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Originally Posted by ncarvalho
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 :-)
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Naly, I'm just a wannabee who hopes to move to TV sometime in the future, but I have been to TV 4 times in the past two years, with my next trip to TV coming up in October when I'm renting in the Village of Summerhill. I did surely enjoy renting in the Village of Chatham last year and eating at Nancy Lopez. I still work full time, and my former manager is traveling on business to Rio de Janeiro on August 20. It was quite an experience getting a Brazilian visa for him. Next Summer Olympics in Rio!