D&D Dinner x 2

This month, the neighborkids of honor in Central-Cocoanut are Dalisha and DuShun -- both soon-to-be fifth-graders.  They proposed that since they are older than neighborkids who have been honored so far, their celebration ought to include two kinds of dinners -- the "traditional" neighborhood dinner, and also a double-date of sorts.  Curious to see what might develop, we said - why not?

Together, Dalisha and DuShun scoped out the restaurants of Sarasota for the double-date, and decided upon O'Leary's Tiki Bar & Grill, which is only 1.7 miles and 5 min. (by car) from our block.

Then Tim and I were honored to be chosen as fellow dinner-mates.  Here are some pics of everyone enjoying the evening.

A week later, Dalisha and DuShun were honored on the block.  DuShun's mom Ms. Cassandra and his auntie Angie came over to do the cooking, and there was standing room only for the celebration!  

Dalisha invited Mr. Hugh too, whom she knows from the CSO Dinners.  He brought neat packages of scavenger hunting supplies for Dalisha and DuShun, and one for the whole group of Neighborhood Scavenger Hunters.  He also brought something incredibly special that his daughter (who is now in college) asked him to bring along:  her childhood pencil collection!  Hugh's daughter collected hundreds and hundreds of pencils when she was a kid.  When she heard about the neighborhood scavenger hunters, and heard that her dad was one of the invited guests, she decided that the scavenger hunters would be a great group to take over her prize collection.  Wow, what an honor!  How's that for GenY-Z connection?