December 23, 2004


Nothing crabby about it

Le Mirador Senior Apartment’s crab feed a snapping good time

By Jeanne Carbone Lewis
Staff Writer

The second annual crab feed at Le Mirador Senior Apartment was enjoyed by a packed house of festively dressed residents this past week.

District 10 councilwoman-elect Nancy Pyle chats with Lucy Cote as she wishes La Mirador residents a merry Christmas.

District 10 councilwoman-elect Nancy Pyle surprised the group wishing all a merry Christmas and the Girl Scouts of Troop 474, sang the carols of the season.

“We’re going to pretend we’re on an airplane and have a wild ride,” Marjorie Stiles, Le Mirador’s community manager said in her opening remarks. “We’re doing this all for you. You are not to do anything—we will wait on you. Just sit there and enjoy the food and the entertainment and have a great time.”

Stiles also announced that the Almaden Senior meals program will no longer be on Le Mirador’s premises. The lunches will be served at the Almaden Winery Center on Chambertin Avenue beginning Dec. 29.

“I don’t know what we’ll do after the 29th,” Stiles remarked. “We’ve made many new friends and enjoyed the entertainment besides enjoying the meals served. We’ll have to go to them, maybe carpool.”

Stiles, her daughter Jessie Newman, maintenance manager Paul Knott, and Nancy Hoke, nutrition manager with Almaden Senior Center served the crowd clam chowder, green salad, sour dough bread and fresh cracked crab. All food was purchased by Le Mirador, except the bread, which Hoke contributed from the city. Stiles prepared the lunch right down to the delicious soup with large pieces of clams and bacon. Dessert included two sheet cakes, one for Christmas and another for the December birthdays. Also, celebrating were Pete and Mitzi Cotler who have been married 63 years.

Troup 474 Girl Scouts, Brownies and Daisies singing carols. Photos by Jeanne Carbone Lewis

Stiles introduced Nancy Pyle to a round of applause from the energetic seniors.

“I just wanted to stop by and wish you all a merry Christmas,” Pyle said. “But you’re forgetting Marjorie. You come first with her.”

After the crab feed, the Girl Scouts, Brownies and Daisies entertained the seniors with rousing renditions of “Santa Claus is coming to Town,” “Silent Night” and “Frosty the Snowman.”

“We came last year and it’s always first class,” Armand Cote said as he sat arm in arm with his wife Lucy dressed in hot pink and black. “It’s a nice break after being out in the Christmas traffic”.

Java Rashet has lived at Le Mirador two and half years.

Java Rashet and Rera Atanoos enjoy the Christmas crab feed.

“I am very happy here,” Rashet said sitting next to her friend Rera Atanoos enjoying the fresh dungenous crab. “They do everything for you even bring us entertainment. I love it here.”

Christmas at Le Mirador where the residents enjoy the season in the company of friends, music and a good crab feed.