Where Everybody Knows Your Name

I tell people all the time that I have made more friends here at StoneRidge in 9 months than I have my whole life down in So. Cal. Maybe it's something in the water. Probably it's because, somehow, this place drew us to it. The residents here have all moved from other areas. Some only 12 miles away, others from across the country. Most of us like to golf, but there are quite a few that don't.

This winter the few of us that stayed thought it would be nice to get together weekly for coffee; to get to know our neighbors. I've mentioned our Coffee Social in earlier posts. So what started with 6-8 people has now exploded to 29 and counting.


Not only is the group growing, but we're getting so organized! We have name tags and sign up sheets. There were even door prizes.

Here Betty and Marci get a name tag.

Debbie, our organizer, with Ed

Margee, far right passed out raffle tickets for the door prizes donated by the Mammas On A Mission Group.

Cari, Nancy, Susan and Shirley

Tammy, Russ, Rusty and Tuffy enjoying a cup of coffee and a treat

So as you can see it was quite a turnout. Being one of the original members gives me an advantage in getting to know all of my neighbors. In turn everybody knows me too. This is the kind of community where you need to give yourself an extra 15+ minutes to get to wherever you're going because everyone you see along the way wants to chat.

I'm not going to tell you that I know why this place is so special. I just thank my lucky stars that we found it.