A snowstorm is coming. So they say. My holiday houseguests have decided to sit this one out, instead of driving across the state in what may very well be inclement weather. Luckily, I'm not left holding the bag with a big Thanksgiving dinner (the kids are at their dad's this year), because I brilliantly made reservations for the big Thanksgiving spread at the exquisite Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe. (Factoid: Bishop's Lodge is named after Bishop Lamy, whose life was chronicled by NM governor Lew Wallace, who amazingly enough also wrote the novel Ben Hur.)

And I also have an extremely clean house.