Islanders celebrate Thanksgiving in style. Over the years we have been invited to cookouts, formal holiday dinners and picnics but the award for the ultimate Thanksgiving dinner has to go to our neighbor Joanne. Her kitchen is an absolute hive of activity, the table groans with the most spectacular food and the scrumptious turkey dinner is followed by her home cooked secret recipe cheesecake - positively the best dessert in the history of the universe. Invited guests troop in from all directions to Canasta Drive and the drinks flow freely as does the conversation. At Joanne's house the talk is always lively and intelligent, laced with a good dollop of wry humor ranging from island politics to world affairs. Don is the master of comedy and has a ready supply of jokes if the conversation flags in the soporific aftermath of the consumption of copious amount of Joanne's super food. After dinner, some guests drift off for a snooze on the shady deck overlooking the water, others sit and sip a creamy cappucino in the comfortable lounge. An invitation to their celebration of America's favorite holiday is a real honor.