Presenting the new holiday masthead for your approval

I was wracking my brain trying to come up with a new holiday masthead this year for the Grapevine. I could not find a good image around the Village. So I decided to go to Commodore Plaza and I found a bunch of good sports.

I dragged four restaurant owners to the end of Commodore and Main, I set them up as carollers, using their menus as song books and tada, above is the holiday masthead with a little touching up here and there, like the Santa hat I photoshopped in.

I present to you Sylvano from Greenstreet Café, Regis from Le P'tit Paris and Le Bouchon du Grove, George from George's in the Grove and John from Mr. Moe's and Christabelle's Quarter.

They really were good sports to leave all of their busy restaurants on a Sunday afternoon to pose for me, but that's proof of the good old Coconut Grove spirit.

I am told often that the Grapevine has become a sort of "reality show" and many people think of the Grove now as a place full of Bohemian characters and places. So each time I change the masthead, I will use a group of Grove characters and/or a theme. So don't be surprised if somewhere, some how, some time when you least expect it, someone steps up to you and says, "Smile, you're now part of the Grapevine masthead."