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In any other circumstance, you might find having an intimate holiday dinner with a man with a long, white beard who wears strikingly unfashionable red winter attire an uncomfortable and dangerous occasion. And your parenting skills might be suspect if you insisted on bringing your youngsters to a meal with the man with the strange laugh . . .

Good living involves making good choices. Choosing the right job, the best place to live, the most profitable investment strategy and even your friends requires discernment and careful analysis. You have to invest the time and the intellect to make your choices count. But choosing the best place to dine – at Golden Ocala Golf . . .

Blame your eyes. And maybe your nose. It is, after all, your sensory perception that often thwarts your loftiest plans for healthy eating. We won’t neglect mentioning the ambience. All those factors, rounded together, tend to derail even the most worthy of pursuits. Perhaps it was merely that Rhubarb-Raspberry Cheesecake Square (or the Peach Cobbler . . .

The atmosphere – with the soft, ambient noise and the gentle yet distant background chatter – adds to the experience, that immersion into culinary excellence. Discovering fine dining is an occasion of life, a delightful excursion from the normal trek. We dine to appreciate, to connect with others, to break from life’s sometimes wavering course. . . .