The Naples Philharmonic has a full schedule planned for this December. Check out the highlights below, there’s something for everyone. Call 239-597-1900.
12/4 A Scottish Christmas
12/7 Linda Eder
12/9 Kathy Mattea Christmas
12/9 Seasonal Treasures
12/10 Brian Stokes Mitchell
12/18 The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra
12/21 It Had To Be You
12/27 Woody Allen’s New Orleans Jazz Band
12/27 Kenny Rankin
12/28 The Manhatten […]
Having our first visit to Zizi at Bellasera on 9th St N on Thanksgiving, left us hungry and disappointed. I thought they had a good reputation for their dining room but a major holiday is not the time you want to find out whether or not a restaurant meets your standards.
The hot items of the […]
The News-Press is reporting on two new homes being built by the Habitat for Humanity of Lee County. These homes are to be built in the Rosemary Park community of Bonita Springs by residents of Bonita Springs and Pelican Landing. The organization has built 26 homes in the area and with the help of residents […]
Home builders have some promising signs to be happy about. Rex Nutting, of the Dow Jones Business News, reports that the National Association of Home Builders said that its members are feeling more optimistic about the near future and that the index has risen for each of the past two months.
The index went up to […]
Yeah! Ruth’s Chris Steak House has opened it’s Coconut Point Mall location on U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs/Estero. This is the first of two that will be in the area that includes the Coastland Center Mall location in Naples which is scheduled to open on Feb 1st. Ruth’s Chris is a premiere steak house that features New Orleans […]
Yesterday, Ruth and I enjoyed a “Lunch with the Arts” program at the von Liebig Art Center in downtown Naples. It was a very nice affair with lunch and a guest speaker. This month it was documentary photographer Heidi Schumann. Heidi is an independent photojournalist and documentary photographer who has worked with The New York […]
The December schedule for the von Liebig Art Center has been released.
Continuing from November 18 to January 7 – 45th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition.
December 2 (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) – Art in the Park. Naples’ oldest outdoor art festival celebrates its 50th anniversary season by showcasing artwork from Naples Art Association members. December’s Featured Artist […]
Kenneth R. Gosselin, of the Harford Courant, wrote on 11/2/06 that buydowns are becoming more popular again. Buydowns are a procedure that sellers will offer to contribute money toward the mortgage payments for the first few years of the loan of a potential buyer of their home that is on the market. This practice usually […]
Florida homeowners haven’t had to watch their property tax bill increase as quickly as their home values since 1992 when the “Save Our Homes” law took effect. This huge benefit disappears when they sell their home and move to another where it starts all over again. The taxable value of a home can only increase […]
We received our tip of the week from our good friend Ellen Benton over at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and since the topic was so timely I thought it was worthwhile to pass it on for all to consider.
TIP OF THE WEEK - I attended a meeting last night for FAIR - Collier “Fighting Against […]