Dear Faculty & Friends,
I am wishing you a Happy and Prosperous New Year with wishes for 2024 to be a year filled with good health and peace. January will have quite a few interest group meetings, and we have plans for monthly meetings during the next several months.
Lunch Bunch will meet tomorrow on Tuesday, January 2 at Little Italy.
The address is 111 S. Magnolia Dr. #17 near Governor’s Square Mall.
Lunch Bunch will meet again on Tuesday, February 6 at First WatchThe address is 1415 Timberlane Rd in the Timberlane Shops.
Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to go.
The Book Discussion Group will meet on Monday, January 15 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Andrews Anglican Church at the corner of North Meridian and TImberlane to discuss West With Giraffes by Linda Rutledge. Please check with Donna Meredith to request information about the book selection for the coming year at meredithds@comcast.net
Stitch & Chat members will meet on Tuesday January 16 at 2:00 p.m. at Mariana Herceg’s house to continue to socialize while knitting and sewing plus bringing cans and boxes that Cherie & John will take to the Good News food pantry every two weeks. Please contact Cherie at cheriefenstermaker@gmail.com
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? will meet on Saturday, January 20 at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Toni Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker. Toni will present a powerpoint helped by Horst Wahl titled Das Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs und die Behandlung der deutschen Kriegsgefangenen. Toni asks us to bring along some light snacks.
Please let Annelise know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are planning to attend.
Stammtisch members will meet at the Wine House on Wednesday, January 10 at 5:30 p.m. and at Harry’s on Kleman Plaza on Wednesday, January 24 at 5:30 p.m.
Please let Horst Wahl know if you are going at hwahl41@gmail.com.
La Table Française will tentatively meet at Annelise’s house on Sunday, January 21 at 6:00 p.m. Please let me know if you would like to attend at aleysieffer@gmail.com
Larry Giunipero, Bill Hillison and Annelise are once more co-chairing the Billy Bowlegs 5k and 1 Mile Walk to be held on Saturday, January 27 at 9:00 a.m. beginning and ending in front of the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering in Innovation Park. Please let me know if any of you can help me volunteer for a few hours. We began the first 5k at FSU in 1984. Where there will be T-shirts, small towels will be given as awards as they were last year. Please contact Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com for more information.
I am currently checking to see if we can hold our annual Chinese New Year’s dinner at one of Lucy Ho’s locations either at Azu or at Masa on Saturday, January 27. I will get back to you as soon as I have some more information.
Bill Landing has been participating with the Tallahassee Swing Band for years and also plays at several other music venues in town. We are planning a Winter Dance at the American Legion on Tuesday, February 27 beginning at 7:30 p.m. The entrance fee is $6:00 at the door. Beverages can be purchased at the Legion. Please let Annelise know at aleysieffer@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.
Kathy and Bill Landing have offered to revive our Rotating Gourmet group. They will be hosting on Saturday March 9, starting at 6:00pm.Kathy and Bill will provide wine and beer, and members can bring their ownbeverages if they prefer something else. Everyone will bring an appetizer dish toshare. RSVP to billlanding@gmail.com before March 7.
Please email Annelise at aleysieffer@gmail.com to offer April and May dates
Tom Hart has plans to revive Globetrotters. More on that later.
Is there an interest in Restaurant Roulette?
We are still looking for somebody to chair the Spanish group La Mesa Español.
Please let me know if reviving these groups are of interest.
I am wishing all of you the very best for 2024.
Annelise Leysieffer