So it was Thanksgiving and we were in Morocco, of course. And rather than let the holiday slip away, leaving us with yet a more tenuous thread to the country from which we came............. we chose to celebrate with 20 friends and family.

Our Thanksgiving theme was the Wilds of Africa. {Because Morocco is in Africa, despite popularly confused opinion.}

This is a tale of how it went........

We got to decorating the Arabian tent at Peacock Pavilions. We gathered some of our crazy African loot.

African stools and old beads

Animal skulls and bones.....

A batik length of cloth from Mali, antlers, strands of African pods.

African antiquities, namecards with African porcupine quills.

Objects dressed up to look their African best........

A herd of antelopes and old bauxite beads.

Bunches or yellow roses in vintage Ethiopian tole containers. Gazelle horns.

Antique Tuareg nomadic bags and olive branches hung in the air.

Shiny Amy-- helping out at Peacock Pavilions for two months--took to the African madness with gusto.

And it all ended up looking like this....

We put out the horn and abalone serving utensils.

And the glimmery dishes.......

The menu was masterminded by Peacock Pavilions very own Michelle, with a 30 pound turkey sourced by the Four Seasons Marrakech and cooked by our friend, Kimo.