Edible Donna Maria Heraldo Blues: Tuesday, December 30th!

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Chloe Alexis Dunn Corinne Durston you are now tagged with getting a puppy!!! I'll let Car2Go for now!!

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  Carol Riera Nana cannot move to the country! I'm counting on them being there when I move back to Vancouver one day!!
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  Patrick James Dunn The die is already cast. Mme Coriandre already purchased a new bed for the guest room in The Naramata. You and Brunello can be the first guests to stay, Chooch!
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  Patrick James Dunn Chloe, you'll need Car2Go even more now!

Hi you Two! Are you really moving to Naramata or did you invest in a summer place?  Are you keeping false creek??? Hi Chooch! You know what Mme Coriandre is like when she decides something! This message, sent to close friends, Lynne and Peter, says it all. So there you have it! Cheers, Patrizzio!

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Hey paprika, Beautiful photos and flabbergasting news! Very exciting stuff but sad that just when I think we will be moving back to the area, you guys will be moving out! Good luck with it all and keep us posted! xoxo 

Hi Chooch and Brunello! Glad you liked the pics! As I see it, we will now have the opportunity to swap homes in the country and have both couples stay with Chloë when in Vancouver! Cheers, Patrizzio! 
Up at 7:30 am as I wanted to spend time at the gym before we met Donna Maria and Heraldo for brunch. Walked over to FCCC after a bowl of Clarisse's delish broccoli curry soup and elliptized from 8:35 am to 9:45 am for 70 minutens worth of burnage: 1015 calorifics over 3.3 milos! Back home for a quick mug of java, shower and change of garb. Famiglia Martini was already seated when we arrived at 11:05 am! Had a lovely brunch, chatting animatedly all the while. I ordered my favourite, QUEBEC DUCK POUTINE: duck confit, Quebec cheese curds, duck gravy, two sunny side up eggs. Fabulous indeed!

After brunch we walked them back to their car and they handed over a couple of bags of household items that they wanted to donate to Urban Thrift. Included was a complete set of pretty high end cutlery so when Cora Lee mentioned that Chloë needed a new set they insisted that we offer it to her. They had been cleaning their son's apartment over the course of their stay this visit and Jeff gave them all the "stuff" he felt he never used. Thanked them for the lovely brunch and waved goodbye. We hope to see them again, between the 11th and 14th of January when they are back in Vancouver prior to leaving for Hawaii for a month. 

Back home to start packing away my fridge magnets as Mme Coriandre says they have to go before we start to "show" the Islay Inn!

Hi Jo-Anne and Colin! Lovely to chat, Jo-Anne, although was saddened to learn some of the distressing news about Richard and Pamela, and of course Pat. Please pass along warm regards and best wishes to everyone when you have a chance to see or otherwise communicate with them.

We'd love to come over to see your ankle and poke and prod it! Saturday, January 3rd, seems like the first date that works for us. Following Monday and Tuesday, January 5th/6th, are fine as well. Let us know and we'll plan accordingly. As I mentioned, have included, (below) the following, from Al Soroka. Cheers for now. Patrizzio! Pics: Brunch today.

Hi Peter and Lynne, thanks for the positive comments about our plans. I agree there are lots of pluses. We are meeting with a real estate person here soon, just setting that up. I've been talking to Gil Sazbo. I'd been looking at places online and had to sign in. So I guess after a few times he follows up with a phone call. He will be sending listings tailored to our specs. I'm sure the other people are great as well.

I've started to edit our stuff so the place does not look so cluttered.
Have bought some big storage tubs and will rent a storage unit near here.
We are going up on January 14. Will stay at the Summerland Lakeside resort for 14 &15. Mom and Dad are coming with us. That will give us some idea of what places really look like and where we want to be. Look forward to seeing you one of those nights. Let us know what works for you, Hugs Corinne 

Hi Donna Maria and Herardo! Lovely to have had the opportunity to enjoy such a lovely meal and animated chat with you two. As I mentioned, I gave Jo-Anne a call and we had a great catch-up for almost an hour. She would like us to come over so I told her we'd love to see her ankle and poke and prod it! Travel safely. Healthy New Year to you both. Fondestos from Mad Packer Cora Lee, de-cluttering as soon as we returned from GI: all my wooden toys are now in a large plastic tub but none of her shoes! Cheers for now. Patrizzio! 

Hi O Susannah, Champagne Charlie, Gladys Knight and the Pips and The Penguin! Lovely, lovely evening everyone. Thanks for such delicious appetizers and wonderful meal. Will have dinner with Clan Durston this evening and play more bridge. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Hi Corinne, We're still pinching ourselves about your plans. If it will work for you, please all of you come to dinner on the 15th. Come early if you like, so the parents don't need to stay up so late.

You might even want to include Summerland in your search, even though it's further from us. It may give you some extra choices. It's funny, Lynne and I were out driving today and got the impression that there are fewer For Sale signs than in recent years. Perhaps that's just a function of winter. Looking forward to seeing you, Peter

Thanks for the invite, my parents stay up later than we do so you don't have to worry. They don't like to eat too late so if we come around 6 would that work? There are places in Summeland but so far have not seen anything that has appealed to me. What can we contribute, maybe later you can let us know? Have a great New Years Eve. Hugs Corinne
Hi Lurkin' and Dom Jugos! Let me echo Cora Lee's appreciative remarks for your more than kind and helpful response to our planned move. Much to say and think about but perhaps best left until we are actually in The Naramata in a few weeks. Thanks as well, muchly, for lovely dinner invitation. Will be in touch, well beforehand, of course. Be great if we could play a few hands of bridge with Clarisse and Dusty while Mme Coriandre and Lynne discuss Sisterhood matters!

Enjoyed the snaps of the Annual Naramata Spirit of Christmas gathering. Guess I'll have to start improving my bidding skills or Birgitta won't let me join DBC! You forgot to mention cycling, only reason I want to re-locate! Cheers, Patrizzio! Pics: Bridge on Sunday night, (O Susannah and Champagne Charlie with Gladys Knight and the Pips/The Penguin, mother/daughter, and brunch today.


Had a rousing evening of bridge. Sarge and Flamin' were up for dinner, (Rosita's turkey hash casserole, my pan-fried zucchini and mixed saladin), he stayed to play after Flamin' went back downstairs and Cora Lee headed to the bedroom to read. I partnered with Rosita and we had most of the cards, much to our opponents' displeasure. In order to dull their pain Wayne brought up a bottle of rum he'd picked up at a small batch distillery he discovered on their last trip to Seattle, this past weekend when they went to see the Seahawks play. Family has six season tickets so usually two of their offspring, with mates, drive down, sometimes for a weekend, other times just for the game. At any rate, we managed to drink most of the bottle and as a result I didn't crawl out of bed until 11:00 am next morning! 

Patrick, I didn’t mention cycling because it doesn’t really matter what you want anyway. The main thing is that Corinne will be happy. Let’s hope the Valley is big enough for us both. Jugos, Patrick, PS – a bridge game on the 15th would be great. Peter Corinne, 6 would be fine, and I’m sure you don’t need to bring anything but yourselves. Hope the real estate hunting goes well. Funny thing, I went on the MLS listings to see what was around out of curiosity. It was no more than 10 minutes later that Gil Szabo called! I told him all I wanted from him was to find you a nice house. XXX Peter