Happy Happy Happy New Year!

Pretty peaceful around here during the holidays.  Still catching up after my month long trip up north, but had time to view 'Life of Pi' at SilverSpot, located in Mercato shopping plaza in North Naples.  

Life of Pi

If you haven't been to this theater, it's worth the drive.  It has a number of viewing rooms, a small restaurant at the entrance, & this venue allows you to purchase wine or beer at the bar to take into the viewing rooms. 

SilverSpot Bar

SilverSpot allows you to purchase your tickets in advance so there is no waiting in a ticket line.  Additionally, the seating is reserved, with large, leather chairs equipped with wide armrests. There are a number of  restaurants in the plaza so it's a great destination for eating and shopping too.

Seating in Viewing Theater

Mercato Shopping Plaza, North Naples

The movie was visually spell binding and will no doubt win lots of awards.

I see that Dorman Landscape, our new landscaping contractor, got a head start on cleaning up Forest Villas palm trees a bit.  Our palms trees, which were trimmed last January, were looking a bit shaggy. 

Since Forest Villas can only afford to get the palms trimmed once per year, it was recommended the palms get their trim closer to the hurricane season, maybe in May or June.

In making the shift in the new schedule, our previous landscaper declined to address the palms.  Dave's crew came in, before their contract starts in January, to at least trim up to the 15' limit their insurance allows.  They're not perfect, but it's better.  

Dave Dorman's crew installed the new landscaping around the clubhouse pool area.  I'm hopeful that this year I'll be finally able to remove the 1/2 green circle from my mailbox, and turn over the trimming of my courtyard to Dave's crew without fear that my plants will be chopped to pieces.  Dave will also coordinate our fertilizing and weed control.

It's the last day of the year!

Let's raise a glass, say 'Cheers' & toast to the New Year!

Here's hoping that 2013 will be

 Happy & Healthy for Us All!

In the event you no longer stay up until Midnight, here are some fireworks to celebrate the New Year!

And a final wish for you.

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New Year's Eve Party Invitation

For those Forest Villas residents who might currently be out of town, invitations to this year's New Year's Eve Party arrived in our doors today.

I just arrived home this week after a lengthy visit up north for business.  It's evidently been rainy here as the ponds are high once again, & all the bushes are green & full.  The fountain in the east pond has been pulled over to the shore, so I guess the fountain is once again not working.  Our environment in Florida is very hard on electrical equipment.

There was to be a Forest Villas board meeting this past week, but I understand it was canceled or postponed.  Two more villas have gone up for sale during the month I was away.  Here's hoping the winter season brings the sellers lots of offers for their villas.

The ReVive Pharmacy, that I recently designed, across from The Forest Country Club on 41, had it's Grand Opening this weekend.  It's off to a good start!

Nicole Deforte, Pharmacist

Many patients that were customers of Nicole Deforte, the pharmacist formerly at the local CVS, have now transferred to her new store.  Nicole's mother & father surprised her by  traveling from Trinidad this week to be present & supportive of their daughter's new venture.

I understand that Rod MacDonald was seriously injured in a fall recently, & is in the hospital.  Please keep Rod & his wife, Beverly, in your thoughts and prayers.

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