Welcome Fall!

Wait a minute! What happened to summer? I remember summer stopped by at about 100 degrees, and then fall dropped in and is seen walking through the back door, and here comes cooler weather knocking on our door. Quick! Preparation is needed to decorate for fall and get ready for Thanksgiving and then Christmas!!  It’s coming pretty fast! Better start making lists for mailing cards and planning parties, and Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas presents and travel. I really love this time of year because there is so much planning to do, shopping to do, baking and cooking. Nothing boring about this time of year! Even if you don’t have a family, you can invite another family over. I bet they’d love it. Think of something kind you can do or say or buy or bake. It’s that time of year folks. Don’t let the nay-sayers spoil it for you. Lean back and enjoy! 

Speaking of celebrating – I bet that is what the folks who live on Isles of Capri are doing! They have clung together to protect their little piece of paradise and not let money influence the decision. But there’s more work to do. Congratulations to all who fought to save their Island. Once it is gone, it is gone forever, and never can return to its original form. There’s still more to do, and the builders have engaged the most influential law firm in this area to win it for them. But the people on Capri are working together to save their homes and their Islands. If any of you have never been to Isles of Capri, there are four islands attached by land bridges and the Islands are only about a mile and a half long! To have three tall buildings at 168-feet, 12 stories tall built on a tiny island is incomprehensible! Especially when the area is small already! Oh, did I mention there would also be a parking garage? And then there are the owner's boats! How does everyone use their boat in such a confined area? Honestly, I can hardly even imagine it. Yikes! Well, you get the picture and round one has been won. Let’s hope the good guys can save their Island!

Now on to Bayshore, another favorite place of mine and many others!

The former Sicilia Bar, Pizza and Pub closed without notice on Bayshore Drive and Lunar Street in East Naples. The new owners are upgrading the 50-year-old building and transforming it into a Mediterranean inspired restaurant and calling it "The Med". The owner is Mary Brandt, who owns Hotel Escalante and Veranda Restaurant in Olde Naples. The plan is for a minimum of 150 seats including outdoor seating and a full liquor license. Outdoor lounge seating, a 14-seat semicircular outdoor bar, a six-inch high platform stage beneath an outdoor LED television screen will be surrounded by a unique privacy fence. In addition, other decorative plans will create an ambiance that will add to the flavor and compliments what promises to be a delicious menu. Bayshore welcomes “The Med” with open arms and all are excited for this new addition to the district. In days gone by, people in this area loved playing pool at the Ship’s Inn which was located on that very spot – my husband and kids loved it there! Thank you, Karen Beatty, the CRA Chairwoman, for this information!