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Volume
1 Issue 3 2008
April Showers Bring May Flowers to the
Rockies! |
The lovely
month of May
is quickly approaching and  there's no time
like the present to
"Spring" into action and visit a Bed &
Breakfast Innkeepers of
Colorado member inn.
Whether it's for a romantic getaway, business trip or family vacation, we
have a B&B tailored to your specific needs. And, when you stay at a
BBIC member inn, you'll receive not only friendly hospitality, but you'll
have the comfort of knowing all of our member inns have been
professionally
inspected and approved for membership!
Help our innkeepers to celebrate Springtime
in the
Rockies. Savor
homecooked breakfasts,
enjoy pleasant surroundings and take a much needed respite from your busy
schedule. |
Front Range Special Packages
(Denver, Estes Park, Boulder)
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Central City, Colorado Hooper Homestead Guest Quarters
& Blissful Spirit Spa (Christine Pollock)
Email
Website
210 Hooper Street, Central City, CO 80427
Reservations: 866
582-5828 Local: 303 582-5828
Mother's Are
Magnificent in May
FREE Facials for Mom in May!!! Two Choices
for You
1. Stay a minimum of two nights in May and Mom receives a
rejuvenating and relaxing 30 minute facial.
2. Honor her with a
Hooper
Homestead/Blissful Spirit Spa Gift Certificate of Love & Caring for
Mother's Day and she will be gifted a 30 minute facial. (Minimum
$100
Gift Certicate)
Dates: May 3rd - May 31st
Cost: Variable
Denver,
Colorado Queen Anne Bed & Breakfast
Inn (Tom King)
Email
Website
2147-51 Tremont Place, Denver,
CO 80205
Reservations: 800-432-4667 Local: 303-296-6666  Spring Denver Museum
Walk
... Check in as early as 10 a.m. at the Queen Anne Bed
and Breakfast Inn in downtown Denver and get an early start in the
sunshine
and fresh air for your Spring Museum Walk. Within 5-8 blocks from the Inn
are the State Capitol, the Molly Brown House, Colorado History Museum,
Denver Art Museum, Denver History Museum and Kirkland Art Museum. Leave
your car at the Inn and take along our $100 gift certificate to assist in
paying for the museum entry tickets and lunch, perhaps at Mad greens or
Palettes Restaurants in the Denver Art Museum. Come back to the Inn for
evening wine and your historic guestroom with your Spring flower bouquet.
Next morning after our buffet breakfast, you may continue your Museum Walk
leaving your car again at the
inn.
Dates: April/May 2008
Cost: The Spring Museum
Walk for two
including your guestroom at the Queen Anne Bed & Breakfast
Inn Estes Park, Colorado The Black Dog
Inn (Carlos & Sheree Albuquerque)
Email
Website
Reservations: Local-970-586-0374 Toll Free-866-786-0374
Spring is here!
Renew and refresh yourselves with a
change of pace from the winter
doldrums. Come stay with us at Black Dog Inn.
Cost: Deluxe Suites:
$300.00+tax Luxury Cabins $330.00+tax
Dates: April 1,
2008 - May 24, 2008
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South Central
Special Packages
(Colorado
Springs, Breckenridge, Salida, South Fork, Alamosa)
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Antonito,
Colorado  River's Inn &
Swiss Cottage (Ursula Armijo-Knobel)
317 River Street, P.O. Box
457, Antonito, CO
81120
Reservations: 719-376-6029
Email
Website
Mom's So Special-Special
Husbands, bring your
wife, children, bring your MOM for a relaxing weekend. Stay Friday ngiht
and Saturday night, get 50% off for Saturday night. We offer special
welcome treats, gourmet breakfast and a special Swiss Chocolate. Upon
request we offer 5 course dinners. We would love to spoil you at the
River's Inn.
Cost: 50%
off for second night
Dates: May 10-11
Colorado
Springs, Colorado Our Hearts Inn Old Colorado
City (Pat Fejedelem)
Email
Website
2215 West Colorado Avenue,
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Reservations: 800-533-7095 Local:
719-473-8684  April Fools Day Specials... April
Showers can bring
May flowers! April has a Tax Deadline, April has April Fools Day! Don't
let
April get you down; come to historic Old Colorado City and enjoy our
unique
shopping & dining in a small town atmosphere. Laugh all the way to the
bank with April's discounted rates so no one is left feeling like a Fool;
instead, Feel like a King! Call now for our special April Fools Day
Special
Rates at 25% off our summer rates! Who has the last laugh
now?
Dates: April 1 -
April 30, 2008
Cost: $72 - $113 Holden House 1902 Bed &
Breakfast Inn (Sallie Clark)
Email
Website
1102 West Pikes Peak Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Reservations: 888-565-3980 Local: 719-471-3980  Holden
House' Tax Refund
Special... No need to wait for your tax stimulus package
refund! Stay two nights in any of our luxury suites and receive the third
night absolutely FREE through May 15 2008! Valid any days of the week
except on special event/holiday periods. Full amount of stay is required
when reserving and is non-refundable once confirmed. Includes our
delicious gourmet breakfast, all our business class amenities and
afternoon wine social. Dates: Through May
15, 2008
Cost: $280-300 plus
tax (30% discount off regular
rates) |
North West
Specials Packages
(Steamboat
Springs, Grand Junction, Vail) |
Carbondale,
Colorado Gailyn's Cross Country Bed & Breakfast (Wayne Horak
& John Lampe, Inn-Managers)
Email
Website
211 Euclid Ave., Carbondale CO 81623
Reservations: 970-963-0537
Special Weekly rate
discount: When you stay for 6 nights, the 7th night is
free.
 Cost: varies
seasonally
Dates: All
Year |
South West
Special Packages
(Gunnison,
Ouray, Durango, Pagosa Springs, Paonia) |
Leadville,
Colorado  McGinnis Cottage
Bed &
Breakfast (Donna McGinnis)
809 Spruce Street,
Leadville, CO 80461
Email
Website
Reservations: 719-486-3110 800-288-1776
April through June BBIC
Special
Guests should mention the BBIC Special - Individuals
booking a room will receive $10.00 off the cost of the room per night.
This
BBIC Special is good for rooms booked only through the month of
June.
Cost: Depends on room
and number of night guests stay.
Dates: April 1
through June 30, 2008
Ouray, Colorado  Spangler House B&B (Steven
& Jill Scheu)
Email
Website
520 Second Street, Ouray. CO 81427
Reservations: 800 486-4096
Local: 970 325-4944 Hot Air Balloons in the San Juan
Mountains
Enjoy three spectacular days of hot air balloon
activities in the wonderful San Juan Mountains. Guests of the Spangler
House B&B may attend all of the Ridgway Hot Air Balloon and Classic
Car
Festival's events while staying just ten miles away in a historic B&B
in downtown Ouray, Colorado. Ouray is a 132 year old, historically
preserved, mining town in the heart of the San Juan Mountains. Early
rising
guests at the Spangler House, wishing to see the 7:00 AM balloon launch,
will not go hungry. A special take-away breakfast will be prepared each
morning during the festival. Late sleepers will be able to enjoy the
Spangler House's full and hearty breakfast in our spacious dining room.
After a long day of activities our guests are welcome to soak in the large
outdoor hot tub at the Spangler House B&B or visit Ouray's natural hot
springs pool for half price. Dates: May 9 - 11,
2008
Cost: The room rates at the Spangler
House B&B range from $85 per night to $115 per night for the suite.
Pagosa
Springs, Colorado  Elkwood Manor
Luxury Bed &
Breakfast (Darlene Gonzales)
Email
Website
85 Easy Street, Pagosa
Springs CO
81147
Reservations: 970-264-9166
Mother's
Day Monthly
Special
Elkwood Manor believes all "Moms" deserve a special
day. Treat the one you love with flowers and dinner and enjoy all of the
special amenities that Elkwood Manor has to offer. Elkwood Manor serves a
full 3-course Gourmet breakfast & hosts Social Hour in the early
evening serving Wine and Appetizers. Receive a $50.00 coupon to any of
Pagosa Springs's finest restaurants. Take advantage of a two-night stay
and
received 10% off your second night.
Dates:
1 May 2008 - 31
May 2008
Cost: Packages start at $215.00 for 1-Night
depending on Suite Selection.
 Paonia,
Colorado Bross
Hotel (Linda Lentz)
Email
Website
312 Onarga Ave., PO Box 85, Paonia, CO 81428
Reservations:
970-527-6776 April is
Blossom Month in the North Fork Valley
...
Noted for its many orchards, the North Fork Valley
celebrates the renewal of spring each April with the abundant blossoms
that
herald the growing season. The show begins with apricot blossoms and
progresses through cherries, peaches, plums, pears, and apples. You are
invited to enjoy the show and stay at one of the regions premier bed and
breakfasts. Midweek guests (Sunday - Thursday) will enjoy a 25% discount
on
a second night's stay. Innkeepers will be happy to provide directions for
a
self-guided tour. Linda at the Bross Hotel will be able to give you a
blossom update throughout the month. The third weekend of the month, April 18-20, the
Paonia
B&B Association will host its fifth annual Blossom Walk. Guests will
arrive Friday Evening and settle into one of the bed and breakfasts for a
weekend of exercise, fresh air, local hospitality and more. Saturday
morning, following a gourmet breakfast, the group will do a 5K walk to a
local orchard, where you can inhale the aroma of the blossoms and marvel
at
their beauty as well as meet with the orchardman to gain insight into
raising succulent fruit. The afternoon will be free for participants to
pursue activities of their choosing -- wine tasting, art studio
visitations
cycling, hiking, antique hunting scenic drives, etc. Dinner will be at one
of Paonia's renowned restaurants. Cost: The full weekend for two persons
sharing a room is $375 (including tax), $270 (including tax) for single
occupancy. This includes two nights at a bed and breakfast, walk, lunch,
and dinner. Dates: Deadline for reservations is April
14. |
Eastern Special
Packages
(Limon,
Burlington, Trinidad) |
Eastern
Colorado -
Looking for lodging on the Plains of Eastern Colorado? Come enjoy the wide
open prairie where the small towns are welcoming and history is still
intact. Fields of waving grain, grazing cattle on open range, and blue
skies create a picture of serenity. Our Inspected and Approved Bed and
Breakfast Inns on the Plains of Eastern Colorado provide a variety of
ambience from which to choose making your stay memorable! Check back
next month for Eastern specials! |
Inn the News 
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In December,
2007, The Denver Post featured
several of our approved and inspected BBIC member
inns. The
Claremont Inn, located in Stratton and The
Ice Palace Inn, located in Leadville were recently
noted in the DenverPost.com website for a "Romance in the Rockies"
article. Both inns were recommended for romantic getaways in
February, the month of love and Valentines. Congratulations to our
BBIC member inns! You make all our members look
good. *If you're a BBIC member and have
recently been featured in the news, let us know and your inn will be
mentioned in the next issue of Colorado Inn-Spirations
e-newsletter. |
The Dove Inn-Golden, Colorado  Di's Potato Pie
This recipe is from my
stepmother, who is a fabulous cook. The original recipe had meat in it,
but
I think it's lovely without it. Serves 4 Preheat oven to
350. 5 eggs
1/2 c. milk
3
c. Ore Ida Southern Style Hash Browns, thawed
1 bunch green onions,
sliced
1/2 t. salt
1/4 t. hot sauce (or more to taste)
1 c.
shredded sharp cheddar Beat
together
eggs and milk in a medium bowl; stir in potatoes, green onions, salt and
hot sauce. Stir in the cheese. Pour
into a greased 9-inch pie plate or quiche dish. Bake 45 minutes or until
center is set. Enjoy more
BBIC recipes-click here!
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Meet
The Innkeepers The
Avenue Hotel, Manitou Springs, CO Kevin
Abney- Innkeeper, Massage Therapist and Esthetician, Publications
Chair-BBIC Board of Directors Fulfilling a long time dream of being
an innkeeper, Kevin started his dream-come-true in Manitou
Springs in 2003. Moving here from Fort Lauderdale, FL, he arrived in
Colorado with over 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry.
Kevin's experience includes owning and operating a small residential
rental
property, and more than 10 years in the massage and skin care business -
now all brought together under one roof. He looks forward to
sharing his home and love of Colorado with
you. Bailey - The inn's wonderful old English sheep
dog, born deaf, m akes the perfect
B&B pet. Although
he possesses an overly friendly personality, Bailey's visits to the common
areas are rare, and he does not venture into any guest
rooms. |
