The Holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas, then a surprising New Year's Eve... Thanksgiving Dinner  -  bon appétit!   Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony on Daley Plaza.   ACTIV's Christmas do at Vong's Thai Kitchen.   A night-cap at the Ambassador Hotel's Pump Room.   The Zoolights at Lincoln Park Zoo.   Christmas Eve at Ben and Dimitra's.   A trip to the movies on Christmas Day.   The view from my room for the first week of the New Year...   ...recuperating in a Lincoln Park hospital after a serious intestinal illness.          Thanks for all my lovely cards and flowers!