Eric

Eric is from Connecticut, as I am.  He built a successful business, sold it and then retired to

Naples in his 50s.  Today his time is split between his photography --  he is

the former president of the local digital photography club --

and teaching golf.

The Sticker Lady

Back in Naples.  Columbus was great, but it is a pleasure to be warmer and see blue skies.

Kim is outgoing, friendly and enthusiastic.   She went to college to become a commercial artist, then worked for an ad agency and later a sign company.  Now she has her own design company.  Kim makes and applies vinyl lettering for store window signs, and she creates and applies
those colorful, graphic full body signs that some cars and trucks are wrapped in.

Some of Kim's biggest contracts are for designing, making and applying names and numbers 

to the sides and sterns of boats and airplanes.  Hence, the name "Sticker Lady."

Out of the Jurisdiction: Hockey

While I was in Columbus, I bought a third row ticket to a game between the

Columbus Blue Jackets and the Philadelphia Flyers.

I tried some photographs of the action with my little compact camera.

The Blue Jackets won 3 to 2 in overtime.  That goal was at the other end, so I didn't catch it.

Out of the Jurisdiction: German Village

I am spending a couple of days in Columbus, Ohio, where I worked from 2004 to 2010.

I lived in German Village, a red brick enclave from the late 19th century, 

where the brewery workers lived.  Beautiful, though cold and cloudy this week.

German Village is just south of downtown Columbus.  It is on the National Register of Historic Places, the largest privately funded preservation district on the list.

The house on the left is where I lived.

Once or twice a week I ate at the Old Mohawk, an old-fashioned restaurant
featuring  simple comfort foods.  

This beauty faces Schiller Park.

The architects of this ornate house tossed in every feature they could think of. 

Tourists come from all around to eat at Schmidt's Sausage Haus,

featuring a Bahama Mama with sauerkraut and horseradish. 

Lindey's is the best restaurant in Columbus.  It is the place to rub elbows with politicians,

neighbors and the powerful.

Anne

I saw Anne Chaddock's fine painting of an old Florida scene at the Naples Art Association,

so when I came across her studio, I walked in and said hello.

Anne paints in a variety of media -- oil, acrylic, water color, pastel -- and teaches art classes.

Cruising

I know next to nothing about cars.  OK, I do know how to fill the gas tank, push the accelerator,
brake and steer.  But, there was a "cool cruising" event where I was shopping,

so I took some photos.  Except for the middle Chevy,
I have no idea what they are.  Sorry.  

Mi Pueblo Bonito

This is one panel of a long mural by Alejandro Nuñez in Bonita Springs,
on the side  of Benson's Grocery on Old Route 41.

"My Beautiful Town."

Take a look at Monday Mural for other murals.