A cold and wintry day – blustering – and the temperature dropping to 10 below at our farmhouse. Yes, it was cold and I did snowshoe through our woods. But isn’t that to be expected? After all, it’s almost our most festive time of year. Driving home along Western Avenue in Brattleboro, each house seemsRead More
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Restaurants within an inn! How do I love them? Let me count the ways!
Restaurants within an inn! How do I love them? Let me count the ways! They: Are an additional profit center Serve as an amenity for Inn-guests Can cater functions Help sell rooms Encourage more professional staff Increase visibility within the Community Encourage your guests to eat well! It is quite a market ploy forRead More
Find Victorian Splendor in Cooperstown, New York
In the heart of central New York lies the small village of Cooperstown. This small town is known mostly for being the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and for being at the source of the Susquehanna River. However, it’s also the site of this legendary Cooperstown bed and breakfast forRead More
Fantastic French Inn in Virginia’s Shenandoah Wine Country
The Shenandoah Valley is one of those places that combines history, culture, and stunning natural beauty in the same place. It’s also the reason that this stunning French-inspired Virginia Inn for sale is so magical. Set against the backdrop of the Shenandoah’s rolling vineyards and lush hills, you might forget that you’re in Virginia andRead More
A Flurry of Snow
Dear Prospective Innkeepers, It’s a new season, the winds are blowing hard and the leaves hampered by the snowflakes clump beneath my feet. There still is that rustling under each step but no jumping around my ankles anymore! The ferns are waving hello, good-bye and hurry home its cold this morning. Even my dogs, weRead More
Inn Support of a Good Cause
The leaves are falling with a vengeance. Pine needles cover the roads. It is fall here in beautiful downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Every year we have supported our local homeless shelter here in Brattleboro. When the leaves fall I get anxious for the many women and children out there, living on the river-bank of the Connecticut,Read More