Theater Anyone? Sanibel Island’s “Broadway”

February 5, 2010 — sandyramseth

If you are in the mood for some great entertainment, I can highly recommend the Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater which has been putting on performances off and on for the past 116 years!

What a story behind this little “theater that could”… it just keeps chuggin’ along, getting better and better over its long up-and-down history…

With the help of amazing patrons, donors, actors and of course, a wanting audience, The Schoolhouse Theater is thriving today and providing the ONLY professional musical theater on all of Sanibel Island.

Located at 2200 Periwinkle Way, the Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater is currently featuring “Unnecessary Farce”… a comedy about two policemen… well, I won’t give it away! ;)

You can find out more details right here: Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater – Unnecessary Farce

Let’s support our local theater because we have so many talented people on this island and they deserve all the applause that we can muster!

Thanks guys…

Have a great weekend everyone,

Sandy and Rob

p.s. Stop by our SanCap One Source office and say “Hi”, we’d love to see ya’!

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Cold on Sanibel Island?

January 29, 2010 — sandyramseth

Fish Struggling with Freezing Temps on Sanibel Island Well this has been quite a month for weather, wouldn’t you say?

I don’t ever remember it being this cold down here… and one group that is not liking these frigid temps at all are the fish, particularly snook!

We are seeing huge numbers of dead fish floating onto shore, and even floating dead in some of the canals, which our marine biologists tell us is due to the fish becoming “dormant” when their water turns so cold and then forgetting to eat and therefore, they die… well, that doesn’t happen to me, I eat more when I get cold!  :)

But, one positive note in the “circle of life” is that the birds are having a feast on the dead fish, which is also thought to be keeping them alive in these chilly temps by eating more.  And so life goes…

It turns out that this is happening all over Southwest Florida, but it’s particularly disturbing when it starts affecting local “treasures” such as the probable death due to freezing temps of our 30+ year old female American Crocodile.  Really sad!  At 12-ft long and 300 pounds, she was found dead on a trail along the Sanibel River.

Well, I’m just glad that things are starting to warm up again and getting somewhat “back to normal”… this truly has been a strange winter “weather-wise” for everyone it seems…

What are your thoughts?  How are you staying warm?

Have a great weekend,

Sandy and Rob

p.s.  Got some great deals over at SanCap One Source Realty… no, seriously, some really great deals!  :)

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Dancing With Sanibel Island’s Stars!!

January 22, 2010 — sandyramseth

The hottest ticket on the island is “Dancing with the Island’s Stars”!

So did you grab your tickets before they sold-out?

The official event is tomorrow night, Saturday, January 23rd, but the dress rehearsal is also selling (cheaper) tickets for tonight, if there are still any available…

The purpose of this star-studded event is to raise funds for the renovation and update of the  “Meeting Place on Sanibel Island”, which is, of course, The Sanibel Community House!

So, your vote counts!!

Hope you can make it to the event :)

Have a great weekend!

Sandy and Rob

p.s.  Don’t forget to check out our latest listings at SanCap One Source Realty, they will knock your socks off!

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