CHEFS DI NAPOLI AND FRESH STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

Travelers Rest Resort / Dade City, Florida

Wednesday/Thursday, January 21, 22, 2015

77 F, Sunny

OK, so our days are not “living on the edge” exciting! This morning we went to a lecture at the main building about shoulder pain mostly for the free coffee and muffins.  Christopher E. Baker, M.D., a board certified orthopedic surgeon at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, visited TRR to speak about shoulder “malfunctions.” I was very impressed by his detailed PowerPoint presentation. Dr. Baker has worked with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, the Pittsburgh Panthers, and the Colorado Rockies as the orthopedic and sports medicine physician. He patiently answered everyone’s questions.  He stayed after the lecture and I decided to ask him about heavy purses. He said that is really not a shoulder problem, more a neck problem, and as long as I switch sides and put the purse cross body when walking around antique shows for hours I will be fine!

Mary Lou worked in the garden today and Scorchy golfed while Tim and I read. I thought I would post a few photos of the cabana we are staying in. As you can see we are every comfortable. The cabana is larger than a balcony stateroom on a cruise.

The full bath is on my right as I take the photo. 

The mirrored door on the left is to the closet.

Looking the other direction--the bath door is on the left 

just past the chest with my suitcase.

The dinette overlooks the street that passes by the cabana. 

One can see where some neighbors live across the street.

The TRR park news flash is that a neighbor was putting up dry wall while keeping the nails in his mouth yesterday. He sneezed or coughed or just breathed and ended up swallowing one nail. Now he is in the local hospital waiting hopefully for the nail to pass. Apparently x-rays are taken every so often.

This afternoon we drove to Brooksville for dinner at Chefs di Napoli (14277 Powell Rd, Brooksville, FL 3460), a great Italian restaurant. White tablecloths, freshly baked bread, a delicate marinara sauce, baked cheese ravioli, and tortellini (TK).

Tonight I prepared 2 pints of fresh local strawberries while Mary Lou baked biscuits for wonderful strawberry shortcake we enjoyed on the patio outdoors!!!

Yesterday TK and I went to the Wiregrass Mall in nearby Zephyrhills. This is a nice mall with Macy’s, Dillard’s, Penney’s, Chicos, Pandora, Barnes and Noble, and so on. He got gas at Sam’s Club for $1.83/gallon.

TK’s Takes: It was a relaxing, mild day. The orthopedic doctor answered a lot of questions at the morning lecture. There is a different lecture every Tuesday and Thursday. The tortellini was very good at Chef di Napoli and the bread was the best he ever had in an Italian restaurant.