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First Watch is a breakfast/lunch café. It is a chain but I have never been in any of their restaurants besides the one on Radio Road in Naples. It is just a smidge pricey but well worth it. The pancakes are multigrain, huge and just over the top delicious. They have a very upscale and interesting menu with a sumptuous range. Hmm,hmm good! Free Wi-Fi is a benefit but vastly overwhelmed by the wonderful food. Service is good but be prepared to wait on weekends as it is jammed. Week days are a better time to go for breakfast. You will spend $25 for breakfast for two which is very reasonable for the quality. I intend to try their other restaurants if I ever see one as this is a dining delight.

Recently we were lucky enough to be in sunny and warm Naples Florida. We were looking for something to do besides play golf and swim. You can do that every day but once in awhile it is nice to have a change of pace. Sweet Liberty is a 51’ catamaran that sails out of Naples harbor. It was still early in the season so there were only 6 of us on the boat. The captain, Mitch, and the crew, Kevin, were professional and very friendly and informative. The boat is well appointed with plenty of cushions and blankets and two bathrooms. We motored out of the harbor and through some Port Royal inlets that had some of the most phenomenal homes I have ever seen. A statistic that seemed preposterous is that 85% of the homes are vacant on any given day. These are multi-million dollar vacation homes that have to be seen to be believed. Once we reached the Gulf, Kevin raised the sail and Mitch turned off the motor and we sailed along the coast. The air was brisk and the sailing was ter...