come fitted with fireplace, bathroom, spa robe, a king-sized bed or two double beds, and an air-massage tub right in your bedroom. Enjoy.

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Re: Spa at the Monastery - Room 38

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After lunch at the restaurant, dinner at the Thanksgiving table, and plenty of ale and wine to wash both down, Tyrion finally toddled up to his room and sprawled out on a bed, almost totally satisfied.

He didn't know where exactly he was. He wasn't quite sure what he'd been giving thanks for. But St. John was certainly a hospitable place to spend some time.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - Room 8

[holy-daughter.livejournal.com]

Lucrezia had eaten a lovely meal, and was now retired to her room. She had found a lovely tome to peruse, by the dim evening light, and a chair in which to curl up whilst reading.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - Room 8

[unburnt-queen.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I've eaten so much since my wedding feast," Dany murmured as she stumbled through the door, flopping ungracefully onto her bed.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - Room 39

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Hercules had not gotten a chance to enjoy the room during the rest of the day, and after the delicious feast of Thanksgiving he'd come back to collapse onto his bed and relax. Shirtless. As you do.

Spa at the Monastery - Hotel

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Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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St. John's was home to the country's first official Thanksgiving, and so of course the staff at the hotel went all out when preparing this particular meal.

Laid out on banquet tables for the Fandom guests to enjoy is a Thanksgiving feast. Turkey, mashed regular and sweet potatoes, stuffing, pissaladière (http://frenchfood.about.com/od/appetizershorsdoeuvres/r/pissaladiere.htm), apple-glazed carrots... and of course, Jiggs dinner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigg%27s_dinner). To drink, there was wine or mulled cider.

For dessert, there would be the traditional pumpkin (perhaps a bit spicier than the American guests were used to) and sugar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_pie) pies.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[endsthegame]

Ender was not even remotely a foodie, but this was a ritual he'd never really been a part of - not in the US nor anywhere else - and so it was both curiosity and hunger that drove him to the restaurant.

He took a seat. He didn't exactly try a bit of everything -- he sipped his glass of milk and took just enough to be polite and didn't eat it all -- but he did keep his eyes open and observed how other people went about it.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[whenshewasnice]

After the disappointing turn of events at the store, Natalie had spent some time just walking on her own, but she returned to the hotel in time for the feast. It was Thanksgiving, after all. It was a thing to acknowledge.

It was still doing very little to change how she was feeling. Regardless, she was there by the table, picking at the food on her plate.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[necroslacker]

Sam thought about going out but it was chilly and he didn't know when he'd experience an authentic Canadian Thanksgiving again so he decided to stay in.

Dressed comfortably, he found a seat at the table and started getting a few things to try. He avoided the meat but made attempts to try almost everything else.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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Toby was gonna give the Jiggs dinner a pass, thank you, but everything else was getting heaped on his plate. This was markedly different from the really kind of pathetic Thanksgiving dinners he'd had in the past, so he was gonna make the most of it.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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It really was good to be home, Jake had to admit. Even if sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner with people who were a mix of friends and acquaintances rather than family felt a bit odd. Which would be why he had his phone out and was texting his niece for updates on the Doyle family dinner.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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Rilla took a small sample of everything (and two slices of sugar pie, hush), and sat down, stared at her plate, and was completely overwhelmed with homesickness.

Hopefully no one would notice a tear or two falling into the pissaladière.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie figured that unless things improved back home before November, this was the only Thanksgiving she was getting this year. Plus it gave her a good chance to see if this was any different than real Thanksgiving.

Of course some of the food looked a little strange to her, so she was just going to try the stuff she already knew.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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Did anyone really expect Chuck to be anywhere else tonight? It wasn't pizza, but it was almost better.

Some of it was a bit weird, but he was trying everything, including the Jiggs dinner a lot of people seemed to be avoiding. What could be so bad about it?

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[selfhelphero]

It definitely seemed weird to be eating Thanksgiving food in October, but it all looked so good that Billy wasn't going to complain. He figured that being in a different country, even if it wasn't really that different, meant following their holidays, and when that meant getting to sit down with a plate of food, he was all for it.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[chief-cheerio.livejournal.com]

After a long, relaxing bath, Quinn drifted down to the banquet and took a small sample of almost everything on display. It wasn't as good as real Thanksgiving, but it was better than the can of soup she'd probably be eating back on the island.

Besides, it was nice to get two Thanksgivings: One for Fandom people, one for her actual blood relatives.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

[life_inshadow]

Tara wasn't really in the mood for a full Thanksgiving dinner, so her meal was centered on pie, pie, and stuffing.

In other words, the really important things.

She glanced about the table, pleased to see so many people had come on the trip.

Re: Spa at the Monastery - The Abbey Restaurant

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Hank checked the date on his wrist communicator in confusion -- yep, it was still October. Not even Halloween yet.

He considered flagging someone down, but decided against it. They had to KNOW they were celebrating Thanksgiving on the wrong day, right?

Spa at the Monastery - Lobby

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If you're not into food, there's always the lobby to hang out in.

Downtown St. John's

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And for those looking for the nightlife... may we suggest a stroll along George Street (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Street,_St._John%27s), home to the most pubs and bars per square foot in North America. There were a number of musical acts (http://www.whatsongeorge.com/2011-10-10) performing tonight as well, if that's your thing.

Downtown St. John's - Along George Street

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There was, as it happened, a backpack-toting girl from Fandom wandering along George Street to take in the local variety of nightlife. Not to participate in it -- just to see.

If, you know . . . anything happened.

It probably wouldn't do to have one of the masked nighttime vigilantes from Fandom conveniently turn up on the trip too, so she'd avoid that kind of notice if possible, but just in case anything, well, went on? That was what the backpack was for.

Mostly, though, Stephanie found the whole thing kind of charming in comparison with what passed for nightlife in Gotham. And was earwormed, dammit.

Downtown St. John's - George Street

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Hanna wandered downtown mostly to look for places to shop. She didn't expect to find so many pubs all in one area. She stood outside, listening to the sounds of music drifting from one of them. This was so cool.

Re: Downtown St. John's

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Like Bruce would do anything but see the nightlife the first night (especially when it was during a holiday usually spent with family). He wanted to get a real feel for what people around here were like. And if he could make a name for himself by paying for a couple rounds, well, that was just part of being Bruce Wayne. And if he needed a good fake ID to sell that he was 19, well, he knew a thing or two about very convincing fake IDs.

As long as he wasn't actually drinking himself, it was slightly justifiable from a legal point of view.

OOC! [Fall Break 2011]

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