[pauld315]

Being year round residents, we have adapted to the crowding from the beginning of January to the end of March. We avoid a lot of activities we might usually be involved in the rest of the year, we rarely go out to restaurants or country clubs here in TV and always place a golf reservation request with a foursome even if it means we play less often than we do the rest of the year. We rarely go to the squares for entertainment, they are just too crowded (even for the groups that aren't very good) and since many of the people here during the winter are in vacation mode, there are just too many people who have imbibed too much in the squares in general for our taste. We try to take care of most of our doctor visits etc during the off season as well. If we do want something from a specific restaurant or country club inside the bubble, we call the order in and get it to go. We do get together in neighbors homes for dinner and to play cards etc more often since most in our neighborhood are also year round residents. You just learn to adapt until it is less crowded again in the spring instead of fighting the crowds on a daily basis. Nobody has time for that !