Halloween Dance Party Reminder

Halloween Dance Party

REMINDER!!! Two weeks until BEERFEST!

Nov. 7...a Thursday.

A spectacular, much anticipated event here at Sandpipers.

THE Beer Fest!

Sites 36 & 37

4 pm-6 pm

Everyone is invited! The whole park-tell your friends!

*1. Bring 2 FRESH,unusual, unique, or foreign beers (no lite please) (per person). Travelers, show us where you've been thru beer! If you don't drink come anyway, just bring yourselves some cola or tea or somthing. 

 We don't judge...much.

*2. Bring your own chairs. Apartment dwellers-chairs will be reserved for you!

*3. This is a Super Happy Hour so bring incredible and delicious food...from appetizers to main dishes, even desserts!

 (electricity is available for crock pots).

*4. Parking golf carts is limited so park only on left or right side of the road leaving a car pass-thru...and for Heaven's sake, don't park in the field or you'll disappear forever!!!!! 

Tasting of all beers will be in 2 oz. cups while you acquire vast amounts of skilled beer tasting knowledge.

Beer Fest Time!

Nov. 7...a Thursday.

A spectacular, much anticipated event here at Sandpipers.

THE Beer Fest!

Sites 36 & 37

4 pm-6 pm

Everyone is invited! The whole park-tell your friends!

*1. Bring 2 FRESH,unusual, unique, or foreign beers (no lite please) (per person). Travelers, show us where you've been thru beer! If you don't drink come anyway, just bring yourselves some cola or tea or somthing.  We don't judge...much.

*2. Bring your own chairs. Apartment dwellers-chairs will be reserved for you!

*3. This is a Super Happy Hour so bring incredible and delicious food...from appetizers to main dishes, even desserts! (electricity is available for crock pots).

*4. Parking golf carts is limited so park only on left or right side of the road leaving a car pass-thru...and for Heaven's sake, don't park in the field or you'll disappear forever!!!!! And THAT has never been more true than this year!

Tasting of all beers will be in 2 oz. cups while you acquire vast amounts of skilled beer tasting knowledge.

I'm Still Here!

Wow, it's been awhile but I'm still here.  I haven't felt the need to publish since the Friends of Sandpipers group on Facebook has been so successful. But here goes...

I've been struggling with a liver disease for a few years and take so many pills I rattle when I waddle. It affects my brain so I forget words and I bump into well, everything. Plus very low blood pressure is a bit of a problem.  But here goes. 

 I have read a book I want to recommend. 

 It is 97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman, 

available on Amazon for Kindle for $1.99, 

so cheap-my kind of price.

Here is the description but I want to emphasize that what I found so appealing was the description of how the U.S. gov dealt with tens of thousands of immigrants in a humane manner. Very current in my opinion, and infuriating that we can't do as well as they did 120 years ago.

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“Social history is, most elementally, food history. Jane Ziegelman had the great idea to zero in on one Lower East Side tenement building, and through it she has crafted a unique and aromatic narrative of New York’s immigrant culture: with bread in the oven, steam rising from pots, and the family gathering round.” — Russell Shorto, author of The Island at the Center of the World

97 Orchard is a richly detailed investigation of the lives and culinary habits—shopping, cooking, and eating—of five families of various ethnicities living at the turn of the twentieth century in one tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. With 40 recipes included, 97 Orchard is perfect for fans of Rachel Ray’s Hometown Eats; anyone interested in the history of how immigrant food became American food; and “foodies” of every stripe.

So read it and learn where our food choices came from.

Good News and Bad News

From the front office:

I've been in touch with the Raymondville Drain people presently working just off FM2812.  Due to the ongoing flooding problems we at Sandpipers have been experiencing, a slight rerouting of the ditch is in progress.  You may receive a letter from the county explaining your options.  

Apparently the ditch will go through Sandpipers and affect certain homes. The right of imminent domain may be used in some cases, but true market value will be offered if those homes must be removed.  You should hire an attorney if you decide not to sign away your property, however "your property" refers to the actual home not the land under it.  The land belongs to Sandpipers. 

 A wall bordering the drainage ditch will be constructed (using taxpayer money) for safety and protection.  Because this action will result in fewer home sites for rent fees will increase above the increase recently stated.  For example if you pay $4000 annual rent now an additional fee increase will bring you to a little over $6000 per year, perhaps a bit more to help defray construction costs. 

Any guestions should be directed to the office.

Book Club Books for Next Season

We don't have assigned months yet (when we do check the book club info to the left), but here are the voted on winners:

From Louise the Magnificent

Hello, Ladies.  Thanks for another great book club.  Here are the selected books for next season.

  The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window by Johan Jonasson; 

The Giver by Lois Lowry;

 Inheritance by Dani Shapiro;

 Longbourne by Jo Baker; 

The Library Book by Susan Orlean; 

and A Painted House by John Grisham.  

Good reading.  L