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October was an exciting month for Active Adults Realty in the news! Bill and I were featured in a post-Rehoboth Jazz Festival story by Maddy Lauria in the Cape Gazette titled, "Jazz Festival Attracts Record Crowds 25th Annual Event Brings Together Music, Music Lovers.
The article recounts the story of our first meeting fourteen years ago and the love story that followed. Click Here to read it.
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CHARITY HIGHLIGHTS
Food Bank of Delaware Delaware Holiday Food Drives
 Thanksgiving for All Food Drive hopes to make the holiday season bright for families in need this year. The Food Bank of Delaware is asking for the public's assistance in making sure that no Delawarean goes without a holiday meal this season. In addition to hosting food drives, fundraisers are also a helpful way to collect much-needed funds to purchase food. Bank of America's Give A Meal campaign is an easy way to help support hunger-relief efforts in the First State. For every $1 donated, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will give $2 more. Donations can be made at www.bankofamerica.com/give.
Click Here for the list of food as well as Drop Off Locations throughout Delaware.
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SUSSEX COUNTY
26th Annual Nouveau Beaujolais Wine, Food & Shopping Extravaganza 5-7:30pm, DEC 2 at Irish Eyes, Lewes. More Information, Click Here.
83rd Annual Lewes Christmas Parade
5pm. DEC 6, Rain/Snow Date: DEC 7. More Information, Click Here.
KENT COUNTY
The Nutcracker Ballet- The Nutcracker has returned to the Schwartz, presented by Ballet Theatre of Dover. Dec 6: 2pm & 7pm, Sunday, Dec 7: 2pm. More Information, Click Here.
Handbells at the Chocolate and Holiday Festival
Ringers performing in the Dover Downs Casino hotel lobby at 1pm and 2pm on NOV 29. The performance is free. More Information, Click Here.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
A Longwood Christmas
This year's program soars with a bird-inspired display. NOV 27-JAN 11, 2015. More Information, Click Here.
Nemours Mansion & Gardens Holiday Tours
The estate is decorated from NOV 18 - DEC 31. More Information, Click Here.
STATEWIDE:
Christmas Tree Recycling
The DE Post-holiday Tradition carries on... statewide. Click Here for yard waste sites. Start Your Own Tradition! Visit Delaware Scene for a great list of Holiday Happenings in Delaware.
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TRENDING: First Thanksgiving Dinner in Delaware?
Be Thankful For A Cornucopia of Choices
Whether you're ready to cook your own bird or make a reservation for Thanksgiving Dinner instead, be thankful that you can do what you please, here in Delaware.
 Home Cooks: CLICK HERE to peruse some Thanksgiving Recipes from our 2013 Chef-inspired Southern Delaware Thanksgiving Menu. Change up your menu by adding a recipe from Bethany Blues, the Buttery, The Essential Chef, Food by Design, Hobo's Restaurant, MIXX American Fusion Restaurant, Papa Grandes and Nage Restaurant/Root Gourmet. Having Reservations? If Thanksgiving Dinner without the worry of cooking and cleaning up is your idea of a Holiday Dinner, don't worry. Delaware offers a cornucopia of superb restaurants serving up their Thanksgiving bounties in all three counties...Kent, Sussex and New Castle. Our List includes Harry's Savoy Grill, the Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Middletown, Thanksgiving To-Go from the White Clay Creek Country Club, Caffe Gelato's 2014 Thanksgiving Dinner Cooked For You, Abbott Grill's Thanksgiving Buffet-upstate/downstate, Eat, Drink and Be Thankful Thanksgiving at Heritage Shores, Thanksgiving Dinner Buffet at Big Fish Grill-upstate/downstate, The Buttery Thanksgiving Dinner and Thanksgiving Day Buffet at Nage. Click Here to read the full list and their website links. Please note: reservations are highly recommended for most establishments. Bon app�tit!
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SHOP LOCAL
Have a Tax-free Black Friday
Imagine it, one of the busiest shopping days of the year, Black Friday in a state with no sales tax. The hustle, the bustle, high-end malls, name-brand outlets, small businesses and boutiques, welcome to the Delaware holiday shopping scene! Enjoy your tax-free lifestyle and end up with more money in your pocket shopping in Delaware.
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NOV 22: Shop Del Tech, Georgetown for unique gifts at the Saturday Before the Season at the Village Shoppes
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THE MALLS and THE OUTLETS
Concord Mall
The Concord Mall is located in Wilmington just north of Wilmington, Delaware and offers year-round tax-free shopping. Visit website.
Christiana Mall
Christiana Mall provides tax-free shopping with exciting new options and is conveniently located at Exit 4A on I-95. Visit website.
Dover Mall
The Dover Mall is located in Central Delaware, near the Dover International Speedway and Dover Downs Hotel and Casino. Visit website.
If you're a glutten for punishment and ready for more shopping...
SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY on November 29 is for you!
As a locally-owned business, it is our business to be there for you. Be there for us and our small business family in Delaware and support local business this holiday  season.
Watch the Video... it's inspiring.
Then go out and support small business on November 29! You'll find some very unique items on your adventure. Not sure where to go? Let your mouse do the walking and Click Here for a list boutiques and small business from our friends at Delaware Tourism. Make your list then remember to check it twice! Happy Shopping!
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FEATURED BOOMERS
 An article by Pam George in the October edition of Delaware Beach Life, titled, "Smart Moves" featured myself and Active Adults Realty clients, Tony and Maggi Gizzi who decided to downsize from a 19-room home in Riverton, NJ and move to Delaware.
The article relates their Delaware home buying experience, with Tony recalling, "We couldn't find anything we liked." All that changed when he performed with the Shrewsbury String Quartet at a Delaware beach wedding in September 2013 and then contacted Active Adults Realty.
The article goes on to talk about their return to the area and their search for new house and their move to Bay Crossing, a Lewes-area community for residents 55 and older. To read the article, Click Here.
Photo: Tony and Maggi Gizzi by Scott Nathan
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LOCAL STYLE
8 Ways To Make A Room Look Bigger for The Holidays
These 8 tips from PureWow, a digital publication featuring fashion, beauty, home, arts and culture, money, tech, food and travel, will help parts of your house to look bigger than they are... right in time for the holidays. Read the entire article here.
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Hang Curtains High and Wide  - Skip Curtains Altogether
- Add Mirrors
- When It Comes to Art, Bigger Is Better
- Be Transparent with Glass, mesh and Lucite
- Go for furniture on raised feet or legs
- Match Your Furniture to Your Walls
- Edit and Limit yourself to 4 must-have knickknacks!
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ARTISTS' CORNER
Local Photographer Kevin Flemming Shares His Story on CBS
This is my favorite time of year... Bill and I really enjoy the fall festival season. The days may be shorter but we still enjoy some incredible sunsets and sunrises. Thanks to local photographers like Kevin Fleming, who share with us the beauty of the First State, Delaware we have a record of what it is like to experience life on Delmarva.
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In his book Wild Delmarva, Kevin has photographed the diverse wildlife living in the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. He also created a photographic history book for the state of Delaware titled Landmarks and Legacies, featiring all of Delaware's historic points of interest. His most recent book is titled "The Beach", captures the wildlife, nature and beauty of coastal Delaware. They all make great gifts and it will be easy for your friends and family to see why you moved to Delaware.
See what I'm talking about and share your Delaware experience with your friends, who just may want to join you in your Delaware Boomer Life. It'll be easy for them to see why you moved to Delaware.
Kevin's has galleries in Rehoboth Beach, Lewes (opening a new Second Street location in January) and has a gallery inside of the Hyatt Place in Dewey, open by appointment. Follow Kevin on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/kevin.fleming or visit his website at http://www.kevinfleming.com/
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Kathy
Kathy Sperl-Bell, Broker-Owner
Active Adults Realty
1504 Savannah Rd., Lewes, DE 19958
Kathy@ActiveAdultsRealty.com
302-542-1203 | 302-424-1890
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