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630.505.3353   Country Inn & Suites Special Code: TAX

Limited Time Offer Act Now for Special Savings   Just finished paying your 2008 taxes? Sit back and enjoy our Tax Relief Special where your room rate is $20.08/per person (double occupancy required).   Included in your Tax Relief Rate: *Complimentary Hot Breakfast Buffet *Indoor Heated Pool and Whirlpool  *Complimentary Wi-Fi throughout hotel  *24-Hour Fitness Center $40.16 per night!   Valid ONLY April 17 & 18 2009 Valid for King Rooms only Valid for new reservations only Based on Availability   Special Code: TAX To book online: Log on to www.countryinns.com/napervilleil Enter your selected date (April 17 or 18) In the Promotional Code box, enter: TAX   or   Call the hotel direct at 630.505.3353 and be sure to mention the special code: TAX

Wine Flights at the Whale & Ale - San Pedro, CA

 

 

Wine flights, Tuesdays, - April 7, 14 21, 28
Every Tuesday night, the Whale & Ale, (San Pedro's British Restaurant), offers a whole evening of wine flights.
Guest are poured 4 tastes of white wines for $8, and/or 4 tastes of red for $10.
Tuesday times are 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

April's selections:

White

Adler Fels Russian River Sauvignon Blanc 2005

floral aromas that are balanced with notes of gooseberry, grapefruit & citrus peel. The palate is juicy with ripe pineapple flavors & the finish exhibits a slight mineral character & subtle lime notes.

Purité Un-oaked Viognier 2006 Santa Barbara County

The nose: hints of honeydew melon, pineapple, lichee nut, cardamom & honeysuckle while the palate’s flavors consist of pink grapefruit, honeysuckle, apricot, white peach, citrus & passion fruit. The low acidity in the wine leaves a soft finish which is another highlight of the delicate nature of this grape.

Canyon Road Chardonnay 2007, California

Medium- bodied Chardonnay, with notes of crisp apple, ripe citrus fruit & a hint of cinnamon spice.

 Red

Pepperwood Grove Pinot Noir, 2007 Valle Central, Chile

flavors of cherry, rose water, plum, clove, strawberry & “earthy tones”.

Firestone Merlot 2005, Santa Ynez Valley

aged in French oak barrels for 21 months, complex aromas of cherry, mocha & nutmeg spice. The palate is round & soft, with supple flavors of black cherry, plum & vanilla that unfold into a long, balanced finish.

Pedroncelli Dry Creek Valley Syrah, 2003, Sonoma County

aged 18 months in American & Hungarian oak barrels, - it's a deep inky purple in the glass. Rich aromas of ripe berry & black pepper spice; concentrated flavors of blackberry, currants & green tea highlight this Syrah with well balanced tannins providing structure.

The Eye of LA features The Whale & Ale - San Pedro, CA

 

Talking of the media…. Eye on LA will feature downtown San Pedro on Saturday April 4, at 5.30 p.m. The Whale & Ale was last on Eye on LA in September 2007, so look out for us again on Saturday 4 April.


NEWSFLASH - Muriel Olguin to be honored; Medéa Gallery is pleased to announce that in celebration of Women in History Month, Muriel Olguin will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on March 28, 2009 from 4 PM at Medéa Gallery. The exclusive retrospective of her paintings will continue through June 2009. Organized by San Pedro resident & outsider artist, Dorota, this event recognizes Muriel as one of San Pedro’s master artists & community leaders.

The Whale & Ale - San Pedro, CA

Country Inn & Suites Naperville, IL

March 2009 Ready for Spring! IN THIS ISSUE Brunswick Zone Bowling Package Free BP Gas Card Spring greetings from the Country Inn & Suites Naperville!        Family Fun Brunswick Zone Package   *Certificate for: 2 hours of bowling and shoe rental (up to 4 per lane) *Cheese Pizza and pitcher of soda *4-10 Minute rounds of Laser Tag *4-$5.00 Game Keys *4-Unlimited ride wristbands *Complimentary HOT Breakfast      Brunswick Zone Located at: 1515 Aurora Ave. Naperville, IL 60564   Call for Rates and Availability!  630.505.3353 or Book Online!   Free BP Gas Card Book your next group of 10 or more sleeping rooms at the Country Inn & Suites Naperville, and receive a $50 BP Gas Card!    Call the Sales Department for rates and availability! 630-328-4650   Visit us Online   Valid for new groups only. Based on availability.  Offer expires May 31, 2009.    Do the Math... Have you ever wondered what the benefits are for being a goldpointsplus member?   Click Here to see for yourself! You can simply input your own information and it will compare benefits with other hotel rewards programs!  By signing up for goldpointsplus, you can earn free hotel stays, gift cards, and more!   Call for more details 630.505.3353 or visit our website: www.golpointsplus.com   Country Inn & Suites-Naperville, IL QUICK LINK More About Us Please let me know if you have any suggestions on what you would like to hear about the hotel.  Feel free to call me for a tour, a drink at our bar, or to taste our complimentary hot breakfast!   Sincerely,   Julia Pohlman Director of Sales julia.pohlman@countryinns.com 630.505.3353  Country Inn & Suites

Weekly Drink Specials:  Sunday: $2.50 Bud Light & $4.00 Bloody Mary Monday: $4.00 House Wine & $3.00 Amstel Light Tuesday:$2.50 Miller Light & $3.00 Smirnoff Drinks Wednesday:$4.00 Mai Tai & $.3.00 Sam Adams Thursday:$2.50 Coors Light & $5.00 Long Island Friday: $3.00 Corona & $4.00 Margarita Saturday: $3.00 Heineken & $4.00 Jack & Coke Free Drink Coupon    Coupon is good for one complimentary beverage of your choice.  Must be 21 to order alcohol.  Must present coupon at time of order.  Limit one coupon per customer.   Offer Expires: April 30, 2009

Spring Into Sales at Tradewinds Imports - March 2009

What's New? Love Silver As Much As We Do? Going Green This March, Go From Blue To Green! Death and Life in Tanah Toraja The Day I Got Into Trouble At the Kathmandu Airport David and Diana Travel On	Spring Into Sales at Tradewinds Imports and TradewindsVT.Com Hot Must-Have Affordable Spring Styles are Waiting For You March, 2009 Dear Customer, We at Tradewinds know your wallets are still tight and winter still seems like it'll be here forever. But we think we can cheer you up with a few perfect spring deals. This March, we're bringing back our BUY ONE, GET THE SECOND HALF OFF sale - TWICE! From March 2nd until March 15th, ALL PENDANTS qualify for this amazing discount. Then, from March 16th until March 29th, come back and get the matching Earrings! We know you'll be just as enthusiastic as we are to SAVE SAVE SAVE as you stock up on HOT spring styles. Remember, buy one to get the second half off! Discount applies to Sterling Silver jewelry in store only, during the dates of each sale. Discount taken off item of lesser or equal value. Want more hot deals? Check out our IN-STORE SALES CALENDAR online to find out what's coming up next! Love Silver As Much As We Do? Spring Into SILVER with 20% Off Online! Need something shimmery, light and affordable to help spruce up your dull winter wardrobe? We've got just the perfect thing. Come check out our SILVER BY DESIGN BOUTIQUE and see for yourself! TradewindsVT.Com wants YOU to save money this Spring without sacrificing style. Look your best - and let us help. All this month, we're taking 20% off the ENTIRE Silver by Design Boutique. And as always, Tradewinds Online offers FREE SHIPPING on all jewelry purchases. Looking for something with a bit more color? Why not check out the PENDANT SALE happening on our ON SALE NOW page? These items are overstocked and last year's styles and we have GOT to make room for all the jewelry David and Diana are bringing home. Help us out by giving one of these beauties a good home! Shop the SILVER BY DESIGN Boutique Going Green Whether You're Looking For Wedding Gifts, Or Just Something For the Home, Tradewinds Has What You Need Did you know Tradewinds has more than jewelry? We offer excellent imported handicraft at affordable prices as well! Check out this stoneware platter from Indonesia - it's food safe, dishwasher safe, microwave friendly, and displays two adorable little frogs! Looking for something more like a mug? Or a cookie jar? Tradewinds offers a great selection of handicraft in our FOR THE HOME online gallery. Need the perfect gift? Tradewinds can ship to anywhere in the United States or Canada - and we'll work with you to find affordable shipping options for other destinations as well! Your items will arrive in good time, and in perfect condition. We'll even include a gift receipt with a special message from you! Check Out "For The Home" by TradewindsVT.Com This March, Go From Blue To Green! Introducing the Mystical Birthstone for March: JADE Ever felt like you didn't really like your birthstone? Suspect that birthstones are just something American Commercialism invented? We know how you feel! The truth is, the 'official' birthstone list from the American National Association of Jewelers was adopted in 1912 - and we KNOW many of these traditions predate that list. So we've done a little research into ALTERNATE birthstones, and here's what we found for March. A Mystical Birthstone list dating back well over a thousand years to Tibetan origin offers stones meant to help one overcome the obstacles of their birth month. For March babies, your stone is JADE. In prehistoric times, Jade was valued for its toughness and used to craft weapons. As early as 3000 B.C. Jade was valued in China as the 'royal gem'. The stone embodies the Confucian virtues of wisdom, justice, compassion, modesty and courage. This stone has also been used to represent the female-erotic! Jade has a history in ancient Egypt as the stone of love, inner peace, harmony and balance. In parts of Asia its known as lucky or protective. Jade strengthens the body, promotes wisdom and ensures a long life. For more Jade Jewelry at TradewindsVT.com type 'Jade' in the search box online! Prefer your traditional sparkling Aquamarine? Mined mostly in Brazil, these stunning stones can range from blue-green to teal to pure blue. Folklore calls Aquamarine a healing stone, supposedly helpful in reducing the effects of poisons. Sailors kept this gemstone to prevent seasickness and keep them safe. Aquamarine is believed to endow the wearer with foresight, courage and happiness, to increase intelligence, and make one youthful. A perfect stone to ward off the winter blues! Search Birthstone Jewelry for March Death and Life in Tanah Toraja Dave Takes An Intimate Look At Indonesian Funeral Practices This month, Dave's Photo Gallery brings you to Sulawesi, a small island of Indonesia and home to the Torajan people, where ancient funeral customs are still practiced today. From cliffs displaying the ancestors to hanging coffins, Dave's gallery takes an intimate yet respectful look at the role death plays in life. Enter Dave's Photo Gallery The Day I Got Into Trouble At the Kathmandu Airport Diana Writes Of An Adventure At Customs Diana's Travel Story this month is quite a treat! Ever wonder how Tradewinds acquires the more rare and unique pieces? Like Patrie pendants, Kukri Knives, Ghao Boxes, Spirit Houses, etc? Ever been lucky enough to step into the Tradewinds' Warehouse? Or just stared in appreciation at the relics on display in our Burlington, VT store? Tradewinds takes pride in bringing you authentic antiques - but sometimes getting these pieces is a story in itself! Find out what happened when Diana tried to bring some authentic OLD coins through customs in Kathmandu. Click Here To Read Diana's Story David and Diana Travel On Tiruvannamalai, Chennai, Mamallapuram - Wherever Will They Go Next? If you've been following the adventures of David and Diana, they're still vacationing in India. We heard from them in late February. They've visited little towns, sprawling cities, soaring towers and massive temple complexes. Diana wrote on February 23rd, "We are going to attend the Shiva Ratri festival at the temple tonight. It will be quite an exciting festival, although probably not as crazy as it is on Nepal. We already were at the temple earlier today - it's really a massive temple complex, with soaring towers over 200 ft tall. Tonight the edges of the buildings will be lit by thousands of little oil lamps, all carefully placed in decorative patterns. This afternoon, they had music and drumming and a temple elephant who would accept rupee coins from pilgrims, and then, in return, bless each one by brushing their bowed head with her trunk. I watched her scoop up many many coins, and hold them all in her trunk. It was a very charming scene." We look forward to sharing more of David and Diana's adventures and insights with you! Keep watching the map for WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE DAVID AND DIANA? as Dave journeys off to the amber trade show in Gdansk, Poland, and Diana heads to Nepal in search of hot new styles to bring back JUST FOR YOU! Where In The World Are David and Diana Today?
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Hacienda del Desierto Bed & Breakfast of Tucson AZ

How We Got Started

It would be so much more interesting if we could claim that the Hacienda was an old stage stop on the Spanish Trail, an old route to Mexico. The truth is somewhat less striking but a labor of love nonetheless.

Originally, Davids father bought about 200 acres in the 50s when Tucson stopped at Swan road. He later sold off all but 40 acres, leaving some acreage to each of his 4 children. In 1970, we moved to the property, living with our 3 children in just the west wing of the house. Over a period of 9 years David, his father, and several neighborhood bricklayers completed the house after school, weekends, and vacation periods as we both taught school. Of course, the children helped, and if you listen to their story, they did all the slave labor. We had an architect help with the initial building plan but did some revision as the building progressed. David has done a good deal of the work including the hand-adzing of porch beams, and Rosemary is the interior designer.

The beams are old electric poles and the ceiling boards were taken from the old St. Marys Sanatorium and an old Safeway store, both torn down in the late 60s and early 70s. The Patio Suite and Galleria wings were originally our childrens wing and later the Galleria housed Rosemarys mother for 5 years.

In 1981, David and our youngest son built the Casita, and our older son promptly moved in with his son and lived there for 10 years.

In 1991, David applied for a license to operate a B & B after we stayed in a number of them in Great Britain. He didnt know at that time whether we would ever decide to operate one but wanted to apply before too many restrictions were developed. In 1993 we experimented with having guests stay without the breakfast to see whether our place was attractive to others and whether it was something we might seriously consider after teacher retirement.

It wasnt until 1994 that we officially opened the B & B with only one remodeled guestroom, the Patio Suite. A year later we remodeled the space that is now La Rosa. We then remodeled the Casita (after our son moved). In 1999 we remodeled the Galleria after Rosemarys mother left. Since we want to maintain the present size, we will be adding no additional guest facilities.