We still have a few rooms available for our Annual Halloween Party.  Enjoy good grub and a costume contest, which will award free room nights.  Tony Fernandez, Psychic/Medium will also be here to join in on the fun!

Veterans Day Promotion

In honor of those who have served and the men and woman who are currently serving our country, the Carriage Way Bed and Breakfast has joined other inns across our great country in a National campaign to honor them.  We have already donated rooms for this event and will be offering are military members a free night stay on November 10th by reserving two or more nights including Veterans Day (Promo Code: VET below the calendar).  If your travel plans can not include this special, we are also offering our military members a 20% discount on our weekday rates from November 7th - 11th (Mention the special in the note section of the reservation). Valid military or VA ID required upon check-in and reservations must be made online.  This is a first come, first serve opportunity.  Thank you for all you do and have done for us!

Holiday Tour of Inns Promotion

The St. Augustine Historic Inns will hold their Holiday Tour on Saturday, December 11th and Sunday, December 12th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. each day.  See 25 of the city's most beautiful inns decorated for the holidays.  Leading local restaurants and shops will be paired to the inns and providing a taste of their signature dishes. The Columbia Restaurant will be sponsoring the Carriage Way on that Sunday.  If you reserve a two or more nights including Sunday night you will receive a free ticket to the tour ($25 value).

Be sure to check out our website for other specials and special packages.

Our online reservation system now has the capability of allowing gift shop purchases.  Among other items, you can order sheets, cookbooks, robes and coffee mugs.  Check it out here

November is here and the Holiday season is knocking on the door in St. Augustine:

• Nov. 5th - First Friday Art Walk
• Nov. 7th - 25th Annual Great Chowder Debate
• Nov. 7th - Thomas Pandolphi in Concert - Flagler College Auditorium
• Nov. 11th - Sunset-Full Moon River Cruise
• Nov. 13th - A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
• Nov. 14th - EMMA Concert Series: State Street Ballet "Cinderella"
• Nov. 20th - Mayor's Holiday Lighting Gala - Lightner Museum

• Nov. 20th - Jan. 31st - "Nights of Lights" Celebration
• Nov. 27th and 28th - Fall Arts and Crafts Festival
• Nov. 27th - Uptown Saturday Night
• Nov. 28th - EMMA Concert - St. Lawrence String Quartet

New Cookbook Request:  We have about a dozen new recipes, but we need more as we put together the second cookbook that features the best family recipes from our guests here at the Carriage Way.  The cookbook will have one recipe on a page and we would like you to provide a short story that complements the recipe.  Send us only your best and if we print your recipe, we will send you a complimentary copy. For inspiration, David and Rosemary from Littleborough in the UK sent us their recipes for Parkin (ginger cake) and Irish Whisky Christmas Cake and we love the background information.

Below is one of John's favorite recipes around the Holidays (because it has chocolate in it, of course!)

Chocolate Pecan Pie                    Makes: one 9-inch pie

2 (1 oz.) squares of unsweetened chocolate

3 Tbsp. butter

1 cup light syrup

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

3 eggs, slightly beaten

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup pecans, chopped

1 9-inch pie shell, unbaked

Whipped cream

In a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter together.  In a separate pan combine corn syrup and sugar and simmer for 2 minutes. Add chocolate mixture and cool. Add salt to egg.  Slowly dribble syrup mixture into eggs, while stirring. blend in the vanilla and pecans.  Pour into pie shell.  Bake 35-45 minutes at 325 degrees.  Top with whipped cream.

Next time you are in St. Augustine, try Claude's Chocolate on King Street

Cleaning tip:  If you drop some wax on your clothing, try freezing the garment and then peel off as much as possible.  Place an absorbent cloth over the stain and use a hot iron to remove the remaining residue, changing the cloth as needed.  If the wax has a dye in it, use rubbing alcohol to remove the color.

Where is Larry Now!

Larry has joined us working stiffs of the world and for now is no longer following his dream of traveling across the country. He has settled down in Steamboat Springs, CO and has taken a job as a carpenter with his old boss.  We hope that he freezes his cajones off!  We will fill this column with more interesting topics in the future, so if you have any ideas, please shoot us a line.