…what a really nice Holiday.  A Holiday that celebrates love for each other.  A Holiday that makes one feel special.  It has always been one of my very favorite Holidays and I think my love for it goes all the way back to first grade. I remember vividly the teacher bringing in the cardboard box, […]

..for Mexican Food?  If so, we have several different Mexican Restaurants in The Villages that I have eaten at, and enjoyed their food.  One is El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant, which is located on 1 LaGrande Blvd., which I consider to be the beginning of The Villages’ first downtown area.  It is across the street from […]

…is a book written by a very good friend of mine that I met when we were both Sales Representatives with Properties of The Villages.  There was not a lot of opportunity to sit around and chat, however every week the agents would go out on tour to preview all the new listings.  You have […]

…their hardest to keep us all fit.  If we took part in only one tenth of the available activities and exercise programs that are offered to us, we would be back to our adolescent weight, or at the very least, our teenage weight.  I think one of my current problems is I heard, she is so skinny, for […]

many years ago, in fact it was in the mid 1980’s and we were both selling Real Estate in North Jersey.  I always loved when Tim was on the other side of a transaction, as I knew that no matter what obstacle we might encounter when closing a sale, would be overcome by his knowledge, […]

…leaving the dinner table hungry.  I am sure there were times as a child we left hungry because we refused to eat our spinach or liver, but that was by choice.  Imagine leaving hungry because there was no food.  Imagine as a parent not being able to provide enough food to fill up hungry stomachs.  […]

…is this Saturday, Feb. 2nd, starting at 10AM at Lake Sumter Landing.  The Chili Cook-offs have been a very big happening in The Villages for many years, well 16 to be exact.  It is one of the Rotary Club of The Villages fund raisers, and have they raised funds over the years, in excess of over half-a-million […]

…this Saturday, Feb. 2nd from 9AM to 2PM, the Writers League of The Villages is holding its’ BookLovers’ Showcase at the Lake Miona Recreation Center.  Attendees will have the opportunity to meet published Authors of all types of books for all different ages, children through adult.  Several years ago I stumbled upon their showcase when I […]

 …is alive and well in The Villages.  I had mentioned them in one of my more recent blogs, and was determined to find them and get some pictures.  More easily said than done.  I was on Rio Grande and spotted them in the lake by Chula Vista, however did not have my camera.  When I […]

    in Eustis, is the home of the Bay Street Players, and if you have never attended a production of theirs there, I highly recommend it.  Yesterday I attended a performance of Avenue Q, The Musical  and can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. I was with a friend,  who had seen Avenue Q on Broadway, and she […]