The New Year

Now New Year's has come and gone. Speed of light - is this an indication of how fast 2016 is going to go?

Those tiny blobs are masses of people in front of the pool

We had the New Year's fireworks right outside our high rise on the Miami River. Nobody could possibly sleep through that. Crazy. Who knew we'd have a premium spot! Mobs of people came over our bridge to watch, and our walk the next morning clearly showed fun was had. Empty champagne bottles, glasses, confetti, cigar stubs, you name it were everywhere.

We went to the Orange Bowl with friends, first game I've been to in a long time. Lots of fun but um, who was I rooting for?

Sandpiper

tiny snowy plover

Back to Naples. My first visit in a month to a nearly deserted beach, courtesy of a minor cold front.  Not representative of the roads, restaurants,stores, etc. Everybody's here - from many places and many countries.

Venturing out before Mark left for CES. Went to a Bavarian restaurant that's been around for ten years and five minutes from us. Quite authentic, German chef/owner, all homemade and great food: Old Europe Bistro. Thumbs up on this one. Saw Star Wars - really good, fun to have some of the original cast back. Our renovation is almost complete, missing a shower door, but the noise, dust, and crews jumping in and out have gone. And as predicted I have had amnesia on the trouble these projects are and am just happy with the results.