by pregnant women. Three of our five female guests this weekend are between five and six months pregnant. That has NEVER happened before. We’ve had lots of pregnant guests over the years, but only one at a time (that we knew of).
I hope it’s not contagious.
This lovely article graced the front page of the Cape Cod Times yesterday (June 5). Surprisingly, today, it was picked up by the AP. My little town has made national news. Yay!
This was a real phone call earlier this week.
Caller: I saw your inn featured on the Fine Living Network’s “Top 10 Vacation Spots“* and thought it was really nice. Do you think you can help me find an inn as nice as yours on Martha’s Vineyard?
Me: Let me see if I understand this: You think my inn is really nice but you want to stay somewhere else?
Caller: Well, I only have one day, I’ll be in Stamford (CT) on business and it looks like Martha’s Vineyard is closer.
Me: It may be closer as the crow flies, but you have to take a ferry to get there.
Caller: I do?
Me: Um, it’s an island. It’s a 45 minute ferry ride, you have to find the schedule and make a reservation.
Caller: Well, I only have the one day and I didn’t want to drive more than about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Me: Where are you calling from?
Caller: Cincinnati, Ohio.
To make a long conversation short, the caller had no idea of the distances involved. Stamford, CT is near the New York border, about an hour from NYC. It’s about a 5 hour drive from there to Wellfleet. The closest place she could have picked up a ferry to the Vineyard is New Bedford, about a 4 hour drive. I’m not sure how long the ferry ride is from there, the 45 minute time is from Hyannis. At any rate, the caller finally decided, with a little prodding from me, that her best bet for a quick getaway would be to drive to New London, CT, and take the ferry from there to Montauk, Long Island. It’s also a beach resort area, but not as nice as Wellfleet, at least in my opinion 
*The show on which the caller saw my inn was filmed about six years ago. It still airs at least once a year and has been picked up by local stations in some markets now and then in between. It was one of the best pieces of publicity I ever got, and it was totally free!
From an email exchange between two innkeeper friends:
Innkeeper #1
“Anybody have a way to get rid of the buggers?”
Innkeeper #2
“Our standard is to drink almost all the wine from a bottle, then set the bottle with a little wine in it on the counter near where the fruit flies congregate. They’ll go for the wine (smart little buggers) and then can’t find the way out of the bottle (dumb little buggers)–but at least they die happy.”
Innkeeper #1 (late the next day)
i hav dlunk the wyine, and cnnott see any moorre floot fries. It wroks!
I know I’ve been a bit lax about posting lately, my attention has been pulled in too many directions to compose a coherent post. We’ve been very busy for this time of year, which is good, and I still have some winter projects to complete and some supplies to order before the busy season really rolls around. None of this is terribly interesting, however, so I’ll invite you to read a couple of things I’ve found recently on some of the blogs I read when I have the time.
A while back I posted a bit of a rant about weddings. They have a way of getting seriously out of control that I just don’t understand. My own wedding was a backyard clambake, very casual and a lot of fun. But then, I just didn’t have the “big wedding” dream. Big or small, the details can be mind boggling. I found this post at a blog on organizing. It should be required reading for anyone planning a wedding.
I now take you to a completely unrelated topic: Jacuzzi tubs. We don’t have any, primarily because there was a) no way to fit them into our bathrooms and b) the way this house is constructed, there would be no way to isolate the vibrations, meaning that everyone in the house would know when someone was using a jetted tub. Many of my innkeeper friends, however, do have them. Guests seem to enjoy them. Here’s a story of a guest enjoying one in a way none of my innkeeper friends ever envisioned (perhaps that’s for the best).
And finally, I leave you with this. It is an utterly useless site, but I’ll bet it’ll make you smile.
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