I welcomed the New Year, as well as all of my Homestead neighbors, to an open house and a lucky New Year’s Day feast featuring Hoppin’ John (Black-eyed peas and rice), Southern Collard greens and spiral cut ham. Dessert of course included my famous Rum Cake and Neiman Marcus cookies. It was fun meeting some new neighbors and comparing notes on our building experience. We all agreed that Rivertown is the friendliest neighborhood around (especially Homestead), and that there is no better value in NE Florida. I was disappointed to miss the New Year’s Eve neighborhood crawl the night before due to my knee problems, A large group of neighbors visited 10 homes in the neighborhood, all with different games and culinary delights. Feedback has shown it to be quite a fun night and I’m hoping to make it next year!!