LSPOA Fall Potluck "The Best"

On Sunday November 16, the weather was fabulous – 85 degrees, balmy with a gentle breeze – a perfect evening for the Lido Shores Fall Potluck Supper. Carrie and Ken Cox graciously opened their lovely home (for the second time in 18 months) to over 70 Lido Shorians who chatted, laughed and delighted in the splendid weather and fantastic food, along with wonderful wines and beer kindly provided Judy and Fred Fiala. It was particularly enjoyable for some neighbors like Kathy Edstrom, Maria Gorczynski, and Carol Bowen who were happily down from the frigid North.

The Social Committee “elves”, including new neighbors Charles and Antoinette Ohlson, Mary Lee and Denis Bischoff, Phil Fuoco (who’d sailed down from Boston just in time), Kathy Edstrom, Anne Essner, Elliott Himelfarb, Kent Williams and others set up tables, chairs and centerpieces (that Carol Williams provided) in record time! The stage was set for a perfect evening.

As neighbors arrived, Kathryn Dunlap warmly welcomed everyone and ensured they had their name tags, updated and prepared by Kathy Edstrom. Each dish brought seemed more amazing than the previous, and included shrimp, ribs, homemade pizza, lamb shanks, curries, casseroles, and breathtaking desserts.

Alas, even the most lovely evenings have to come to an end, and around 8:30, the “elves” as well as other spur of the moment volunteers rapidly whisked the tables and chairs from the City of Sarasota Neighborhood Services out the door to the trailer waiting on Westway Drive.

Several neighbors remarked that they thought this was the best Potluck Supper yet! If you missed it, mark your calendars now for the Spring Potluck which will be on Sunday March 22. While you’re doing that, please consider volunteering your home for the Spring event. As recent hosts Carrie and Ken Cox, Bob and Susan Lifeso, and Howard Rooks can tell you, all you need to do is open your front door! The Social Committee sets everything up and carts everything away at the end of the event, while you relax and watch the bustling activity.

Social Committee Chair Carol Bowen thanks all who volunteered and especially thanks our generous hosts the Cox's for their amazing hospitality!