Boreas Inn Blog » Add new tag http://www.boreasinn.com/blog An enchanting, luxury B & B‚ nestled in the dunes of Long Beach, Washington Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Weekend the Hughes and the Carpenters Came to Boreas! http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/06/15/the-weekend-the-hughes-and-the-carpenters-came-to-boreas/ http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/06/15/the-weekend-the-hughes-and-the-carpenters-came-to-boreas/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:54:46 +0000 Susie http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/?p=148 It was the second weekend of May and we needed comic relief (apparently!).  Some folks think we’re sort of picky about what we serve for breakfast at Boreas Bed and Breakfast Inn.  This picture tells you everything!  I told our guests that weekend about our dear guest, Tosh, who many years ago visited Boreas Inn with her husband for the International Kite Festival week. When confronted with the apparently, ominous, three-course breakfast we were about to serve her, she asked for cereal.  (I’m certain that I looked surprised!) Always aiming to please our guests at whatever personal sacrifice, I had a box of Crispix cereal at our house, so I ran over and got it and served her a bowl of cereal with fresh raspberries.  The next day, she got the Crispix and one course of our breakfast, and the third day, she tossed in the towel and denied herself the Crispix altogether and ate the entire breakfast with gusto and continued to enjoy the feasts for the balance of the week.

Hearing the story that fun weekend in May,  guests Steve and Amy Hughes and returning guest Karen Carpenter(always with a mischievous glint in her eye)  and her daughter, Lori Anne, teamed up to prank Bill and me the next morning.  We arrived to cook breakfast and on everyone’s plate was a box of cereal.  On our cooktop was a box of Crispix.  I swear that our laughter woke everyone up that morning.  (Not a bad way to wake up!)  We have always said that on April Fools Day, we’re going to get a McDonald’s bag and fill it with goodies and serve it as a first course.  But, again, we’re just too picky about what we serve for breakfast at Boreas Inn!  The morning of the prank, I went to our house and guess what I had for breakfast!  That little box of Crispix!

The Hughes and the Carpenters Prank Susie and Bill

The Hughes and the Carpenters Prank Susie and Bill

]]> http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/06/15/the-weekend-the-hughes-and-the-carpenters-came-to-boreas/feed/ 0 Vote for Boreas Inn on KING 5 Best of the Northwest ! http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/03/24/vote-for-boreas-inn-on-king-5-best-of-the-northwest/ http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/03/24/vote-for-boreas-inn-on-king-5-best-of-the-northwest/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:37:13 +0000 Susie http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/?p=127

We have been honored to be nominated for King 5’s Best of The Northwest in the Bed and Breakfast Category.  As one of our many friends and family members, we know you share our excitement about this nomination!  Now let’s Rock The Vote! Bill and I would be grateful if you could take a few moments out of your busy lives, remember the respite that is Boreas, and follow the attached link to our photo and name and give us a “yea” vote!

Most of you have friends and family who know Boreas Inn.  I’m sending this letter out to only a few of you.  It would be so appreciated, if you are so inclined, if you would forward this email to your friends and family who know us. You are all #1  with us, let’s make Boreas #1 with King 5!  Here’s the link:

(Scroll down until you see our image and name–it wanders around the two pages of nominated inns.  Just press the button and your vote is in!!)

If you haven’t come to visit recently, please come see us!  Business has been down as you might expect, and we would love to welcome you back!  If this email is a duplicate, please excuse me!     Please look forward to a newsletter in the next month or so!

Bill and I send our thanks and our very best to you!  Write us if you haven’t been in touch!

Warm regards from Susie and Bill

Oceanside view of Boreas Inn

Oceanside view of Boreas Inn

]]> http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2009/03/24/vote-for-boreas-inn-on-king-5-best-of-the-northwest/feed/ 0 Winter Wonderland Enough Already! http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2008/12/22/winter-wonderland-enough-already/ http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/2008/12/22/winter-wonderland-enough-already/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:00:29 +0000 Susie http://www.boreasinn.com/blog/?p=69 Through the ornaments to the west gardens and ocean beyond.

Through the ornaments to the west gardens and ocean beyond.

The Garden Suite gardens blanketed in snow

The Garden Suite gardens blanketed in snow.

I think images will say much more than words.  We have had a series of spectacular storms–most unusual for this part of the Pacific Northwest.

Normal if You Live In Alaska!

Normal if You Live In Alaska!

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Long Beach Washington Kite Festival—
Originally uploaded by danslide

The 2008 Kite Festival is coming! Hooray! We are so excited that our favorite festival is fast approaching. We’re filled that week with beloved return guests. This enables us to enjoy the festival also!! We’ve had a very busy July with lots of guests from abroad and throughout the much of the United States. August looks to be busy also–but we do have rooms available on Sundays through some weekdays except for Kite Festival week. Labor Day looks open for several three nighters–it’s the last summer holiday after all! Just after Kite Festival is a great time to be here–still lots of kites in the air, but not the crowds. Come to the beach, sleep in the best beds in the world and dine at our wonderful breakfast table. We’re gearing up for our Wild Mushroom Celebration October 17-19. It’s becoming our second favorite festival! Hope you’re all having a great summer.
Susie


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Last weekend it was 78 degrees, this weekend it might snow. We’ve seen snowflakes today mixed with the hail, rain and sunshine.
It’s 38 degrees out and the wind is blowing. It’s a clam digging weekend, early morning clam tides.
It would be a rare sight to see people clamming in the snow at 6:30 a.m.
You can be sure I won’t be there!
We don’t attract many clamdiggers at the inn, which is fairly busy (one room is open) on this blustery, cold weekend; the fireplace is glowing in the living room and the featherbeds and down will be cozy and beckoning the guests after their great meals at The Depot, The Port Bistro and the 42nd Street Cafe!
This will be a good weekend for guests to eat, go to museums and sit by the fire.
Speaking of meals, we need to eat dinner!

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