Gangy's Big Ethnic Gaff of the Week*

The Thanksgiving dinner table is exquisitely set.  New gold damask table linens, delicate old china, the Waterford, the Madam Jumel.  Exquisite but not particularly sensible for the 23 month old diner.  In response to Emily's request for a non-breakable plate for Miss Lilyanne, I return to the table with a melamine Chinese restaurant plate.
Nothing personal.  It was either this or  the birthday desert plate.  And I didn't see any birthday girl...


*Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny. But now you're sad, your mama's mad. And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money ...