Less than 1/2 hour from our cape cod bed and breakfast, the Heritage Museums and Gardens are sponsoring the Rhododendron festival on June 4th and 5th from 10 am to 4 pm. Included with a ticket purchase are private garden visits, author and book signings, horticulture seminars, a plant sale and a rare rhododendron auction. Tickets at $30 for both days. For more information please see www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.
Archive for May, 2010
Cape Cod Rhododendron Festival
May 30th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
Memorial Day Get Away
May 29th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
The weather is picture perfect on Cape Cod. We are pleased to have guests from around New England who have joined us this weekend and we still have a couple of nights open. Several of our guests are meeting friends on our wrap around veranda later this afternoon and then heading off to a wonderful dinner at The Glass Onion a renowned restaurant right around the corner. Enjoy your holiday as we celebrate the heroism of the U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.
Celebrating Memorial Day on Cape Cod
Colors of Spring on Cape Cod
The Inn front entrance adorned with our American Flag
Tales of Falmouth’s Whaling Industry on Cape Cod
May 25th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
Falmouth Museums on the Green
Come stay at our cape cod bed & breakfast and among other activities, take a short stroll around the corner and enjoy the newest exhibit “Greasy Luck: tales of Falmouth’s Whaling Industry” at Falmouth Museums on the Green. This exhibit brings to life the stories of Falmouth’s 19th century whalemen, their families, and the shoreside whaling industries. The term “greasy luck” was the whaleman’s farewell along the Southeastern New England coast, referring to their quest for whale oil. The exhibit is opens to the public starting on Tuesday June1st. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and Saturdays 10 am to 1 pm through October 9th.
Whaling equipment sample
Very Special Guests
May 13th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
Many of you know that we are scheduled to officially open our Cape Cod Inn on May 27, 2010 for Memorial Day weekend. We just had an unofficial opening with a couple of very special guests. About 6 weeks ago a movie producer stopped by our Inn to see our renovations and request if we would be able to accomodate a couple of actors for a short film he was producing in May. We told him we were officially opening the bed & breakfast Memorial Day weekend but we felt that we could open early for his guests. We are very pleased to let you know that we hosted two wonderful guests over the past four days. Mr Robert Vaughn and Ms. Melissa Errico McEnroe. What talented and lovely people. We thoroughly enjoyed being their home away from home and listening to them practice their lines for the upcoming film “Patrimony” which we understand is scheduled to be premiered at
Our first guest book entries
Melissa - A versatile talent, lovely person and devoted Mom
Robert - What an incredible career and nice person!
the Sundance Film Festival next January. Read a Playbill story on the movie:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139057-EXCLUSIVE-Melissa-Errico-Cast-in-New-Film
The veranda awaits
May 13th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
The major renovation of our cape cod bed & breakfast veranda is complete! We are starting to put the rockers and wicker furniture out for all guests to enjoy and it very tempting to take a break and just enjoy the beautiful spring weather. I can just imagine the original owners in their finery having afternoon tea enjoying the cape cod air and beautiful gardens.
A couple of wicker rockers on the southern side of the Inn's veranda.
Iced Tea or Lemonade anyone? Wood rocking chairs on southern side of veranda
Partial view of the southern side of the wraparound veranda facing the back gardens & gazebo
See what year's of cape cod air had done to our bed & breakfast veranda floors before our renovation
A good cleaning
May 7th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
One of the jobs we knew we had to do at our cape cod bed & breakfast was to clean the pink granite pillars at the entrance to the Inn. After some prep work and then a good power washing the granite looks fabulous. Below is a before and after picture for you to see.
The beautiful natural luster returns!
You can see the green mold being cleaned off.
One of the granite pillars at the entrance to the bed & breakfast upon purchase.
Special Thanks
May 6th, 2010 by Trish Robinson
Nye room after Carmen's help
Nye room when purchased Inn in January 2010.
As we prepare to open I am writing this blog to share interior pictures of the Inn and thank Carmen McNeil of Changes by Carmen for her interior decorating help. Carmen traveled from Western Massachusetts to provide consultation. No stranger to the Cape, she made the trip to be on-site providing consultation. I recommend her to any who are in the process of decorating a new space or revitalizing existing space. Her email address is carmen@changesbycarmen.com.
Thank you also to Allen at Allen’s House of Flowers for the gorgeous flower arrangements he created for our photos for the new website that is under construction. He is busy doing our arrangements for our opening in May as well.
Lastly, thank you to our photographer, Christian Giannelli, for his great work in capturing the essence of the Inn in his photos. He will be back in early June to capture exterior shots of our cape cod bed & breakfast.
Forbes room after Carmen's help
Forbes room when purchased Inn
Living Room after Carmen's help
Living room when purchased Inn.
Flowers by Allen's House of Flowers
Flowers by Allen's House of Flowers
Sample flower arrangement by Allen's House of Flowers
Clearing the Back Yard
May 1st, 2010 by Trish Robinson
The brush and vines that need to be cleared away are plentiful.
Taking down the old fence on the West side of the property opens the area up even more.