OSCAR SCHERER State Park – 1843 S Tamiami Trl. Osprey, FL – (941) 483-5956
This is a smaller park than Myakka State Park. Oscar Scherer offers: hiking trails, restrooms, campground(s), canoe launch, play ground, ranger station, a nature center. Yes, your 4 legged friends are welcome providing you keep them on a lease at all times.
Cost: $5.00 for a car of 4 people.
Enjoyed a leisure walk around the Park. Then off to Rosebud for dinner.
Oscar Scherer plays an invaluable role in the preservation of Florida scrub-jay habitat. Bald eagles nest here in the winter, and in the summer, Lake Osprey attracts anglers and swimmers.
South Creek attracts anglers, canoers and kayakers.
Walking trail
Red tail hawk
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The park has a paved walking trail that has exercise machines along the trail, a dock area overlooking a lake, nice bathroom facilities, a playground and picnic tables under a covered pavilion. Nice quiet park with friendly people.
Yes, we do feed the fish & turtles with small pieces of saltine crackers.
The park is planned out very well both for various exercise stations as well as interest for kids. Lots of birds and trees, lovely walk in nature & enjoy the turtles/fish in the lake.
Had a nice walk in Conservatory Park is a 55 acre site with a focus on outdoor and nature-based recreation. Manatee County purchased the property in August 2004 with assistance from the Florida Communities Trust under the Florida Forever program.
3/25/26 – BD babies for any month is a Free Meal but you must drinks are NOT FREE. One BD complimentary meal per year & may be used any month for Birthday Buffet.
Menu: Salad bar, Buffet with Queen cut Prime Rib, Hunters Pork w/ mushroom sauce & Chef’s Potato and Vegetable, Birthday cupcake and beverage. Dinner is complimentary for the members celebrating their birthday.
Not your birthday? $29.00 plus tax and gratuity.
**Members receive one complimentary birthday buffet per calendar year.
. Q-tips say: Food was ok. Had a wonderful evening with the friends/neighbors from the hood.
We used our complimentary BD dinner.
Birthday cupcakes
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Slider Madness:Was just ok. Meat options – cheese /toppings & a salad bar.
Had an enjoyable evening with neighbor, Nancy.
Had our usual drinks: Old Fashion, Perfect Manhattan & a Cosmo and glass of wine.
However, NO MORE, melted cheese, Queso.
Meatball & MORE Madness: 3 different sauces to enjoy your meatballs & salad & salad toppings with various side dishes as, potato salad/pasta.
Soup/ Salad/Sandwich Madness: Had the soup. Several options for salads:Reg/just plain lettuce/tomatoes/bowtie & potato salads.Meat Options for sandwiches: Ham/turkey/thin. Many bread choices but bread slices way too thick. Many people just put the meat on the plate minus the bread.
Build you own Taco Salad was:
OK- Various Meat to build your tacos – Turkey/Ham/Beef with soft shell tacos & Chips. Various toppings & salad choices.
Subs & More – was ok. Did not eat all the bread just ate the meat & various salads.
Monday Madness – you get 50% off Well Drinks, House Wines, Beer & Beverages & All you can eat buffets. Q-tips say:Yes, go if you like Monday Madness.
We will stick with Wings & Slider Madness. Perhaps Pasta Night.Subs & More Madness was just so so – way too much bread.
Slider Madness:Was ok. Many meat options/cheese sauce/toppings & a salad bar.
Mrs. Q had: Taco/Nacho Madness. ok
The Q-tips say: Munchie Madness was nothing special.Everything was breaded & fried. Because of the breading, & no signs posting what it is, was difficult to know was in the pot. We had our usual Libations. Ordered off the Reg. Menu instead MUNCHIE MADNESS.
Pizza Madness?? ?Maybe. Taco madness? ??The meat- beef/chicken was good but many just piled the food on the dishes instead of tacos.
Cannot orderfrom the regular menuanymore on Monday Madness.
Mr. Q had: Perfect Manhattan & Clam Chowder & Garlic SHRIMP SCAMPI Traditional Louisiana shrimp scampi with fresh rosemary in a lemon beurre blanc sauce and a side of garlic bread.
Mrs. Q had: An Old Fashion & French Onion Soup & Blast Stack – Field fresh greens, lemon infused olive oil, basil avocado aioli, vine ripened tomatoes, diced Hass avocado, signature smoked salmon, hardwood smoked bacon strips.
Dessert: We took our dessert home: Delicious Beignets with 3 different sauces. Beignets are iconic, deep-fried pillowy pastries traditionally smother in powdered sugar often served in New Orleans.
Q-tips say: Food/drinks/service was just ok. The music was not enjoyable, very loud, & we have never had Bread pudding, & probably will not have it again.
Mrs. Q says: Mingling with the neighbors/friends was fun. The best part of this St. Patrick’s Day Buffet: She did not have to cook or clean up.
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G T Bray Park – 5502 33rd Ave Dr W., Bradenton, FL, (941) 742- 5923, mymanatee.org/home/government
Q-tips say: G T Bray Park – or as we call it: Squirrel Park.
Mrs. Q says: Nice place to walk, take your kids/grandkids/dog in the dog park, skate park, etc. A fun place to feed squirrels & birds – buy only unsalted peanuts as not to upset the little tummy.
Nothing in Cassie’s life is what it appears to be — she’s wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she’s living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
Q-tips say: Mr. Q liked it more than Mrs. Q.
Mrs. Q says: Promising Young Woman is a complex, thought-provoking film that critiques rape culture, gender roles, and the societal failure to hold perpetrators accountable. “Promising Young Woman” is as confident as its protagonist, a film that’s willing to be a little messy and inconsistent in a way that reflects Cassie’s existence. She works in a coffee shop and has supportive parents, but every day is filled with the reminder of what she’s lost. She sits at night looking at photos of her best friend when they were young.
This film is an in depth look at what happens when victims of sexual assault or rape don’t get taken seriously. This is a very hard movie to watch for some, but it might be a new standard that we set on how movies about these topics are handled.
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