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2007
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There are so many performances of The Nutcracker to choose from! One of my favorites is THE CHOCOLATE NUTCRACKER which is performed by the Life Force Cultural Arts Academy. This group will be performing at the Mahaffey Theater in St Petersburg on December 8th! Call 727-892-5767 for tickets! Then ...
11/29/2007
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Yes, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical CATS is coming back to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center in Sarasota on New Year's Eve this year! If you have not seen this magnificent performance yet, you really should! Tickets are available by calling 800-826-9303 or going online to www.vanwezel.org Th...
11/29/2007
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Here is a question for you - when do you put your tree up? Some put it up right after Thanksgiving, but not everybody - When we lived in Germany, it went up on the 24th! The kids would go out to play or to visit a relative and the tree was put up while they were gone! They were told the Christ Ch...
11/28/2007
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I recently added two lines to my system - a Pinellas County number and I added my daughter (who lives in Palm Harbor) to my service and upgraded her phone. So I also got 2 new phones. All lines have international calling and 200 text messages, as well as on-line capabilities. I have a combined 1...
11/27/2007
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Am I the only one that feels it??? That we are constantly bombarded by sounds - noise! I remember watching the movie KUNDUN about the life of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama - in one part of the movie, after the Chinese troops have invaded Tibet and occupied Lhasa, the Dalai Lama makes the comm...
11/25/2007
We have been dealing with some clients that are waiting, waiting for the prices to go down. I am sure many of you are in the same boat! Well, this one couple in particular flew down here from the northeast several times during the end of summer and early fall to look at homes. Then they flew home...
11/25/2007
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Here is another one of my favorites. It is not my grandmother's chicken soup but rather a Greek variation that I find really good! Called Avgolemono in Greek you need the following: 6 cups of chicken broth 1/3 cup orzo pasta 3 large eggs, separated salt and pepper to taste 3 large lemons Bring ch...
11/25/2007
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I am turning to my fellow ActiveRainers for assistance! I took this photo of a really neat mailbox and wanted to get rid of everything in the background and only have the mailbox in the photo. The problem is that I have no idea what software I need to accomplish this. So I am turning to all of yo...
11/23/2007
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Here are more photos taken at Wall Springs Park last weekend. This first one is looking out into the estuary that leads to St Joseph's Sound. This area was full of small birds fishing along the shore in the shallow waters. This shot of the springs shows how isolated the actual former swimming are...
11/23/2007
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This morning I went out for an early walk and decided to walk down to the park on Marshall Street in Safety Harbor. Bill had mentioned to me that there are wild turkeys that live in that park and since it is Thanksgiving Day, I wanted to see if I could find any! I had barely entered the park when...
11/22/2007