Late 2010; Early 2011 Activities in Florida, Troy and NYC

Dennis and Deb were visited by Tami, Sarah and Danny Loya in early December - the visit included a trip to NYC - and D & D also visited the Loyas at their home outside of Troy for Christmas. Later in the month and in early January, 2011 D & D traveled to Florida to the Condo and made their annual trek to Naples. The pictures below a capture some of the excitement and rewards for these trips.

The trip to NYC featured attendance at the Nutcracker by the NYC Ballet Company (at the Lincoln Center) for Sarah, Tami and Deb and a trip to the Central Park Zoo for Dennis and Danny. The picture to the right, shows Tami and Sarah in the audience at the Lincoln Center.
After we all reconnected, a walking tour occured to view the beautiful storefronts on 5th Avenue and then a great meal at the Pescotore restaurant on 2nd Avenue. The view to the right pictures Danny and Sarah outside of  a storefront with Nutcracker soldiers.

It is part of the Loya tradition for the holdays for Tami to construct a Gingerbread house. Dennis (Papa Bear as he is known by Sarah and Danny) always threatens to take a huge bite out of the tasty looking house before it is authorized. In this picture, the time has arrived for the first bites to occur by Dennis and Danny as Sarah watches in the background.

During most of their trips to the Condo in Ft. Myers, FL a day usually is set aside for a drive down to Naples - a small city 30 miles South of Ft. Myers known as the"old money " community on the Florida Gulf Coast. Two features of this venture each year are a visit to the Naples Pier and lunch as Campiellos - a wonderful Italian restaurant with outside seating under a  speading Banyan tree. The pictures below show Dennis and Deb on the pier and then near their table at Campiellos.