Have you ever known someone who could always turn lemons into lemonade? Last week I visited one of those fine lemonade makers who’s also the kind of gentleman we used to admire in the movies — the kind who’d tip their hat and rush to open the car door for a lady, all the while fighting off some villain, metaphorical or literal, with nary a bead of sweat nor a break in his confident stride.
Prompted by an initiative of Naples Cultural Landscape, the month of May was proclaimed Naples History Month by the City Council in 2008. This year, the tradition continues.
Florida Weekly adapted this test from two quizzes, one about Collier County history and another about Naples history, found online at www.naplesbackyardhistory. org.
Every Saturday morning, Pam Brown drivers her truck to the parking lot behind Tommy Bahama’s and sets up for the farmers market hosted by the Third Street Merchants Association. She didn’t grow the produce, nor did she harvest it, but in the tradition of her great grandfather, who back in 1885 set up William H. Brown’s Landing near what today is Immokalee, Ms. Brown “carts” her neighbors’ produce to market, carrying forth four generations of tradition in a pioneer Immokalee family.
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