Innkeeper’s best friend
It is an absolute dream of an ironing solution for all of our linens and actually makes the task enjoyable and almost soothing the way it perfectly folds the pressed item. It is the perfect middle ground between doing it all with a hand iron and board and spending a small fortune on a
Mangle. Plus, I love the
marketing images they have on their site. Kind of hilarious in their day spa feel. I mean look how HAPPY and RELAXED this woman looks. No joke, this machine is pure magic.
Our Innkeeper, Chaz, was giddy her first day
Side Story that is kind of funny:
When Mike and I were traveling in Tibet, we needed a couple days to get used to the high altitude in Llasa so we headed out to find a movie theatre (Mike speaks Chinese) and the only one we could find showing was called the “The Mangler” dubbed in Chinese. Come to find out, it was a adapted from a Stephen King short. The tag line is, “A laundry folding machine is possessed by a demon from Hell” and it was horrible and kind of frightening in a fake blood splattering as the machine ate people kind of way. When we started looking at ironing solutions for the Inn and people mentioned a Mangle, I couldn’t get the movie out of my head. Still can’t but the Miele is the opposite to The Mangle. It’s like a laundry folding machine angel incarnate.
– Chris
Paradise
Another great quote from Berg’s biography, “Max Perkins- Editor of Genius,” gives more insight to why we call the well loved acreage that spans behind the Inn and around Lake Runnemede (formerly Evart’s Pond –Max’s Grandfather),
Paradise Park.
Max’s sister Fanny Cox wrote about Windsor, “In the winter we lived in different settings…but in the summer we gathered together in the big place behind the picket fence where six houses faced the village street and the grounds stretched back across green lawns with clipped
hemlock hedges and round begonia-filled flower beds to slope down the hill to the pond.” Rising behind the pond was a particularly lovely part of acreage, where streams raced down hills and footpaths wove through stands of pine and birch. The family called these special woods “Paradise”.
These historic images give a glimpse into Paradise as they would have known it. I love taking pictures in Paradise Park as the seasons change. It always looks lovely and happens to be a wonderful spot for family pictures! I love sitting by the lake or taking the kids for a walk to watch people fishing. Recently, when our dear friend, Leilani, got married at the Inn, we had a beautiful fall walk/room mate reunion one morning through the paths of Paradise and many laughs were had in the perfect morning sun.
What’s your favorite thing about Paradise?
Room 3: Before & After
Before
The wall paper stripping team in front of the fireplace
After
It isn’t until seeing before pictures, that you can visualize all the work that went into each and every one of these rooms. We remember
this room to be particularly difficult to get the wallpaper off because it had been painted over. In fact, we called it “Satan’s Den”–it was that bad. It sure looks great now!
Rooms with a view…of a yellow maple
Room 3
Bathroom 2
Bathroom 7
Room 8
Dining Room
The Inn grounds has some statuesque trees. One of the maples in front turns the most clear and brilliant shade of yellow every year. Today while we were turning the rooms, we couldn’t help but admire the brilliance of the yellow reflecting into the windows on the East side of the building. If you are wanting a room with this wonderful view next foliage season, try Rooms 2, 3, 7 or 8.
A few more pictures are available to check out from Leilani and Rob’s October 1st wedding.
Happy weekend everyone. Thanks for stopping by this week!
Windsor Foliage shots 2010
These were taken last week around Windsor on Main Street and in
Paradise Park. Every year, the color can be so different but it is always beautiful. We live in a very picturesque place. I never tire of taking images around the park. Last year I was still in new born baby recovery mode so I don’t even remember the foliage let alone getting a 2009 foliage edition but here are images from the
foliage in 2008. I already can’t wait for next year!
