CHEFS DE NAPOLI AND CABANA HAPPY HOUR

CHEFS DE NAPOLI AND CABANA HAPPY HOUR

TRR, Dade City, Florida
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Sunny, 84 F

Scorchy and Mary Lou are so busy in this community! Scorchy played 9 holes of golf early this morning and Mary Lou’s Garden Club met again today (they actually meet twice a week I found out). More planting, more clean up with a coffee break now and then!  There was a wedding in the gardens tonight so the club wanted to make sure the garden was at its best. By the way, the azalea bushes are huge and their flowers are very big too.

So while Scorchy and Mary Lou worked, I read a book while sitting in the shade of a live oak in their backyard. When they got home we headed to Chefs de Napoli in Brookville for lunch---an authentic Italian restaurant we enjoyed last year. The fresh warm homemade bread was sure tasty. I had cheese ravioli, Tim had the Tastes of Italy dish—cheese ravioli, lasagna, and “some round thing.” Mary Lou requested a stop at Publix for snacks because tonight was the cabana area happy hour.

By the time we got home it was time to go to a neighbor’s yard with chairs, drinks, and our snacks (I bought little cream puffs). There were about 30 people there—what nice conversation! We were introduced to everyone. When we told one new friend that we were headed to Williamsburg, she told me two of her daughters work there-one in the millenary shop, the other in the apothecary. The two daughters have worked there for 30 years! She gave us their names and was going to call them to say we would be there soon. I truly think Williamsburg would be a dream job!!  Anyway, this is a very friendly community.

Back “home” we could hear the wedding music in the garden (Mary Lou’s site backs up to an area of the garden (the garden is at least a half-acre, if not more, not including the lake).

Because of Tim’s tech savvy and our Dish Network set up, we watched the 10 p.m. Erie’s FOX 66 news last night and there was my brother talking about maple sugaring! I called him today and they are busy tapping the sugar maple trees. He and Marge advised us that it will still be cold next week when we get home. We are trying to soak up as much sun and warmth as we can before we get home!!

Janie’s Take: We did not win the Powerball Lottery, but Scorchy won $4.00 with his ticket!