And what a party it was!  Few things could get us to leave Italy and family is number one on the list.  We arrived in Florida late Wednesday night in order to celebrate Bill’s dad’s 94^th Birthday on Thursday.  We had a small crowd at our favorite Ormond Beach restaurant, Frappes North (frappesnorth.com).  Meryl Frappier outdid herself arranging a perfect menu for Lee – all of his East Coast favorites starting with lobster rolls and New England Clam Chowder.  Bobby is an amazing chef and the steak dinner for 15 was spot on.  They had arranged for our favorite local saxophonist Pat to play in our private room for dinner and there was much tapping along to the music and Lee Menard could name every tune.   After dinner we talked to Bobby and Meryl about organizing a trip to the Villa – of course featuring Bobby Frappier as guest chef.  Keep your fingers crossed and I will keep you updated.  After such an amazing evening we could hardly find a way to thank Meryl and Bobby but hopefully one of my bottles of the olio novello let them know just how special the evening was.