Inn Brokerage Blog
I visited a few of my listings yesterday…
It was a beautiful day to take a ride down the coast (with the top down, of course) to visit a couple of my listings and take new exterior photos (sans snow). As I passed through each town along Route 1, signs of the summer season were everywhere! Red’s Eats in Wiscasset was even open!
Bad Maine Weather?…let’s set things straight!
summer in Southwest Harbor…looking toward Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park…seasmoke in November…fog in April… As a former innkeeper, one of the comments we heard absolutely constantly, without fail, was “how do you deal with the weather, particularly the winter?” And our natural reaction was this “well, we don’t often have to deal with hurricanes
Atlantic Brewing Company buys rival company, Bar Harbor Brewing
The Bangor Daily News just announced that The Atlantic Brewing Company, which began 18 years ago, purchased Bar Harbor Brewing Company and expands its wonderful line of local, award winning brews. Atlantic Brewery also offers incredible BBQ at its Town Hill location – a natural combination… Best of luck and much continued success!
Fabulous weekly rental in Bass Harbor, Maine
The season is upon us and I’m soon going to list a wonderful home in Bass Harbor for weekly summer rentals. This spacious 4 bedroom, 2 car garage home has a living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen and a wonderful enclosed cedar porch. The home is just up the street from the small working harbor
Decadent Chocolate Truffles…
How good does that sound? They are easy to make and look AND taste incredible! Here’s how… Heat 1 cup heavy cream in saucepan until it just boils. Pour over 16 ounces of chocolate chips (in a mixing bowl) and whisk slowly until thoroughly melted. Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla, 2 tablespoons of rum, brandy
Another Day, Another Sunrise…
Clearly I have a passion for photography. But with the incredible scenery we have in Maine, can you blame me? I just feel the need to post sunrises…they always amaze me…this one shows the sun illuminating a small sliver of water in the distance. One minute it was there, the next, gone…
At-a-Glance – My Maine Inns and Bed and Breakfasts for Sale
$429,000 – $845,000Guilford Bed and Breakfast, Guilford – 4 rooms, village locationCaptain Briggs House, Freeport – 7 rooms, village locationLakeshore Inn Bed and Breakfast, Rockland – 4 rooms, WATER VIEWSMountain Village Farm B&B, Kingfield near SKI Sugarloaf – 6 rooms, 7 acresSunset Vista Cottages, Edgecomb – 4 cabins and a 4BR single family home, WATER
Get INNspired Innkeeping Seminars for Rookies…
I had a conversation with an aspiring innkeeper a couple days ago about the details of our upcoming seminar and innkeeping in general. The course is a fantastic way to get your feet wet and really learn what you need to before you buy an inn. It’s also a great way to network with other
Sunrise and Sunset from the same spot…
This is sunrise…Greening Island, left, Sutton Island, middle, Cranberry Island, right and this is sunset… Amazing that we’re able to catch the sun gleaming down on the very same islands in view as during sunrise. Neither of these is color enhanced; the colors during sunset made the pine trees look like a field of wheat.
Sunrise this morning…
I never get tired of a sunrise, even from the same location. The colors always vary and the reflection off the water is just spectacular…
Ellie the Excavator…
Yep, that’s me!!!!!!!!!! I’ve worked with real estate developers for 20 some years but I’ve never had the opportunity to operate an excavator! Just one of the benefits of a new homes community? Spinning around is quite fun, but working the controls is not easy. I dug up a sizeable stump (aww, Mom and Dad
Congratulations to the new innkeepers!
A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS… March 26, 2009, Rick and Jane Ellis become new innkeepers of The Kingsleigh Inn in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Rick and Jane moved up from the Blacksburg, Virginia area to enjoy the Maine way of life. We were proud to hand over the tradition to a 5th generation of keepers of the
Get INNspired Innkeeping Seminars…
Our first offering of 2009 is May 3-5 at the Pomegranate Inn in Portland Maine. Our course contributors (myself included) will focus on owning and operating a hospitality property in Maine and will provide aspiring innkeepers with the tools necessary to get INN-sync with their dream of the innkeeping lifestyle. Our course includes all meals
Aaahhhh, I’m back online…still living amongst boxes…but I’m back online!
…and WITH A NEW iPHONE YET!!!!!!! I was a Blackberry believer and did not want to switch to the iphone until I began to have Crackberry issues and the device would just freeze up (blue screen and the frozen hourglass, not a good thing). Yesterday I said THAT’S IT (wanted to slam it against the
I just hate moving!
So I feel as if I’ve been out of touch with the world (other than via my Blackberry, or Crackberry) for a week now – we just moved and are without internet and TV for a short while. I do have Twitterberry and Facebook for my Blackberry, but it’s just not the same. I haven’t
