Category Archive: bed & Breakfast

Feb 22

The scoop on breakfast

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When the door to Carmen & David’s Creamery swung open at 8 a.m. Saturday, the sweet smell of sugar drifted out into the chilly winter air.It also smelled like bacon.the shop, at 25 N. Prince St., opened early for International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, an offbeat holiday that reportedly originated 40 years ago …

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Feb 21

Hotel gripes from a frequent flyer

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Everyone loves to gripe about air travel. But what about hotels?  On a recent trip around the world (New York-Frankfurt-Singapore-Tokyo-LA-New York) I stayed in six different hotels of various quality, and while my flights were perfect (thanks Singapore Airlines and United) the hotel stays were not always.  To their credit, you’re much more likely to …

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Feb 20

Downtown Napa luring tourists who once bypassed it

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NAPA – The guests of The Inn on First, a quaint bed-and-breakfast in downtown Napa, gathered around the community table on a recent Sunday morning. Sleepy-eyed but smiling, they awaited their breakfast of fresh fruit and puff pastry stuffed with prosciutto. some had picnic baskets in tow, ready to hit a sunny Highway 29 and …

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Feb 20

Requesting low fat diets or gluten free breakfast

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Monitoring issues with diabetics, hyperglycemia, gluten intolerance and other medical concerns are vitally important in the maintenance of good health. People are usually very good about communicating those concerns when staying at our B & B.  It has happened on occasion that people have told us about the medical condition only after the meal. As …

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Feb 20

Washington Beer Open House: Info, Advice, Itineraries

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by Kendall Jones, washingtonbeerblog.com On Saturday, February 25th from noon until 5:00 p.m., breweries across the state will open their doors to the public as the Washington Beer Commission presents the second annual Washington Beer Open House. Below, we provide a regional breakdown of participating breweries as well as some advice on how to approach …

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Feb 19

BBOnline.com Predicts the Hottest Bed & Breakfast Vacation Destinations for 2012

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LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –We may be in the thick of winter, but many Americans are activelyplanning spring and summertime getaways. to help, BBOnline( bbonline.com ), a popular online portal for travelers to discoverand book unique bed and breakfast inns online, today announced itspredictions for the top 10 Hottest Bed …

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Feb 19

Westin Tampa Bay Review And New SPG Platinum Amenity – Points Miles and Martinis

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The Tampa Bay area and Florida in general is a great place to spend a long weekend. with close proximity to beaches and warm weather it is easy to justify a quick trip down to the Sunshine state. Tampa has a number of hotel options that are a good value. The Westin Tampa Bay is …

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Feb 19

Tree falls on Burke home, pinning woman in bed

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As temperatures plunged, and a bitter wind howled through Burke’s Lavery Court neighborhood early Sunday morning, Dave Johnston heard a strange noise. "There was a rumbling," he says. "Sounded like a branch sweeping across a roof." It was much more than a branch. Around 1:30 a.m., an enormous three-foot-wide tree crashed onto the roof of …

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Feb 19

Ellisville police question abandoned newborn’s mother at hospital

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UPDATED at 2:05 p.m. with update ontimeline of police investigation. ELLISVILLE • the blue towel under the pine treewas moving strangely. It caught Betty Crowder’s eye from the kitchen window of herdaughter’s house as she prepared breakfast Thursday morning. She looked again. it was still moving, so she stepped outsideand walked toward the tree that …

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Feb 18

New Orleans councilwoman catches flak over proposed bed-and-breakfast change

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Seeking to help a would-be bed-and-breakfast operator in the Irish Channel, New Orleans City Council member Stacy Head suggested what looked like a small, fairly innocuous change in the city’s rules for such establishments. but when the proposal went before the City planning Commission this week, it ran into a hornet’s nest of opposition from …

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