Archive for March, 2010
I’m three today, and I woke up to snow! This time of year you never know what the weather is going to do. Earlier this week it was warm and pretty, then last night it snows? And this afternoon, it’s all melted away and the daffodils are shining in the sun.
In our courtyard garden, the early tulips are out, bright apricot orange, and the white hyacinths smell so good. The daphne flowers smell kind of like lemon, and those were the first things to bloom. Anybody walking around in the back, close to where my mom’s office is, could smell them on the air. The daffodils are blooming all over up the street at Mountain Sage coffee house and nursery on the Laveroni property. Hundreds of them come up every year, and they’re so pretty!
Speaking of daffodils, it’s Daffodil Days again here in town. The hotel and other buildings are decorated with containers of yellow daffodils and bright ribbons, each bunch representing a donation to the American Cancer Society during this yearly campaign. If you’d like to donate or help in some other way, you can visit the ACS Daffodil Days website here.
Our Valentine’s Day here was actually three days, kind of. The dining room served their special Valentine’s dinner on the 12th, 13th and 14th, and we had lots of hotel guests, too! President’s weekend was the same as Valentine’s so lots of people came to visit, especially from around California. Couples who wanted to have a little romantic weekend getaway came and had dinner, and wine, and a wonderful time.
We also had a tour group here that has stayed at the hotel before. They’re a group of seniors with Jazz-N-Aweigh Tours that love jazz and love to come back to the Groveland Hotel, and they have a lot of fun with our teddy bears and robes. We took some great video of them, but we can’t get it to work on my blog! So rather than make you wait any longer I’m just posting anyway, and hopefully I can show it to you soon.
The Cellar Door restaurant has been closed for a little while because Chef Greg is on vacation. He went skiing in Colorado, then back to Chicago to visit family. People can’t wait for him to get back, and we can’t wait to see what his new spring menu will include. Yummy!
Like most springs, we’re going back and forth between winter and warm. It snowed here yesterday, but the week before that it was beautiful and the flowers were starting to come out. But that’s spring here in the mountains, you never know what it’s going to do.