President’s Message – Happy New Year!!!
I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season, and I thank you for all your help at our great Holiday Party. Members of the Faculty and Friends Club had a great year in 2018, and we are looking forward to another good one in 2019! As seen on this page, plans are well underway for the spring semester. We hope to see you at many, if not at all, of these events and at the various interest group gatherings. We thank our wonderful hosts who continue to host monthly events and to the many others, who offer their homes for the various interest group meetings.
Thanks to your contributions, the scholarship program continues to be successful. We awarded seven $600 scholarships for the Fall 2018 semester, with five of those students continuing this spring. This brings the total amount of scholarships to returning students to more than 210 since 1994. This program depends on the proceeds from the Billy Bowlegs run/walk and on your contributions. Again we truly thank you and thank our major sponsors Alison & Mark Riley with Sunshine State Tax & Accounting Services and Asker Food distributors. We must also thank Larry Giunipero and Bill Hillison for joining me in co-chairing this event for all these years. Without their dedication, we would not be able to award so many scholarships each year to these deserving students.
Annelise Leysieffer
An easy to read format of the roster is included with this newsletter and to others online. Many thanks to Bob Clickner for getting it ready for print. Please send him additions and or changes to rpclickner@gmail.com, and e-mail him too if you wish to receive an additional copy via e-mail or ask Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com.
Chinese New Year at Lucy Ho’s Azu
The Year of the Pig
Sunday, January 27
6:00 p.m. Social & 6:30 p.m. Dinner
3220 Apalachee Parkway #13
Cost: $30 per person, all-inclusive except for alcoholic beverages.
Come celebrate the Chinese New Year with delectable dishes especially prepared for the members of the Faculty & Friends Club. This popular, annual event is again taking place at Azu. Please let Annelise know by e-mail aleysieffer@gmail.com or call her at 893-1272 by Wednesday, January 23 if you are planning to attend. Please mail your check, made out to the Faculty & Friends Club of FSU, to Annelise Leysieffer, 3720 Lifford Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32309.
Billy Bowlegs 5k Run and 1 Mile Walk
Saturday, January 12 – 9:00 a.m.
Start/Finish FAMU – FSU College of Engineering
We challenge you to join us for our 35th Annual Bowlegs 5K Scholarship Race to benefit returning, undergraduate students at FSU. As this is our only fundraiser besides your donations sent with your membership, do come walk or run with us. E-mail Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com to receive a flyer or go online to register for the race at Gulfwinds.org – Calendar (Eventbrite.com). Do to renovations at the golf course and Renegade Grill, there won’t be a brunch this year.
Tour of The Grove
Saturday, February 9 – 10:00 a.m.
Johnathan Grandage will give a fabulous 2-hour presentation of this historical building.
Ruth Pryor is our contact. Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com to let her know if you are attending. The members will meet at lunch after the tour.
Valentine’s Dance
Tuesday, February 12 – Beginning at 7:30 p.m.
American Legion Hall at Lake Ella
Come dance or simply listen to the beautiful and lively music performed by members of the Tallahassee Swing Band including our own Bill Landing. Please mention that you are part of the Faculty & Friends Club to be eligible for the discounted price of $5.00. Beverages are available for purchase at the American Legion Hall with some light refreshments provided by the Club. Please let Annelise Leysieffer know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend so tables can be reserved ahead of time.
Mardi Gras
Saturday, March 2 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Linda & Bob Clickner
3099 Shamrock North
We thank the Clickners for again inviting us to celebrate Mardi Gras in their festively decorated house. Please bring either an hors d’oeuvre, salad, dessert or a main course for this potluck. The Club is providing the wine and other beverages. Please let Linda know either at lindaclickner@gmail.com or call her at (703) 850-6893 by Wednesday, the 27th to let her know if you are coming and what dish you are thinking of bringing to help Linda and her committee better plan the evening. Please be advised that the Clickners have a steep driveway so park below. There should be plenty of parking along Shamrock.
Annual Spring Luncheon
Golden Eagle Country Club – 3700 Golden Eagle Dr. E.
Sunday, March 10 at 1:00 p.m.
More information to follow
Tour of the Film School
Wednesday, April 3 – 10:00 a.m.
Come tour the new addition on the 4th floor and learn about what’s new in the Film School with film school students as tour guides.
Nancy Foster is chairing this event. Her e-mail is nancyfordfoster@gmail.com
Interest Group information in Alpha order
Book Discussion Group
Monday, January 21 – 7:00 p.m.
Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt
At the home of Judy Goldman
Discussed by Penny Gilmer
Please contact Kea Herron at kea.snuffy@gmail.com and also if interested in seeing the new book selection list.
Globetrotters
Saturday, January 5 – 7:30 p.m.
Dale Olsen, “Baltic Domes, Spires, & Towers”
At the Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks.
Saturday, February 2 – 7:30 p.m.
Ben Lawson, “Mark Twain: the First Cruiser”
At the Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks.
Saturday, February 23 – 7:30 p.m.
Tim & Regine Lynch, “Wild Adventures in Ecuador and the Galapagos!!”
At the Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks.
Saturday, March 16 – 7:30 p.m.
Dave Jacobsen, “Roads Scholar trip to Cinque Terre”
At the Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks.
Saturday, April 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Don Rapp, “Chatauqua”
At the Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks.
Have you traveled to exciting and fascinating destinations? We would love to hear about it! If you would like to give a presentation, please contact Bob Clickner at rpclickner@gmail.com or 703-850-6892.
Gourmet Sampler
Friday, January 18 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Marie Cowart at Westminster Oaks
Please contact Barbara Elam at blelam@embarqmail.com or at 385-9856.
The Investment Club has a few spaces available. If interested, please contact Margaret-Ray Kemper at mrksq@hotmail.com or call her at 385-2632 to get information about their specific rules. They meet the 1st Tuesday of each month in the Senior Center on N. Monroe Street.
La Mesa Española
Thursday, January 24 – 6:30 p.m.
Place TBA – This groups alternates between meetings at Las Brazas on Capital Circle and in private homes.
Please contact Ligia Suarez at ligiasuarez66@gmail.com
or call her at (954) 371-6193 for more information and to join this group.
Lunch Bunch
Tuesday, January 22 – 11:45 a.m.
Little Paris at 1355 Market Street
This French restaurant is brand new to Tallahassee and serves delicious, authentic French food.
Please contact Denise Ellingson at mdeniseel15@yahoo.com or
at 907-9992 by the Monday morning before to attend.
La Table Française
Sunday, January 20 – 6:30 p.m.
The always delicious and popular La Soirée Crêpe
At the home of Elise Bollier & Anuj Srivastava
Sunday, February 24 – 6:30 p.m.
At the home of Regine Maligne & Tim Lynch
Please contact Annelise Leysieffer at aleysieffer@gmail.com
or at 893-1272 to attend, for more information and to pass on any information about other French opportunities in Tallahassee.
Restaurant Roulette
Will be joining the Chinese New Year at Azu on Sunday, January 27. Please see above. Josephine Ang is the new person in charge of the group. Her e-mail josephineang@msn.com
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Sunday, January 13 – 3:00 p.m.
Share information about your Christmas customs.
At the home of Ridy Hofer
Sunday, February 17 – 3:00 p.m.
Weather issues by Rusty Pfost
At the home of Madelon & Reiner Kirsten
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com to attend
Stitch & Chat
Tuesday, January 8 – 7:00 p.m.
At the home of Cherie Fenstermaker
Cherie again delivered blankets to the Christmas Connection after our last gathering. This group continues with projects to donate to various causes.
Please contact Cherie at 386-1000 or at cheriefenstermaker@gmail.com
Please support our Bowlegs Sponsors
We much appreciate Alison & Mark Riley as our major sponsor through Alison’s company Sunshine State Tax & Accounting Services, LLC.
Sunshine State Tax & Accounting Services, LLC provides quality, personalized financial guidance to local individuals and businesses as well as clients throughout the world. Sunshine State Tax & Accounting Services, LLC’s long standing expertise ranges from basic tax management and accounting services to more in-depth services such as tax and financial planning. Alison and her company have over 20 years of experience helping people with international connections such as FSU faculty, staff, post-doctoral researchers, and students; and accordingly they are a trusted tax resource for the FSU Center for Global Engagement.
Last year, we got another new sponsor. Asker Distributors, Inc delivers frozen foods such as gourmet ice cream and pizza in North Florida and to other nearby areas.
We are grateful to Lucy Ho and her family for providing us with a number of gift certificates. Do visit her their three restaurants, Azu, located at 3220 Apalachee Parkway, Masa, located at 1650 North Monroe Street and Dao located at Bannerman Crossings. All are popular venues for delicious Sushi, Chinese, Japanese and Southern Asian Style Cuisines. Lucy Ho’s Hospitality Group recently opened another new restaurant called Café Taverna at 1019 N. Monroe Street, serving “Southern American cuisine with a Latin twist.”
The general manager of the local Jimmy John’s franchises is again providing us with many coupons for free subs. Do frequent their restaurants around town and taste their delicious sandwiches.
Make sure to visit Hopkins Eatery, our newest sponsor. This is a local chain with three restaurants in Tallahassee. The owners provide us with numerous gift certificates to use on healthy meals.