Old Northeast Candlelight Tour 2012

The 15th Annual Historic Old Northeast Neighborhood Association's Candlelight Tour of Homes took place on Sunday afternoon and evening.  This year was my fifth year taking the tour.  The eight homes included are different from year to year.  My sister Linda came up from Bradenton with her friend Betty to experience another great reason to call the Old Northeast neighborhood home.  We were joined by Lonnie.  Lonnie and Evan bought a home a couple of blocks from me a year ago and moved in just a week ago.  Evan had to head out of town for business so Lonnie took the opportunity to check out the homes for potential ideas for their new home.

It was a beautiful sunny day, almost bordering on the 'too warm' side!  But we had fun, first stopping to pick up our maps.  The maps show us which homes are included in this year's tour as well as the hospitality spots!  The chandelier above has Morano glass fruits from Italy.  The bottom three pictures above were taken at The Dickens House B & B.  We had delicious mulled tea and several flavors of pizzelles as well as corn chips and dips.  We had a nice chat with the owner as we were enjoying our treats.

We were treated to several carols from bell ringers at one home.  I didn't take many pictures inside the homes, nor attempted to snap photos of all the homes.

We began our tour route with the homes clustered on the southern part of the neighborhood, then worked our way to the hospitality treats at the Dickens House.  Betty was a bit tired from the walking, so we attempted to take the free "trolley".  As the driver was zooming past our stop at the B & B, we were shouting to stop, but since we were towards the back, neither he nor his shotgun heard us.  When he finally did stop, we said that we had wanted to get off back there, so he said, he was sorry and drove off with everyone still onboard.  He drove thru the streets to bring us right to the door.  The last home we visited was probably our favorite.  My pictures didn't come out too sharp, but that tree above and the pool shot are both in the backyard.  A nice place to hang out!

We then walked the two blocks back to my place.  Linda and Betty caught up on the football scores and then we headed out to the Queens head for some fish and chips.    YUM!!!

Here is a link to a video about the annual Candlelight Tour.  Enjoy!