Dear Friends,

I know it is getting close to the holidays as Hapy posted his list of beer pairings for Christmas songs. It is hard to know it is Christmas down here in Key West other than the houses with over-the-top lights and decorations and of course, the lighted boat parade coming up this weekend. I laugh at the faux snow.

I keep discovering great new websites that offer valuable services. When I went out to San Francisco I discovered Turo to rent a fancy car and then, of course, Hapy said he used it all the time. We were looking for a new dog sitter so Grace and I could ride the motorcycles up to Ft. Myers to catch the new Star Wars on IMAX and I discovered Rover.com which is a great resource for dog walking and dog sitting.

Speaking of Star Wars, we brought in some Star Wars collector edition drones at around $150 over Emily’s strenuous objections (she is not a fan of drones). I hesitated to buy any for Key West because drones are basically illegal here because everywhere is close to the airport on our 2 mile by 4 mile island. But surprisingly we have sold all that we have sold here in Key West for gifts and none in Vermont. Go figure. If you are interested in getting one of these cool drones in the special edition singing box please, please call or email Emily!

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes Exclusive features the new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. It has a 2.8GHz I7 processor, 16GB of ram, 256GB SSD drive and 2GB of VRAM in Space Gray. This is one of the units that has a bad shipping box but perfect contents. There are just 6 of them left so it is definitely first come, first served for this special. We are bundling this MacBook Pro 15-inch with AppleCare+ which extends your warranty to 3-years, provides 3-years of Apple tech support and with a deductible covers 2 incidents of accidental damage. Normally this MacBook Pro with AppleCare+ would cost $2679.98 this week, while supply lasts, Kibbles & Bytes readers can buy this bundle for $200 off at $2479.98.