December 23,2023 Middle Island, NY We left Sarasota on December 14. Before we left, I spent some time on Siesta beach. 🩵 I love it when I spy my blue heron friend. This is Point of Rocks…the actual rocks are beyond the point. Looking north from Point of Rocks. We met up on my way...
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December 9,2023 We’ve been home for a week … a peaceful quiet week. I walked the beach and our neighborhood… Arriving at Siesta Beach just before 10:00 am last Sunday, I was surprised by two things. First surprise was the Siesta Seafood Festival … I don’t remember it being offered this late in the year....
Continue readingSeveral local folks, including Goncalo, one of the super hosts in the Intercontinental club lounge, suggested El Mercato as their favorite restaurant in Lisbon. We hesitated because, well, hello? We’re in Portugal and we are eating Italian? We read the rave reviews on social media, Timmy made a reservation online and off we went....
Continue readingWe love restaurant recommendations from locals, so when our new friend Daniel recommended Sacramento Restaurant and Paulo our concierge, seconded the recommendation, we arrived at Sacramento with high expectations. We were not disappointed. We were greeted warmly and ushered upstairs to a lovely intimate dining room overlooking the busy main dining...
Continue readingWe dined in Akla, the Intercontinental’s restaurant. Every aspect of the meal was wonderful, from the pre-dinner cocktails- Port Tonics (white port, tonic, mint and a citrus peel) to dessert.
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