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Happenings at this Smoky Mountain B&B
There has been a two year gap between the last of
my 1200 handwritten Christmas cards to bringing my first
e-newsletter to fruition. Praise the powers that
be for the changes in communication. And yes, Mom and I
are alive and kicking, just not kicking as high. I had both knees
replaced! I'll be brief. The Gracehill Gazette will be
sent six times a year, consisting of one article, a favorite
recipe and a list of upcoming community events. You can
click on the links to the right and follow us on Twitter or
Facebook (I update Facebook once or twice a week for current
events) or click on the RSS feed that will subscribe you to our blog which I update a couple times a month with articles on what is happening at the B&B and locally.  For
the first time in ten years, we closed for two months this
winter. I couldn't have picked a better year to do
it! By choice, we've let ourselves be snowed in several times
and, yes, enjoyed the incredible beauty of it all. We took the
down time to tackle several projects including painting the dome
ceiling in the living room. Click here for
the full story. We open again on March 18th, and will
be keeping the road open for any guests
AND snowfalls after that time.
I've just returned from PAII, the annual national
B&B conference in Austin, TX and am implementing several new
ideas which I'll talk about in forthcoming issues. Last year,
after the conference, we spent two months doing a total redesign of our
website. The ideas this year have a little faster
turn around time! See you soon with...

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2010 WBIR Best B&B in East Tennessee
This year started off with a bang when we won first
place in the "Top Five Bed and Breakasts in East Tennessee"
according to a WBIR Channel 10 viewers' poll. For the complete
story see our blog entry! |
Nutty Orange Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
We have tried a lot of new recipes this year, and I have to say,
that for coffee cakes, this was my favorite new recipe in terms of
taste and ease of preparation.
It makes 20 little pieces, or ten very generous
servings. It can be made in a bundt pan, or put 4 little
pieces in 5 ramekins. Freeze them, and when you want "coffee
cake for two," take a ramekin out of the freezer, bake it off,
and indulge! Many thanks go to Barbara Leach for
sharing this recipe. For all our website recipes, click here!
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Gracehill Bed & Breakfast
1169 Little Round Top Way
Townsend, TN 37882
Kathleen Janke,
Owner-Innkeeper
(865) 448-3070
toll free (866) 448-3070
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Upcoming Events
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April 15 ( Pigeon Forge convntn cntr) Rod Run
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Save a
$100.00
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As a thank you to previous guests and contacts, we are offering the
following incentive. You will only read it here and not
in any of our other advertising. If you forward this to
friends and family, like retweeting the link to the
newsletter, or post it on your facebook page, that works
for us also. (I'd love to go "viral!")
How does it work? Mention the "Newsletter Spring Fling
Package" when booking. For other listed packages on
our website, click on www.GracehillBandB.com/specials. If booking online,
just put "Newsletter Spring Fling Package" in the notes section and I
will show the price reduction when confirming your reservation. * Guests calling between now & March 31st, 2010
* Booking a 2 night or longer stay on any Sun-Thurs, April 4-22
* Take $50 off a night
Go ahead and email this to someone, it is transferable,
you don't need the coupon when checking in, but you must mention
"Newsletter Spring Fling Package" when booking! |
Offer Expires: March 31, 2010 | |
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