Seniors Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Would you like to eat at the best restaurant in America?
This coming Feb. 14 you will have that opportunity by meeting with the Westchase Seniors Group as they celebrate Valentine’s Day. Parents Magazine named the Jason’s Deli restaurants the “Best Restaurants in America” in 2011. The Westchase Seniors Group plan to check this out by celebrating Valentine’s Day at the Jason’s Deli on Dale Mabry Highway. We can’t promise that it will be the best food we have ever tasted or totally fat free, but it will be fun.
If Parents Magazine is right, Jason’s Deli offers a wide selection of organic produce, nitrate-free lunch meat, whole-grain and gluten-free breads, and it’s all supposed to taste good and be inexpensive. All Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase Swim and Tennis Center on Countryway Boulevard at 11:05 a.m. on Feb. 14 so that we can carpool to Jason’s Deli at 11921 N. Dale Mabry for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Come join the fun and check out the “Best Restaurant in America.” You may even win a door prize in addition to enjoying a good meal and meeting new friends. This fun activity has been planned by Melba Lufkin and Bob Shafer. No reservations are required.
Those Memorable 70’s The 1970’s were indeed memorable! And so was the Westchase Seniors Group January pizza party that celebrated and shared memories of the 1970’s. We understand some new fashion statements were made by some guests dressed in 1970’s attire! There is only one thing more amazing than the fact that some Westchase seniors still have some of their 1970’s clothes – some of them still fit! We send out a special thanks to Lillian Unger for hosting the party in her home, and to Bette Vance, Phyllis Kanik, Anita Steinfeld and Sonya Detroy, who assisted in planning and hosting the party.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.
Seniors Enjoy Past and Look to Future
Something Westchase seniors are more blessed with than younger Westchase residents are greater amounts of wonderful memories of the past.
The Westchase Seniors Group is looking forward to a great new year and recalling fond memories of past years.
1970s, Here We Come. Each year the Westchase Seniors Group has a party to share enjoyable memories of a previous decade. On Jan. 14 we will celebrate memories of the 1970’s at a pizza party hosted by Bette Vance, Lillian Unger, Phyllis Kanik, Anita Steinfeld and Sonya Detroy at 10425 Lightner Bridge Dr. The party will begin at 6:30 p.m. and you are asked to bring $6 to cover the cost of food and drinks. Also, you are encouraged to bring photos and memorabilia from the 70’s and to wear clothing reminiscent of that decade. Please R.S.V.P. to Bette (792-2999) or Lillian (926-7706).
Holiday Gathering The holiday party in December was a big success. The food was great, the time spent with friends was delightful, and no one will forget the decorated antlers that Gil and Alice Pandolfi received in the fun gift exchange. We extend our profound thanks to Anita Steinfeld, Lillian Unger and Phyllis Kanik for planning and coordinating this year’s holiday party at Catch 23. Thank you, ladies!
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.
Westchase Seniors Holiday Party
Finally, you have an opportunity to pass on to someone else that hideous gift Uncle Bob gave you last Christmas.
Or perhaps that thingamajig you had to have last year but have yet to use.
Holiday Party Can you believe it? It’s almost time for the Westchase Seniors Holiday Party. On Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. Phyllis Kanik, Anita Steinfeld and Lill Unger will host this year’s party at Catch 23. Everyone is encouraged to participate in a gift exchange by bringing a wrapped gift (or regift) of about $5 value. Remember that this is all about having fun while we enjoy old friends, making new friends and enjoying good food. R.S.V.P. by Dec. 9 to Phyllis (920-4245, pkanik@tampabay.rr.com), Anita (926-6211, anitatampa@hotmail.com), or Lill (926-7706, fishtaleslil@me.com).
Dinner Theater There was a good turnout of Westchase seniors at the Early Bird Dinner Theater to watch a play by Michael Parker about a “Sensuous Senator” running for president on a “morality” platform while trying to live two lives. The food was good and the play had a lot of humorous twists and turns. The audience kept wondering what could possibly happen next and how in the world the senator was going to get out of his mess.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.
Seniors Invited to Dinner Theater
In November, Westchase Seniors are off to the theater!
Westchase Seniors are going to see Sensuous Senator, a play by Michael Parker about a senator running for president on a morality platform while trying to live two lives, one not so moral.
Westchase Seniors will meet Saturday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Joseph’s Health Clinic parking lot on Linebaugh Avenue to carpool to the dinner theater. The lunch and play are at the Early Bird Dinner Theater, 200 S. McMullen Booth Road in Clearwater. The buffet lunch begins at 11 a.m. and the play begins at 1 p.m. The cost is $32 per person, and must be paid in cash at the door. R.S.V.P. to Nevenka or Jose Rios (852-1046) by Nov. 4. Don’t miss this opportunity to have a great hot buffet lunch with friends and see a play with witty humor and an ending with a wacky twist. During the intermission, see how close you can come to predicting the ending. P.S.: Don’t bet on it.
Authentic Greek Dinner The Westchase Seniors Group express their appreciation for a great dinner party planned and hosted by Adele McCollum in October. A large crowd of Westchase seniors had a great time visiting with one another and the food was fantastic. Three cheers for Adele!
Best Wishes [vulgarity] and Janis Glandis moved in October to a condo on Ocean Boulevard in Highland Beach, Florida. They have been long-time members and participants in the Westchase Seniors Group activities. We will miss them and wish them well in their new home.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.
Seniors Invited to Authentic Greek Dinner Party
Westchase Senior Group’s Adele McCollum had the opportunity to take Greek cooking lessons while traveling in Crete earlier this year.
Now Westchase Seniors stand to benefit from her knowledge. On Saturday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. Adele will prepare and host a fantastic Greek Dinner Party for the Westchase Seniors Group. The party will be at 10620 Ashford Oaks Dr. If you attended the Italian dinner party Adele prepared and hosted last year, I know you will be first in line to sign up for this dinner party. If you were not able to attend Adele’s Italian dinner, take my word for it: you will not want to miss this one. Please R.S.V.P. to 920-003 or 928-6785 by Oct. 11.
TV Dinner Celebration Despite the fact Westchase Seniors didn’t eat TV dinners on Sept. 10 in celebration of Swanson’s introduction of the TV dinner on that date in 1953, a good number of Westchase Seniors enjoyed the day by eating together at the Red Elephant Restaurant on Dale Mabry Highway. While not many were adventurous enough to eat an elephant ear, I have heard that some who did have already returned for another one. You might want to venture out some evening to see what you are missing. You never know who else you might see there.
Seniors Yoga On Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 5 p.m. the Upper Tampa Bay Library will offer an introductory yoga class for Westchase Seniors.
Step Three It was good to see a few Westchase Seniors continuing their foray into the challenges of today’s computing by attending the Facebook training for Westchase Seniors in September. Now for Step Three: On Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the Upper Tampa Bay Library we will learn how to begin editing photos and images with PhotoShop Elements 8 software. Then on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. we will learn how to organize, label, save and import our photos and images in PhotoShop Elements 8 editor.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10:30 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.
Another Good Reason to Celebrate
The first TV dinner was introduced by Swanson’s Foods on Sept. 10, 1953.
It was a Thanksgiving meal consisting of turkey, cornbread dressing, frozen peas and sweet potatoes packaged in a tray like those used at the time for airline food service. This original TV dinner sold for 98 cents, and had a first year production estimate of 5,000 dinners. Swanson’s Foods, however, ended up selling more than 10 million of these dinners in the first year.
I (Lewis) think the invention of TV dinners is a good reason for seniors to celebrate and I suggested we (Rama and I) invite all the Westchase Seniors to bring their favorite TV dinner to our house and Rama could heat them up and we would have a good ol’ time visiting and eating our favorite foods.
For some reason, Rama didn’t think this was such a great idea and suggested we all meet at the Red Elephant restaurant for pizza and elephant ears. Therefore, on Saturday, Sept. 10, all Westchase Seniors are invited to gather at 6 p.m. at the Red Elephant restaurant at 14391 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. R.S.V.P. to the Pattersons (westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473) by Sept. 8 so adequate reservations can be made.
Now For Step Two Thanks to the generosity and patience of Joseph Trevisani, owner/operator of Aamazing Computer Services Inc., at our August activity many Westchase Seniors learned a lot about e-mail and exchanging pictures with family and friends through the Internet. Now, Westchase Seniors Group, it is time for step two in becoming proficient at communicating through the Internet. The Upper Tampa Bay Library is offering a class for seniors on Sept. 20 at 5 p.m. on how to set up a Facebook profile, locate friends, post public and private messages, and share photos through Facebook. No reservations are required; however, seating is limited so it would be good to arrive early.
Tuesday Morning Coffee Each Tuesday morning from 9-10:30 a.m., Westchase seniors are invited to meet at the Westchase McDonald’s Restaurant for coffee, breakfast and friendly conversation. The coffee is free with a food purchase and the conversations are enjoyable. Grab your breakfast and join us! You can’t miss us – we are the older but young-at-heart people laughing and having a good time.
Put Life In Your Years If you are a Westchase resident over 55-years-old and still kicking, join the Westchase Seniors Group and add some life to your years. To receive e-mails about Westchase Seniors events, send your name, address and phone number to westchase-seniors@juno.com or call Lewis and Rama Patterson (926-5473). It only costs a smile to join and the dues are just as cheap.
By Lewis and Rama Patterson
The Pattersons are residents of Kingsford and can be reached at westchase-seniors@juno.com or 926-5473.