If you can possibly get him to come with you, that would be the best. I can almost guarantee if you come here alone you are going to go back home and beg him to come back with you. Once people visit here they usually fall in love with the place. If you could get him on a trolley tour so he could see how beautiful it is here that would be great. To me that is a large part of the draw to come here is the beauty. I too love to cook and love to eat at out of the way places. I've never had trouble finding an ingredient for one of my recipes. We have a Fresh Market that offers plenty of choices, plus there is always
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