Merry Christmas!
Thistle Lodge at Casa Ybel Resort, Sanibel Island is pleased to present their Christmas Buffet on Thursday, December 25, 2008 from 12:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The exquisitely prepared Holiday Buffet is an excellent choice for a fine holiday meal that your entire family will enjoy. Traditional holiday fare, along with Sanibel favorites, will be offered. Reservations are required.
Click the image to the right to see the Holiday Menu.
Make your reservations today! Call 239.472.9200
Thistle Lodge at Casa Ybel Resort on Sanibel Island is pleased to announce The Return of Michael Honig on Wednesday, October 22, 2008.
Join us as we welome Honig Vineyard & Winery President, Michael Honig for a 5-course Hoenig Wine Dinner.
At the age of 22, Michael Honig took over the reigns of his struggling, family vineyard and winery. With an old meat locker for an office, a shoebox for an accounting system and no training, he hit the streets of San Francisco, selling wine and delivering it himself. As president of the winery, Michael has come a long way since then and has transformed that failing winery into a definite success. With his seemingly endless energy, today Michael spends 75% of his time out in the world introducing people to Honig wines. Let him introduce you!
Reservations Required. Please Call: 239.472.9200
We had a lot of fun and excitement at Casa Ybel today – a wedding proposal on the beach! Champagne and tears of joy were flowing on the beach on Sanibel Island. Our local NBC affiliate was even there to cover the event. Congratulations!
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Lavish Wedding Proposal
NBC-2 News
Monday, August 04, 2008 by Chad Oliver
SANIBEL ISLAND: Many people head to Sanibel Island expecting to see white sandy beaches, clear water, and shelling that’s world-renowned. They don’t expect to see what unfolded on the beach in front of Casa Ybel Monday morning – a wedding proposal.
Cynthia Briand, from Florence, Alabama, has been bringing her family to the same timeshare since 1979.
Her son, John, learned to swim there and is now 24-years-old. He grew up spending part of his summers there. So when it came time for an important announcement, Sanibel was the family’s first choice.
“The more excited John and I got about this, then it got bigger and bigger and John said, ‘I’m going to get a plane to fly over with a banner,'” said Cynthia.
John Briand chose Sanibel Island as the spot to propose to his girlfriend, Brittany Brooks. Cynthia tipped off NBC2 on the big announcement and their lavish plan.
John couldn’t find a plane in Lee County to fly a banner popping the big question. So he chartered one from Fort Lauderdale with a planned flyover planned at 10:30 a.m.
The couple planned on arriving at the beach about 10 a.m. and NBC2 showed up on the beach posing as a documentary crew interviewing visitors about Sanibel’s recovery from Hurricane Charley four years ago.
Brittany saw our camera on the beach and said, “I don’t even want to be in it, just interview him because I’m in my bathing suit.”
During the interview with John, he pointed and asks, “Now what is this?”
She spotted those seven words in red letters trailing behind an approaching plane.
“Brittany, will you marry me? Love, John.”
With one knee in the sand, John said, “You’re my everything, you’re my always. Will you be my wife?”
Brittany said yes and just seconds later, John’s family ran out from behind the sand dunes with bottles of champagne.
“The plane came just in time and it was to her back and it looked like she was completely surprised,” says John’s cousin Tuyle Denman.
The couple met in nursing school in Alabama and graduated back in December. They plan to get married in Birmingham next April.
Brittany, still shaking with excitement, said “I was shocked, I still can’t believe it.”
Meanwhile, Cynthia gathered the family on the beach for a toast to the new couple.
“To love, to laughter, to happily ever after,” she said.
© 2008 NBC2 NEWS. Reprinted with permission.
You can see video taken for the happy couple at AMC Video Productions.
Casa Ybel is thrilled to have been selected by SWFL Parent & Child Magazine as a desired family vacation location! They were kind enough to give us mention on the cover shot, a directory photo, the main article lead photo and a wonderful write-up!
Be sure to pick-up your copy of Parent & Child to read the article for yourself and get suggestions for your summer vacation.
Our thanks to Parent & Child for both their mention and their kind permission to allow the pages to be reproduced here (in part).
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