It's Ash Wednesday and the start of 6 weeks of Lent. We went to 7:30 Mass at St. Francis and got our ashes. Stopped at Peter's for coffees and muffins to go.
On home to enjoy our breakfast, change clothes and then I was off to pick up Linda and Vicki at their hotel. We were on a shopping mission starting with Victoria in Bonita Springs. This is an annual tradition to hit this wonderful shop which now is open only 3 days a week - business is phenomenal. All these women trying on clothing (much of it personalized with the popular and varied Victoria logo designs.) and then standing in a long line to pay. Crazy place! Linda was the only one of us to make a purchase.
The plan was to eat lunch at Pinchers in the Wyndham Hotel on the beach. But they wanted $20 for parking??? What???? No thanks...we went across the street, parked in the Santini Plaza and had a very good lunch at Fish Tail. Then more shopping at Leani's and The Islander. Linda and I had really good luck.
Time to head home and deal with the traffic. We were 33 miles away but overall, not too bad once we got on I-75. Ron, Bob and Mark went to the Oasis Restaurant for lunch and then a 2-hour tour of the Echo Global Farm in North Fort Myers. They found it very interesting...
We all met back at hotel. Mark and I came home; we changed clothes, had some drinks on the patio and then time to be off for our 6:00 dinner reservation at The Veranda. This is one of our favorite upscale places to dine. We had a lovely table with pretty view in the courtyard with fresh peach roses on the table and little lights hanging from the trees, etc. The food, atmosphere and service are always top notch, waiters wear tuxedos, etc. But tonight really disappointed in our server......started out good but downhill our salads were served Took forever between salads and entrees, another long wait to get the bill, never refilled our water glasses, etc. Oh well.....the food and drinks were excellent.
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