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Orlando Christmas: Lake Eola & Ballet - Day 2 (click once on
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Warming
up at the “fireplace” in the lobby of The Waverly, Wei-Shen’s condo building -
temps were in the mid 50’s with a constant breeze in the air. His 15th
floor balcony has a great view of Lake Eola.
Lake Eola
We
also took a 30 minute swan boat ride - click this link to view a
short video.
Markwood Drive Reunion Dinner
Fifty-one
years ago during elementary school Li and Wei-Shen
hung out with their neighbors on Markwood Drive in
Mentor Ohio - Heidi Hagedorn (now Zagari) and her brother “Butch”. They lost
touch after that and then by a stroke of luck Wei-Shen ran into Heidi
completely by accident at the AAA office in Orlando about 18 years ago. They
have since met up many times and now Heidi finally got to see Li again after
all these years when we had dinner together at Metro Espresso. What a small
world!
Nutcracker Ballet
After
dinner, we saw the final performance of The Nutcracker by the Orlando Ballet.
The reimagined production debuted as part of Orlando Ballet’s 50th
anniversary season in 2023. Unfortunately, Lauren was not in this new
production because the student member roles from the previous production were
now recast as company member roles. None the less, we still enjoyed this
festive Christmas tradition!