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Originally Posted by Schaumburger
Naly, another welcome to TOTV! What village is your home in? Hope you have a chance to read and post on TOTV on a regular basis.  |
Well, thank you! I am sure you are enjoying the contrast from the bitter cold Chicago area? My mother-in-law has a place in the historical district, close to the Paradise Center. That is when I was dating my second husband and met her in 2003. It was love at first sight, and the two best gifts I got from my dear Marilyn (which unfortunately has just moved to an assisted living facility): one is her son and the other is the Villages! Glad I can keep both and only have to share one of them :-). We did purchase a home at Calumet Grove, where Nancy Lopes restaurant is located. The restaurant is one of our dear ones... I love to eat out, but mainly absolutely love to cook from scratch! My frustration is that in the Washington area you cannot do all at the same time: swim, work, deal with traffic and have enough time to cook for dinner. When we go to the Villages, I enjoy cooking and my next door neighbor is my "guinea pig"... I think he enjoys what we share with him as he is always with a big smile when I share some ethnic meals. Hope to have a chance to continue to do so when we are there permanently and perhaps meet some of so many nice families and create a wine and dine group to celebrate cultures via meal/drink and a collection of pictures to remember. Then it will be really fun, all together: time, enjoyment and all that these things can bring! Thanks for the warm welcome! Time for me to stop. As a good Brazilian, we tend to keep on talking :-)