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Diary of an Innkeeper: Ironing Out Those "Beginning of Season" Kinks!
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. Ironing Out Those "Beginning of Season" Kinks! This past Thursday George was doing some minor construction in our Suite. He was putting up kitchen cabinets and there was some construction debris in that room. We had a couple checking in for four days but they weren't arriving until Friday. Or so we thought. That Thursday afternoon while we were in the lobby a couple walked in. "We're here! This was just the first of our innk...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: I'll Find Something Wrong With This Place, Dammit!
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. I'll Find Something Wrong With This Place, Dammit! Some people have this overwhelming need to complain about something. If there is nothing to complain about, they will find something! One couple stayed with us this week that seemed to be digging for something. Anything! When they came in for breakfast, there was a table that was empty. A table for two. They immediately asked me, "Where are we supposed to sit? But even telli...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: June 2012
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. One Bad Apple Doesn't Spoil The Whole Bunch! We've been open for a few weeks and I've had nothing to write about. Which is a good thing! Unless you write a blog and your readers like to hear about the crazy stuff (and not the flowers or breakfast or beautiful sunsets, you know the typical "boring" stuff). Luckily the nearest restaurant, The Rose and Kettle, serves a late night menu. Thank God! No, I'm sorry, it wasn't. As I ...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: The Meadowlark Blockbuster Video Rental Store!
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. The Meadowlark Blockbuster Video Rental Store! Last night, around 8 pm, we were just hanging out in the lobby with several of our guests and our door opened. In walked a man, around 60 years of age, thin, dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt, a baseball cap on his longish gray hair sporting a long graying beard. George turns to him and says "Can I help you? Um, do you live around here? I don't have an address. I am curre...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: July 2012
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. Ohhhh, ok, so that's how they got in there. Every few years this bible guy comes and checks their condition. Complete with hundreds of new bibles in the trunk of his car, he goes hotel to hotel. I can't imagine the person that actually turns this guy down. Having gone to Catholic school as a child, I could only imagine going straight to hell. This is why you are here. Well, yes I would, thank you! Where do I sign up? George ...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: August 2014
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. The Meadowlark Blockbuster Video Rental Store! Last night, around 8 pm, we were just hanging out in the lobby with several of our guests and our door opened. In walked a man, around 60 years of age, thin, dressed in jeans and a flannel shirt, a baseball cap on his longish gray hair sporting a long graying beard. George turns to him and says "Can I help you? Um, do you live around here? I don't have an address. I am curre...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: Walking That Tightwire Called "Friendliness"
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. Walking That Tightwire Called "Friendliness". Sometimes I never know how friendly to be with a guest. I try to read people as they come in. Maybe they want to be quiet and read the paper or a book while having breakfast. Maybe they want to know a little bit about the area. I try not to overstep my boundaries, but sometimes I go too far. A nice title. Good! And friendly, gregarious. Wait, what? Oh my god, I am so going to kee...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: No Room At The Inn!
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. No Room At The Inn! I know several people that actually leave their homes for four days and rent them out. Front lawns become paid parking lots. And when the inductees are popular, the weekend can be that much worse, I mean. exciting. It was Saturday night and a car pulled up. I heard someone (standing directly in front of the NO VACANCY sign) yelling to one of our guests "Is there a room available? Of course I know that!
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Diary of an Innkeeper: August 2012
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. I'll Find Something Wrong With This Place, Dammit! Some people have this overwhelming need to complain about something. If there is nothing to complain about, they will find something! One couple stayed with us this week that seemed to be digging for something. Anything! When they came in for breakfast, there was a table that was empty. A table for two. They immediately asked me, "Where are we supposed to sit? But even telli...
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Diary of an Innkeeper: November 2011
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Diary of an Innkeeper. A humorous look at our lives as innkeepers in Upstate NY. Ending The Season. Almost Unscathed! Most restaurants don't stay open very late up here. When the guests walked in that night, they promptly asked, "Where can we go get dinner? OMG, that question! It happens every so often and almost always. The people have just driven through Cooperstown (past many restaurants) and arrive at our inn after everything's closed! Then Emily, my cleaning girl came in. She said the Invisibles...
