One of my favourite and regular clients is an American guy in his early thirties who always makes the effort to book an appointment with a model, usually me, every time he’s in the city on business. This month his trip happened to fall over Thanksgiving and I knew he was gutted to miss spending the holidays with his family. He booked an appointment with me so he wouldn’t have to spend the day alone and started telling me all about how he would usually spend the day. Big celebrations were typical, which provided an excuse to see his brothers and sister, as well as a huge meal expertly cooked by his Mum.
We were in a bar at the time and as he started talking about what was featured in a traditional thanksgiving meal, I could tell he was craving a proper hearty meal. One of my fellow models had told me about a quirky American themed gastro pub hidden in a charming corner of London that I was pretty sure would be going all out for Thanksgiving. I told him to grab his coat and we went outside to hail a taxi. We enjoyed a huge meal of turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings and I could tell he appreciated me bringing him there. We were both full to the brim but we didn’t let the Thanksgiving fun end there, and soon retreated to his hotel room.
