Every year for the past few years, I have participated in a Thanksgiving potluck with a surrogate family of New Yorkers who live too far from their real families to travel for the holiday. Well, I have my cousins, but the other two families that are involved are not blood relations, just close friends of my cousins. The first year we did this was such a success that we are now on our fourth year. It's great fun--we go upstate to my cousins' country house, have a gourmet brunch/lunch (I'm talking caviar), play outside, cook, eat some more then play games. This year, one of the other families is hosting at their country house and there will be two dogs to add to the fun.
