New Cumberland, PA - Barb and Bob Sisson visited with me a few days before Thanksgiving week, and, we were so busy EATING that we don't have any pictures to record these activities! And, speaking of eating . . . they arrived on Saturday afternoon, and, we had dinner at Coakley's in New Cumberland. While all our entrees were delicious, Barb and I had "restaurant envy" for Bob's selection - the steak and crab cake tower - three beautiful Maryland crabcakes stacked with three beef tenderloins drizzled with a shrimp sauce! How bad could that be???
On Sunday, we left home and headed for DC for a day trip. The morning started off with coffee and warm peanut butter creme stuffed donuts that were drizzled with chocolate. Then, after a stop at Costco (ultimately a fuel stop) but where Bob purchased this talking parrot (totally uncontrollable), we headed into DC. The weather was gorgeous, brunch at B. Smith's where we ATE everything imaginable, drove by all the major monuments, through Georgetown, and walked through the botanical gardens where everything was in bloom. When we left DC, it was in the mid-60s; around Dillsburg, PA, we were met with a blizzard of snow which blanketed the area with two-inches . . . significant for this area.
Monday was a drive to Hershey . . .toured Chocolate World and bought large quantities of chocolate and beautiful pink hoodie for Barbara. Then off to Lancaster and the Good and Plenty Restaurant, an Amish family-style place, where you sit at a community table. Needless-to-say, we ATE so much glorious food - sausage, fried chicken, ham, buttered noodles, mashed potatoes, homemade bread, apple butter, shoo-fly pie - that when Barb and I went to the cookbook section of the gift shop, we were so full from lunch, we couldn't even open a cookbook!!!!
The visit was much too short and we look forward to another "eating" reunion . . . REAL SOON!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Mickey and Minnie Treat or Treat!
Fairfax, VA - Spent Halloween with the Haymans and Natalie and Anthony had such fun as their favorite mice!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Saturday at Red Elephant Inn
North Conway, NH - After I picked up the plants at the Notchland Inn, visited with Dory Gray, and went to the liquor store for a "scotch" run, I spent the afternoon and night with Tana and Nelson Hall (Red Elephant Inn, http://www.redelephantinn.com/). The Halls (displaced Texans) were my 'back door' neighbors when I owned the Eastman Inn. While Nelson appears to be really quiet and reserved (you've gotta watch those quiet types), Tana is exactly the opposite! And, I'd always wondered how she kept her jewelry so organized. . .well, I could not believe the size of her closets - you could fit a small village in there!!!! She has hangers, containers, drawers, pegs, and you name it, to hold the jewelry!!! She could just open the side door and have a retail space!
I met former guests, Audrey and Chris, at Horsefeathers for cocktails. They were eight and a half months pregnant when they were guests of ours (Tom and me) for the first time. This weekend celebrated their seventh annual visit to the Eastman Inn. They have promised me pictures of them on the porch this year.
Tana and I had dinner at Tuckerman's Tavern after cocktails. Then, home to the inn for a restful night in a beautiful room named "Desert Camel."
Sunday morning, Tana and I had coffee at "0 dark thirty" before I hit the road for a LONG drive home.
I met former guests, Audrey and Chris, at Horsefeathers for cocktails. They were eight and a half months pregnant when they were guests of ours (Tom and me) for the first time. This weekend celebrated their seventh annual visit to the Eastman Inn. They have promised me pictures of them on the porch this year.
Tana and I had dinner at Tuckerman's Tavern after cocktails. Then, home to the inn for a restful night in a beautiful room named "Desert Camel."
Sunday morning, Tana and I had coffee at "0 dark thirty" before I hit the road for a LONG drive home.
Visit to Mt. Sisson
Jackson, NH - After lunch at May Kelly's, I visited with my dear friends, Barbara and Bob Sisson, at their home on "Mt. Sisson." I affectionately (and exhaustedly) refer to their home as Mt. Sisson because you have to climb at least a bazillion steps from the base of their yard to the entrance to the house and then another flight of stairs to the main level of their A-frame!!! No wonder these two folks stay in such good shape. I have to pant for about a half hour just to catch my breath!
We spent the afternoon together, shared new recipes, had cocktails and new cheese samples before going to Bellini's restaurant for dinner. Then it was back home to watch some foodie shows on HGTV.
Saturday morning, we went to Yesterday's restaurant in Jackson, NH, for breakfast. Yum-oh . . . pumpkin pecan bread that was toasted!!!! While Barbara and Bob were courageous enough to have eggs (y'all know how much I love eggs - NOT!!!), I restrained myself to the toast and bacon.
Barbara and I talk on the phone almost every day . . . Dory frequently asks what we talk about . . . it's hard to say, but, Barbara is as close as a sister to me and it's really, really easy to do!
We spent the afternoon together, shared new recipes, had cocktails and new cheese samples before going to Bellini's restaurant for dinner. Then it was back home to watch some foodie shows on HGTV.
Saturday morning, we went to Yesterday's restaurant in Jackson, NH, for breakfast. Yum-oh . . . pumpkin pecan bread that was toasted!!!! While Barbara and Bob were courageous enough to have eggs (y'all know how much I love eggs - NOT!!!), I restrained myself to the toast and bacon.
Barbara and I talk on the phone almost every day . . . Dory frequently asks what we talk about . . . it's hard to say, but, Barbara is as close as a sister to me and it's really, really easy to do!
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