Well, well, well, after a great tip from my good friend Steve Core, we sure were not disappointed when we arrived at the Pinchers Seafood Restaurant here in Fort Myers, even though it was late we managed to get all the information required for our planned BIG day tomorrow.
I spoke to the friendly staff & asked them what was the go here at the Restaurant. So tomorrow afternoon once we have finished our sightseeing tour of the Edison/Ford Winter Estates, they advised us to arrive at the restaurant at 5:30pm so that we can take advantage of their ‘Happy Hour’, that's when the food & drinks are much cheaper & before the crowds arrive a little later.
We have decided to dine out side on the balcony overlooking the Marina. The sun sets here at approximately 2000 hrs. The good oil is to watch the sun set from our dining table.
As you can see by these photographs this place is truly spectacular, what a coup you have put us into Mr. Core. Even though I took these photos more or less in the dark, I can’t wait to see what eventuates in the daylight hours.
I can now see exactly why my ‘HERO’ Henry Ford & Thomas Edison choose to spend their leisure time here in Fort Myers. I can only imagine what this area was like way back in the ‘20s. This area is very much upmarket now.
On one of the walls of the Pinchers Restaurant I couldn’t help but notice a signed print of Ernest Hemingway, which bought back many memories of a trip my son, Nathaniel & I made to Paris, France a couple of years ago when we frequented the Ernest Hemingway Bar in the Ritz Hotel. Wonderful, wonderful memories came flooding back in my mind.
Heavens knows what we have ahead of us tomorrow, as one of the Nation’s top ten most visited historic sites, the Edison & Ford Winter Estates is open all year-round seven days a week offering exciting tours and creative programs.
The interpretation of the site honours the legacy of the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford families. Edison & Ford changed the world with their inventions, pioneering the automobile industry, movies and film, lighting and electricity, sound and communications. Highlights of the day no doubt will be: The Historic Homes, Tropical Gardens, Edison’s Laboratory, Museum, World famous Banyan tree.
Should be a wonderful day for photos, I am so excited.
I talked David into adding Cape Canaveral to our tour, once we depart Fort Myers here on the west coast of Florida we will drive over to the east coast which is no more than a couple of hundred miles.
My main reason for visiting Florida is three fold now that I have included Cape Canaveral.
1) I lived and worked in Miami Beach, Florida for 18-months in 1971 as a used car motor mechanic for a Jewish Gentleman, I know that you probably will not believe this. The name of his business was called ‘Mothers Used Cars’ right slap bang in the middle of Harlem. I can assure you that I sure did a lot of growing up as 24-year-old Aussie Boy from Down-under.
When I lived and worked in the early '70s in Miami Beach I used to go to Cassius Clay’s Gym to watch the Mouth from the South train. It was also after the Cuban Missile Crisis under JFK’s watch, however it was also just after all those students were massacred on the Kent State University Campus in Ohio, these were very turbulent times in the US.
2) I also want to visit the Elliott Museum in a place called Stuart, on the east coast of
Florida. Apparently this is the ‘B’ all to end all Museums for AA Ford Trucks. As you know I purchased ‘Hoover’ last year so I want to see what they have to offer me. Maybe they might want to add my ‘Hoover’ to their collection. Hah! Hah!
3) Once again I was fortunate enough to visit Cape Canaveral in the early days (1971) of the Apollo flights to the moon, I was fascinated by the whole Space program. I wanted to see some ‘Moon Rock’ that Neil Armstrong & his Apollo 11 team bought back to Mother Earth from their successful mission in 1969. So it will not hurt me to re-visit the Cape again after a lapse of only 48-years...
Remember, ‘Adventure before dementia’ is my motto. Tomorrow should be an exciting day of ‘ADVENTURE’
Cheers for now from the West Coast of Florida.
Warbo.
I spoke to the friendly staff & asked them what was the go here at the Restaurant. So tomorrow afternoon once we have finished our sightseeing tour of the Edison/Ford Winter Estates, they advised us to arrive at the restaurant at 5:30pm so that we can take advantage of their ‘Happy Hour’, that's when the food & drinks are much cheaper & before the crowds arrive a little later.
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| A great find from a good tip... Pinchers Restaurant Fort Myers, Florida |
We have decided to dine out side on the balcony overlooking the Marina. The sun sets here at approximately 2000 hrs. The good oil is to watch the sun set from our dining table.
As you can see by these photographs this place is truly spectacular, what a coup you have put us into Mr. Core. Even though I took these photos more or less in the dark, I can’t wait to see what eventuates in the daylight hours.
I can now see exactly why my ‘HERO’ Henry Ford & Thomas Edison choose to spend their leisure time here in Fort Myers. I can only imagine what this area was like way back in the ‘20s. This area is very much upmarket now.
On one of the walls of the Pinchers Restaurant I couldn’t help but notice a signed print of Ernest Hemingway, which bought back many memories of a trip my son, Nathaniel & I made to Paris, France a couple of years ago when we frequented the Ernest Hemingway Bar in the Ritz Hotel. Wonderful, wonderful memories came flooding back in my mind.
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| The colourful wall of Pinchers Restaurant in Fort Myers, Florida, including a signed Ernest Hemingway print. |
Heavens knows what we have ahead of us tomorrow, as one of the Nation’s top ten most visited historic sites, the Edison & Ford Winter Estates is open all year-round seven days a week offering exciting tours and creative programs.
 |
| Pinchers Restaurant is located right next door to the historic Edison/Ford Winter Estate homes. |
The interpretation of the site honours the legacy of the Thomas Edison and Henry Ford families. Edison & Ford changed the world with their inventions, pioneering the automobile industry, movies and film, lighting and electricity, sound and communications. Highlights of the day no doubt will be: The Historic Homes, Tropical Gardens, Edison’s Laboratory, Museum, World famous Banyan tree.
Should be a wonderful day for photos, I am so excited.
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| David and I enjoying a sensational meal and atmosphere at Pinchers Seafood Restaurant |
I talked David into adding Cape Canaveral to our tour, once we depart Fort Myers here on the west coast of Florida we will drive over to the east coast which is no more than a couple of hundred miles.
My main reason for visiting Florida is three fold now that I have included Cape Canaveral.
1) I lived and worked in Miami Beach, Florida for 18-months in 1971 as a used car motor mechanic for a Jewish Gentleman, I know that you probably will not believe this. The name of his business was called ‘Mothers Used Cars’ right slap bang in the middle of Harlem. I can assure you that I sure did a lot of growing up as 24-year-old Aussie Boy from Down-under.
When I lived and worked in the early '70s in Miami Beach I used to go to Cassius Clay’s Gym to watch the Mouth from the South train. It was also after the Cuban Missile Crisis under JFK’s watch, however it was also just after all those students were massacred on the Kent State University Campus in Ohio, these were very turbulent times in the US.
2) I also want to visit the Elliott Museum in a place called Stuart, on the east coast of
Florida. Apparently this is the ‘B’ all to end all Museums for AA Ford Trucks. As you know I purchased ‘Hoover’ last year so I want to see what they have to offer me. Maybe they might want to add my ‘Hoover’ to their collection. Hah! Hah!
3) Once again I was fortunate enough to visit Cape Canaveral in the early days (1971) of the Apollo flights to the moon, I was fascinated by the whole Space program. I wanted to see some ‘Moon Rock’ that Neil Armstrong & his Apollo 11 team bought back to Mother Earth from their successful mission in 1969. So it will not hurt me to re-visit the Cape again after a lapse of only 48-years...
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| Lunar rock on display at Cape Canaveral it was brought back from the Moon by Apollo 11 in 1969 |
Remember, ‘Adventure before dementia’ is my motto. Tomorrow should be an exciting day of ‘ADVENTURE’
Cheers for now from the West Coast of Florida.
Warbo.
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