November '24 - Friends, Family, Prep and Noms!

November was a pretty slow month for us so this will be a short blog. The highlight of the month was our friends, Tony & Michelle, visiting us. 

Rob would say his highlight was his colonoscopy.

What did we do?

Puzzles that's how exciting we are.

Tony, Michelle, Rob and I visited the Citrus Museum.  It was a small building and we thought it would only take us about 5 minutes to walk through.  We left well over an hour after arriving, Kathleen was very informative.

"In the late 1800's, early Florida settlers began the commercial cultivation of citrus and an industry was born. Indian River Lagoon country, which is along the middle of the eastern coast of Florida, proved to be the prime location for growing the finest citrus in the world." 

Our docent Kathleen

Did you know? 90% of Florida oranges are juiced.

We visited Little Jim's our favorite Tiki Bar.

I visited Schacht Groves with Brianna and the boys.  We went on a weekday so we were unable to pick fresh Indian River fruit but we bought some juice, cheese, and milk from their market. Hopefully next season we can go back.

American Icon Brewery the old Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant

21st Amendment Distillery (one of our faves!)

Riverside Theater for a Beatles Tribute Band. The music was really good. The singing not so much.

Thanksgiving was celebrated with Zach, Brianna, and the boys. Let me tell you... Brianna put out an amazing spread, I did not get pictures. Rob said the only green bean casserole he will ever eat again is Brianna's, it was that good.

We are so thankful for the life we have and our family and friends. We hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving.

Where did we eat?

The Oar, Vero Beach FL food was good but we like Scamp Grill better. There was a sewer gas smell when we walked in the door that we hoped wouldn't permeate to the dining room. It did but I guess we just got used to it.

Ceviche

Baked Organic Pasta
With Wagyu Bolognese Sauce with
Fresh Tomatoes and Basil topped with
Mozzarella Cheese

Pan Seared Wagyu Sirloin
Topped with Black Truffle Butter over
Yukon Gold Potato Puree, Sauteed Garlic Spinach, Roasted Blue Oyster Mushrooms
 and Cabernet Jus

We celebrated 17 happy happy years of marriage (our anniversary) at Scamp Grill with Tony & Michelle.

Baby Atichokes

Blue Cheese Salad

Special of the day

Seafood Mix

Riverside if you are in Vero Beach you must go here for Tuna Nachos.

Armani's Deli

An Italian

Creperie at Maison Martinique 

Hemisphere, Orlando International Airport they were offering a 3 course prix fix menu

Buri Tiradito Ceviche

Burrata

It was that good

Whole Snapper

Corn Creme Brulee

Where did we stay?

We stayed one night before traveling at the Hyatt Regency Orlando.

Our View overlooking the airport terminal

And we are off again, stay tuned.

According to little Ms. Google in November we traveled 2,808 miles by walking, driving, and flying ✈️.

"What got you here won't get you there!"