God Bless us, everyone

With the guest house transformed, the feast in the kitchen almost ready.

Mr. Dickens arrived for our Dickens Christmas Party

The performance went beyond any expectations we had.
JT was Charles Dickens....
We cried, we laughed, we were in Victorian England...

I am uploading short clips
for sometimes they prove to be a very long download on some servers.
Enjoy a bit of our evening with Mr. Charles Dickens..

Our holiday celebration lasted into the night
we ate, we drank we shared a very magical night

After the Christmas party in early December we embarked
on a gingerbread house to end all gingerbread houses.

Doesn't everyone make scale models first?

Crushed candies for window panes
and a good ol kidney bean can to prop everything up.

We had a cookie making project at the same time.
I let Elizabeth Gabriel take charge of decorating those!

Oops
and Yum

In the meantime Provincetown was getting ready for the holidays as well

Whaler's Wharf and Wa

Buying Trees at Lands End Marie

The West end

Historic Inns of Cape Cod, holiday "Bloody Mary" party

Our hosts, Tom and Alice

The snow came just in time for the holidays
I know you all were wondering where my 5am picture was going to
be posted on this blog page...

5am..ish
December 23rd 2008

And more snow...

Christmas 2008

Christmas morning...The Polar Bear plunge
into the Atlantic Ocean....

Finally time to present the Gingerbread house...

The day was perfect

And back to a sold out guest house for New Year's!
We have had so much fun this January at Gabriel's.

We are enjoying every minute of this wonderful winter

January 2009 has brought some amazing weekends already
Pizza and games, does it get any better?

January ...around town

Town Hall
1/2009

The Provincetown Post office is getting a massive historic paint job inside.
We are told the lights will even be returned to their original glory.

The famous Eastham Turnip Farm
weathering the winter
( it's not Provincetown but we love this old stand!)

The fishing boats docked after a bitter day out on the Atlantic

And inside, it's that fun festive time of making the 2009 charts!

This is what it is about
Winter at Gabriel's
Saturday afternoon around 3pm
Hot chocolate and laughter
does one need anything else in 8 degree weather?