Walk to restaurants in Orlando

While at the Orlando Doubletree Universal for the NMA reunion, you'll, no doubt, enjoy the hotel's restaurant. Those those seeking variety will find that Orlando has a million other eateries.

But if you're looking for a meal without driving in traffic, the neighborhood provides alternatives within walking distance. The following restaurants are all about a quarter-mile or less from the hotel.

• T.G.I. Friday's. Food and beer, not necessarily in that order.
• Tabla Bar and Grill. Indian food. Try the paneer tikka masala. If you don't like it: back to T.G.I. Friday's. 
• Kobe Japanese Steak House. Any questions?
• Miller''s Ale House. Part of a widespread chain of restaurant/taverns that claim to have the warm ambiance of your bar back home. I hope they're not referring to the Shipwreck Lounge.
• Starbucks. Duh.
• Golden Corral. Duh with chicken.

Okay, so one or two of them may be three-tenths of a mile. In the barracks at NAVSUPPACT San Francisco, I walked further than that to go to the head.