Southern Oaks Villas Social

At the pickleball courts on Friday, Sue and Phil invited Rich and I to join the rest of the residents (those who have not gone back north) of the Sourthern Oaks Villas at the Churchill Street Rec Center for a Pizza Social. 

Here in The Villages there are several Villages.  For example we are staying in the Village of Lynnhaven.  Within each Village there are your various sizes of single home, there are smaller "villages" of courtyard villas, and others which are "villages" of patio villas.  We are staying in Soutern Oaksm which is all "patio" villas. 

Sue and Phil planned the social as a way to get to know your neighbors, meet new neighbors and people like us who are visiting the neighborhood.

Five dollars per person got you in the door where we all mingled and talked for a while and then shared some Pappa Johns Pizza and Salad. Someone made some great brownies, fruit salad and watermellon for dessert. In the picture above, folks are starting to arrive and find a seat, Rich finds a couple of ladies in the neighborhood who play pickleball,  party planner Sue.......addresses the group, Rich with Al and Yvonne - the first two people we met tonight, and the bottom is party planner Phil.......making sure the pizza's are ready.

After eating, Rich headed over to the Billards room to shoot a little pool and I joined some folks for a game of "Southern Oaks Scramble Bridge" .  We all took to tables of four, and learned the rules of the game.   Trump in each game, 10 points for each trick, keep score, keep your partner for four games then switch tables...........My table was (top) - Joe and JD  who was my partner and (bottom) Denise and me.  JD and I did AWESOME taking 730 points to our second table.  I joined a table of three guys - Jim, Phil and Rich.....where I racked up only 530 more points.  Top three scores won lottery tickets. 

So glad we decided to go..........it's always fun meeting new people and making new friends.......... It was a very enjoyable evening.