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<p>The American Culinary Federation (ACF) is a professional culinary organization with over 200 chapters and close to 20,000 members. It is the largest professional culinary organization in North America. It&#8217;s membership consists of chefs, other food industry professionals, enthusiasts and certainly a food blogger or two. ACF offers educational, training, certification and charitable resources to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Six Bends Harley-Davidson is the Harley-Davidson retailer for Fort Myers and Lee County, FL. Behind the dealership is a performance area, Top Rocker Field. The weather up into early evening was dreadful, but I think the rainbow was a Portend of things to come. For the evening&#8217;s show, attendees started to come into the performance [&hellip;]</p>

<p>India Palace is a restaurant serving Indian Cuisine in Sarasota, FL. There is outdoor and of course, indoor seating as well. Tuesdays through Sunday they have an all you can eat lunch buffet from 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. A number of really good items are served then. Chana Saag, sort of a curried spinach [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I am a food blogger from Naples, FL and am very long on the visuals with my posts. Recently I noticed that the resolution of photos uploaded to blogger was terrible. As I was having camera issues at the time, I thought that was the cause. Au Contraire! I think Google recently changed their compression [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Artis-Naples  (Art is Naples) is a center for performance and visual art in Naples, FL. They are also a center of education in the arts. Artis-Naples is home to the Naples Philharmonic and the exhibition space of the center, The Baker Museum. The Baker Museum is celebrating it&#8217;s 15th year in Naples. Once a month [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Pho Cali Vietnamese Noodle House is a restaurant in Sarasota, FL serving Vietnamese Cuisine. My dining companion (DC) and I decided to eat lunch there. Seeing what was served to other diners, they had some very great looking lunch specials that were a good value and very generously portioned.That day, DC and I split a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Blue Sushi is an sushi/Asian-themed restaurant in the Gulf Coast Town Center mall in Fort Myers, FL. They used to be part of the Blu Sushi empire which I Blogged about a couple of years ago, but split off about a year ago. They are rebranding themselves with a new logo (blue &#8220;blu&#8221; and orange [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The American Culinary Federation  (ACF) is a group of chefs and food industry professionals. ACF has almost 18,000 members and 200 chapters in the U.S. Their mission is education, certification (more on that in a later post), scholarship and inclusion in international competition. The kick off meeting for the Naples ACF Chefs chapter 2015 season was [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Grumpy&#8217;s Ale House is a bar in the Pavillion shopping center in north Naples, FL. I read in Local Media that they were closing yesterday after being open for over 6 years. By 4 P.M. today there was not much left. What a shame. This was one of Naples&#8217;s better, if not best dive bars. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Inca&#8217;s Kitchen is a restaurant serving Peruvian Cuisine in Naples, FL.  They have 2 locations, one of which recently opened in the Pavilion shopping center in North Naples. As you walk into the restaurant they have a beautiful bar and raw bar area. The raw bar serves Tiraditos, sort of a Peruvian sashimi in addition [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Brio/Bravo restaurant group is a chain of 90 restaurants nationwide. I revisited Brio Tuscan Grille in Naples, FL after doing a blog post at this location a Couple Of Years Ago. One thing I noticed was that they installed a lot of fans around the open air bar since I had been there last. Not [&hellip;]</p>

<p>7th Avenue Social is a recently opened restaurant in Naples, FL.  They opened in early March, 2015. There have been many restaurants in this location over the years. In addition to their outdoor dining area, this iteration has done a wonderful job on their interior remodel. True to their &#8220;social&#8221; theme, there are a variety of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Sasse&#8217;s is an Italian-themed restaurant in Fort Myers, FL. I had dined here many years ago and remembered it as very good. I decided to go back for another visit with a dining companion (DC). Sasse&#8217;s has been around in some form or fashion for 24 years. The present and 4th owner is the restaurant&#8217;s [&hellip;]</p>

<p>There are a number of processes that go into crafting wine. A cooper is an integral part of this. A Cooper is a highly specialized craftsman who makes among other things, wine barrels (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) .  Of course, the type of wood chosen has a huge influence on the finished product. E.G., American [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Friday, March 20th was the first day of Spring. My dining companion (DC) and I decided to celebrate with some food and music. We chose to try Reuben&#8217;s Smokehouse. This was in part because at present it is rated #2 of all Fort Myers Restaurants on Tripadvisor. As you walk into Reuben&#8217;s, they have an [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mediterrano is a dining spot on 13th Ave S. just off 3rd St. S. They have been open about 3 weeks, even too new for reviews on Urbanspoon or Tripadvisor! Besides their outdoor dining area they also have a very nice, if intimate indoor space serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. My [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Real Macaw is a restaurant in Naples, FL. They are one of the originals, and have been around for almost 25 years. Talking about originals, they are part of Naples Originals, a consortium of about 40 locally-owned restaurants. Every quarter, Naples Originals has a 30% off sale on Gift Certificates on some of their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>El Gaucho Inca  (The Inca Cowboy) is a restaurant in Fort Myers, FL serving mostly Peruvian with a bit of Argentine and Italian cuisine as well. They have been open about 4 years. As you walk in the restaurant, they have their Wine decoratively displayed, which is mostly of Spanish and South American origin. Their [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Angelina&#8217;s is an Italian-themed restaurant located in Bonita Springs, FL. They have a lovely indoor dining area accentuated by their 30 foot &#8220;wine tower&#8221; where they store their wine. I went there for happy hour which runs from 4-6 P.M. daily in the bar. They have a really good selection of food and cocktails on [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Whole Foods is a grocery company that carries many varieties of Organic Food. At present, they have over 400 stores in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. The Naples, FL location opened in 2008. It is located in The Mercato, a mixed-use commercial/residential development. In 2011, Whole Foods started opening Wine/Craft Beer bars in a number [&hellip;]</p>