U.S. East Coast is where I live (and will continue to live for a while) and my whole family's on the West Coast! Well, my sister goes to boarding school on the East Coast too, but she did go home since she got 2 weeks off from school for Thanksgiving. It's okay though, I enjoy feeling independent hehe.
Mmmmm your meal sounds good! Well, besides the turkey since I never liked that much (and now I'm vegetarian), but ahhh mashed potatoes! My family tends not to do much of a traditional Thanksgiving and just eat Chinese food like normal haha.