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FIlm Crew from California Films Movie at Chateau on the Bayou of Raceland, LA

Chateau on the Bayou B&B is a Victorian home located on the banks of Bayou Lafourche.  Rest in the hammock amongst the trees and watch the bayou flow slowly by or rock in the comfortable rockers on the back porch. Conveniences include a deluxe continental breakfast, wireless high speed Internet, flatpannel HD TV/DVD player  in every room, workout equipment, and use of laundry facilities.  An occasional Cajun dinner can be prepared for an additional charge, if requested.

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A Chateau on the Bayou B&B
3158 Hwy. 308
Raceland, LA. 70394
www.achateauonthebayou.com
(985)537-6773

Stratos Jet Charters

Press Release

Stratos Jet Charters, Inc. Announces New 24/7 Charter Service

Stratos Jets now offers on-call charter service to colder destinations over this winter season

Orlando, Florida; November 9, 2009:  During this frosty winter season, nothing can be more frustrating or tiresome than missing a flight to an important business meeting due to icy weather conditions.

This week, Stratos Jet Charters, Inc. has announced that due to the increase of inclement weather activity in the winter months, their private jet charter service will be available 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, in order to guarantee their clients make it to their destination safe and on-time this winter.

According to Joel Thomas, President of Stratos Jet Charters, Inc., Stratos jet charter agents are highly-trained experts in the field of business aviation and have been specifically trained to handle all weather-related issues that can result in flight cancellations and delays.

“We fully understand and anticipate the complications that arise from bad weather during the winter season,” Mr. Thomas said in an interview. “I can’t promise what the weather will be like at the time of departure, but I can promise that our agents will work with your pilots to find an alternative flight plan.  We can also alert and modify any arrangements that have been made on the ground to the changes in your itinerary.”

Mr. Thomas also added that access to smaller regional airports allows charter planes to break free of the confines of a typical airline flight; restrictions that can lead to delays and canceled flights that could otherwise be avoided.  

Because Stratos Jets doesn’t own or operate any aircraft, they’ve logged many hours developing and maintaining business partnerships with jet operators all over the world. Within a three-hour time span, Stratos Jet agents can provide a highly-equipped jet aircraft to an alternative airport with the help from their jet operator connections all over the globe.    

Perhaps what separates Stratos Jets from charter operators or aircraft management companies is their extensive access to all types of business aircraft.

“Stratos jet charter agents know almost instantaneously which aircraft are better-equipped to handle the flight,” Mr. Thomas said. “Understanding the variations in aircraft capabilities and performance can make all the difference when it comes to landing safely on an ice-backed runway.” 

Knowing that Stratos Jets expert air charter agents are available on-call can make flying to and from destinations such as New York, Boston, Milwaukee and Seattle easier than ever; allowing you to feel safe in the comfortable environment of a private aircraft.  Stratos Jet charter agents make safety their upmost priority and refuse to charter any flight not up to their exceptional standards.
 

Media Contact Information:

Joel A. Thomas

1.888.478.7286

www.stratosjets.com

 

Art Deco Ocean Liner event - San Pedro, CA

Don't miss the opportunity to be a part of the Art Deco Ocean Liner event of the year. Captain's table & general seating are both still available, but you should sign up now:

Celebrating 5 great ships with 5 amazing courses

Saturday, November 14th 7:30 p.m.

At The Doubletree Hotel, San Pedro, CA

• Living historians will play key roles, including the captain of each ship.
• Recreated radio broadcasts for each maiden voyage.
• The most popular music of the era.

 

1930s, black tie, business attire, or uniforms are appropriate

 

$85.00 per person $95.00 Captain’s table (subject to availability)
includes Champagne reception, five course dinner, & wine.
No additional charge for Maritime Research Center members at Captains’ tables.

Silent Auction

Click for reservations

 

Information 310-521-0175

STEPHANIE BETTMAN with LUKE HALPIN - San Pedro, CA

 

Saturday, November 14 2009 | 8:00pm

Stephanie Bettman with Luke Halpin

Award-winning fiddler & singer/songwriter delivers hot fiddle power, rich vocals & smart lyrics. Bettman has been called "The next Alison Krauss." This singer/songwriter, fiddling superstar is not to be missed!

 

Stephanie Bettman

434 W. Sixth Street, San Pedro. Just a few doors east of the Warner Grand Theatre.
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Celebrate Thanksgiving Day at The Whale & Ale, San Pedro, CA

Thanksgiving Day, November 26 we are open for lunch & dinner from 1 to 8 p.m.

Thanksgiving menu 2009
Our Whale & Ale House Salad of mixed baby lettuces, sliced mushrooms, crumbled blue cheese, chopped walnuts & creamy house salad dressing or
New England clam chowder, (contains smoked bacon) an east cost favorite: lots or clams & cream Lobster Bisque. We simmer our lobster meat for hours & reduce it to a rich broth with sherry & cream, then
Scottish Salmon Filet: pan roasted; lemon caper sauce, fresh vegetables & mashed russet potatoes
Fresh Steamed Lobster split & served with lobster cake drawn butter vegetables & steamed potatoes
Carved Roast Fresh Hen Turkey; with buttered carrots, mashed fresh potatoes, homemade country gravy, cornbread stuffing & cranberry sauce,
Traditional Roasted Fresh Goose served with cherry sauce, stuffing & mashed potatoes fresh vegetables
Slow roasted Carved Prime Ribau jus; served with mashed potatoes, fresh vegetable & Yorkshire pudding
Also available are: Creamed Spinach & Sweet Potatoes cooked with brown sugar

Desserts

Pumpkin pie

Sticky toffee pudding

English Trifle with sherry

Start a new tradition this Thanksgiving at The Whale & Ale, San Pedro, CA.

Beaujolais Nouveau French dinner at The Whale & Ale San Pedro, CA

Beaujolais Nouveau arrives from France on Thursday, November 19, 2008
We will be pouring it that evening!

On Friday, 11/20 we will offer a two course Beaujolais Nouveau French dinner menu at 6pm cocktails for 7pm dinner. See below

 
Menu 
Bisgue d’homard
Lobster Bisque, - one of Chef David’s specialties
Beaujolais Nouveau, 2009

Then your choice of:
Baked filet of Chilean Sea Bass in a bay shrimp veloute, or
Grilled rib-eye steak topped with pâté de fois gras, under Bordelaise sauce.
Both with steamed fresh seasonal vegetables & mashed fresh russet potatoes
Château La Fleur Haut Brisson, 2004

Price per person $32.85, includes a glass of both wines listed above.

Come join us at The Whale & Ale, San Pedro, CA

Wickwood Inn Holiday Notebook - Saugatuck, MI

A L L  T H E  L O C A L  N E W S,  G O S S I P,  R E C I P E S  &  L O R E  T H A T' S  F I T  T O   P R I N T

H O L I D A Y   2 0 0 9

WAKE IN OUR WINTER WONDERLAND!     Ed Goelich, Photographer “Later on we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire."   --- played by Chris Botti

Our villages are transformed into a quintessential old fashioned Christmas card from mid-November through New Year's. Twinkling lights, horse drawn buggy rides, shops aglow, Dickens, ballet, jazz, A Santa Parade, Wickwood's Festival of Trees and music everywhere. The spirit is contagious --- come and catch some!    Wickwood ---		TOWN NOTICES   November 7 New Orleans Singer, Tab Benoit, SCA November 7 Edye Evans Hyde, The What Not Inn November 8 Tim Johnson Trio, The What Not November 10 Boy's Town, The Red Barn November 11 Veterans Day November 12 Shop Fabulously, Post Holiday Shopping Event at Good Goods with Holiday Refreshments November 12-14 Grand Rapids Wine & Food Festival November 13 - January 3 HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF TREES at WICKWOOD INN November 14 Lakeshore All Star Blues Band, What Not Inn November 14- December 12 Blaze of Color, Water Street Gallery November 14 A Tribute to John Denver with Gregg Sanborn, The Red Barn Playhouse November 15 Mary Rademacher, The What Not November 17 Grapes of Wrath, The Red Barn November 18 - January 3 Christmas Holiday Traditions Around the World, Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids     More Calendar ---
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES We're baking memories for the Holidays --- Pecan Sticky Buns, Cranberry Cake, Apple Blueberry Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce, Bismarck's, Bacon & Caramelized Onion Strata, Baked Country Ham, Pecan Tassies, Julia's Chocolate Bites, Christmas Cookies, soups and sips. Come share the enchantment.        Recipes ---
Holiday Open Houses Every Weekend All around our villages the wineries, art galleries, and shops all host receptions to make the Holidays more festive six full weeks. The weekend of November 20-21 is the kick-off in Saugatuck and Douglas with extended shopping hours, music, refreshments, holiday specials, good cheer, warm treats, special wrapping services, all in an effort to give you the Holiday Spirit and help make your Holiday gift giving a joy.     Tab Benoit Saturday, November 7 As Is by Laurel Farrin thru Decmber 28 The Wreck of the Rockaway Thurday, November 19 Twisted Tinsel by Mason Street Warehouse Friday, November 27 Improv Olympic Saturday, November 28 Wintergreen Market Saturday, December 5 Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra with Edye Evans-Hyde Saturday, December 12             “Cooking is three-quarters shopping.” --- Jean Troisgros Roanne, France 1979 Bacon Fever! Cold weather makes us crave smoky pork more than ever. We like our sausage, ham, and bacon pure and simple, from small farms raising - happy pigs, smoked by authentic artisans. The aroma when you're cooking smoked pork is simply hypnotic. Dedicated people are bring back traditional curing methods; double-curing in Michigan (with over a hundred years of experience), Smoky Mountain dry - cured, Wisconsin's intensely apple - smoked, Virginia's maple brown sugar cured --- with pepper or not, it's up to you. But you can't go wrong with any of these; they're the real deal: ● www.bentonsham.com ● www.petitjeanmeats.com ● www.virginiatraditions.com ● www.edwardsvaham.com ● www.driers.com ● www.heritagefoodsusa.com ● www.theartisan.net Sweet Bacon Bites A simple and delicious hors d'oeuvres that leaves everyone wanting more. Preheat oven to 375° F. Separate and halve thick cut bacon slices. Place dark brown sugar in a shallow plate.  Dip both sides of each bacon slice in brown sugar and coat thoroughly. Place the bacon on a rack over a pan to catch the drippings. Bake in upper third of oven for 20-30 minutes. Finish under broiler for a minute. Cool.    Recipes --- Goodbye Gourmet! Does the closing of this sixty-five year old food institution signal that the internet food blogs have won? We hope not. For to scroll the hundreds of recipes for any ingredient the internet brings, is to set every benchmark of good, better, best taste aside. Serious cooks want to learn from the experienced with standards that they can trust.	Christmas Gifts for Cooks & Foodies ● An Olive Oil Collection ● Mortar and Pestle Fresh ● Oysters from Taylor's Fish Farm ● Wheel of Bayley Hazen Blue Cheese from Jasper Hill Farm ● Jacque Torres Chocolate ● Wine selected by Kermit Lynch, Neil Rosenthal or Sergio Esposito ● Salumi from Fra'Manni ● Cheddars from Neal's Yard ● A Bacon Tasting ● Anything homemade by you ● Tsar Nicoulai Caviar ● Dinner at a Dream Restaurant ● A Cooking Class ● Italian Tuna, salt packed ● Anchovies and capers ● Two or three Unglazed Clay Pot Casseroles ● Rose Champagne “You might as well do your Christmas hinting early.” ---- Anon. Wickwood Inn Gift Certificate   We think that the greatest luxury we have today is Time. And so we marvel at the number of people who are giving the time to relax at Wickwood as gift certificates to their family and friends for all kinds of occasions. We think what they're really giving is loving memories. That pleases us enormously. “Farmer's are zones of peace on this planet.” ---- Vanana Shiva, Indian Food Activist Gobble Gobble!! It's not too late to order a fresh Heritage Thanksgiving Turkey. These fowl are bred naturally; never fed hormones, antibiotics or animal by-products; walks around, matures at a natural rate; and, when the day comes, meets a clean end. Select a bird from 8 to 22 pounds and it won't be frozen, but arrive to you on ice via Fed Ex Tuesday, November 24 with cooking instructions. Please pass the compliments. ● www.heritagefoodsusa.com ● www.dartagnan.com ● www.hokaturkeys.com "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give" - Winston Churchill The Giving Season The talk is all about giving because it makes us feel good. During the Holidays we can all get carried away and forget some important aspects of giving: ● Give of yourself. Your time, your love, your talent and your knowledge. ● Give quality not quantity. ● Give yourself time to celebrate. Some we favor: ● www.kiva.com ● www.donorschoose.org ● www.modestneeds.org ● www.csdw.org ● www.charityfocus.org ● www.heifer.org “A lovely thing about Christmas is that we all go through it together.” --- Garrison Keillor Armagnac & Marc “People make Cognac for profit, but they make Armagnac for love, “Michel Guerard told us as he introduced us to these two many years ago at Eugenie. From Gascony and Landes, they pre-date Cognac by 200 years evoking the era of D'Artagnan and his fellow Musketeers. Both, are increasingly difficult to find as they are the result of long aging by small artisan distillers, reaching their prime twenty-five years later. We once tasted a seventy-five year old Marc (which is made from the very last pressing of the grape skins, pits and stems) at a vineyard in Burgundy. Could we buy it? We couldn't afford the taste, we were told. But a great swash-buckling memory. The best are bottled by Marc Darroze. A great gift, we find them at Helene Darroze's in Paris or Sherry-Lehman in nyc. St. Marcellin Cheese   One of the best secrets of French cheeses is a small mild cheese made since 1251 on 15 farms and in 12 small-scale factories using raw milk from the hills, famous for walnuts, between Grenoble and Valence. The very best has a mild aroma and a slightly nutty distinct taste. It's a very special gift or addition to a Holiday Cheese Board. Shop where they know their affinage. ● www.artisanalcheese.com ● www.idealcheese.com The Truth About Wine USA Just as local artisans have become important to anyone who want to eat well, small artisanal wineries have become the integral link to wine actually made from grapes grown at the vineyard by a winemaker who is passionate about what he puts in the bottle that has his name on it. Of the thirty top selling wine brands in the US not a single one of them grows, produces or bottles their own wines. They buy tankers of bulk juice, and slap a label on the bottle. Most “wineries” have become marketing organizations. Even more reason to visit wineries, meet the winemaker and to trust the guy who is anxious to put HIS name on the bottle.	Rick's Picks When the tastes are out at NYC's Union Square Market, the lines are long for these crunchy pickles. Clever names on jars bring thrilling flavors. There's “Mean Beans,” “Slices of Life”, “Windy City Wasabeans” “The People's Pickle”, “Phat Beets,”or “Whup Asp”. They will sparkle salads, Hor's d'ouevres, or sandwiches. www.rickspicknyc.com Martin's Pretzels Long an addiction, these perfectly toasted crisp pretzels are handmade by a Mennonite Family in Lancaster County Penna. Everyone who taste one raves about them! They can be ordered extra dark, whole-wheat, salted, lightly salted, or extra salted in boxes or shiny red tins. Simply a great Holiday Gift for every discriminating pal. ● www.martinspretzels.net “Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.” --- Joan Mills Food Memories --- I'll never forget the taste of my Grandma's warm donut holes on Christmas morning, or of my Mom's Date Nut Pudding with Whiskey Sauce always there at Lunch, or our Christmas Eve dinner turkey at The Hassler Grill in Rome in 1983. Then there were those first tastes of the bright vegetables from Chino Farm in Rancho Sante Fe, the multi-colored carrots I schlepped back from the Union Square market, Chatsworth's lamb we cooked this Spring, the fraise de bois from Chez l'ami Louis, braised radishes Alain Passard's way at Arpege nor my own late season heirloom grape tomatoes this year. I'll remember them all, always. Food flavors that are distinct and memorable. This is the food that I want to eat . These are the traditions and tastes worth preserving. This is the food that is worth fighting to save. It is simply about wanting to eat food the way it is supposed to taste. Not how it has been transformed with the “standards of fast food, ”in factory farms, with GMO's, or chemicals. As we individually re-examine our food sources remember, if you can, the way food used to taste. Spending time sourcing local seasonal and responsibly grown ingredients is simply the best thing you can do for your family this next year! “Something about an old-fashioned Christmas is hard to forget.” ---- Hugh Downs Felt Mansion Historical Tours for the Holidays Listed on the National Register of Historic Places a glimpse of former home of a wealthy inventor is a joy to tour, especially during the Holiday Season. It's a wonderful journey through time. ● Winter Fest - December 12 Sesquicentennial Celebration Open House with Ice Skating, Hay Rides, Ice Sculpture Demonstration, music and refreshments. ● Sundays, December 13 - January 3 During the Holidays: Tours, Ice Skating and Refreshments. ● Thursday, Friday, Saturday, December 17-19 Evening Tours with Ice Skating and Refreshments. ● Saturday, January 2 Historical Documentary, Tour, Ice Skating and Refreshments. "The fate of nations hangs upon their choice of food." --- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin,  1794 “Eating Animals” by Jonathan Safran Foer Just out, the raves on this are over the top! Authors who have been writing about the agri-business and vegetarianism for years are calling this “the masterpiece.” Brutally honest with both factory farmers and animal activists speaking in their own words. Best of all, Foer shares his own personal journey. It makes you laugh, cry and best of all, come away with your own opinion of how you want to eat.
Wine Legends You Can Trust for Holiday Gifts Three venerable wine importers Kermit Lynch, Neil Rosenthal and Sergio Esposito are legends for championing producers who express “terroir” – wines that embody where they come from – excel with their Holiday Season lists. Today's prices can even be comfortable. When these names are on a wine label, you know that you'll be thrilled with the wine. Be sure to be on their newsletter lists: ● www.kermitlynch.com ● www.madrose.com ● www.italianwinemerchants

“My first copies of Treasure Island and Huckleberry Finn still have some blue-spruce needles scattered in the pages. They smell of Christmas still.” ---- Charlton Heston Red Books ● Salt to Taste, by Marco Canora. For lovers of Insieme in nyc this is a dream come true. ● Why Italians Love to Talk About Food, by Elena Kostioukovitch.. A study of Italian food as a means to discovering the Italian spirit. ● Rose's Heavenly Cakes, by Rose Levy Beranbaum. She teaches us to make those perfect cakes again. ● An Edible History of Humanity, by Tom Slandge. Simply fascinating. ● I Know How To Cook, Ginette Mathiot. Every French woman's cookbook --- for three generations. ● Ad Hoc, Thomas Keller. We can always learn from this chef. Now, for the home cook. ● Chanterelle, by David Waltuck. Wonderful cooking for thirty years, now a memory as they've closed. ● Italian Classics by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers. Traveling through Italy with the River Café. ● Eating, A Memoir by Jason Epstein. One of New York's finest foodies recalls memorable meals. ● Far Flung and Well Fed by R.W. Apple, Jr. Journalists' best shares his great fun eating around the world. ● Mediterranean Clay Pot Cooking by Paula Wolfert Traditional and modern recipes from one of the best. ● Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery. The “Hedgehog” author deals with social class, philosophy and glorious descriptions of food. ● The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making Us Sick and What We can do about It by Robin O'Brien. ● Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness by Lisa M. Hamilton. ● Women, Work and The Art of Savoir Faire by Mireille Guilano. More of how the French do it. ● The World According to Monsanto by Marie Monique Robin. This is an astounding work. ● Food Inc.- Mendel to Monsanto The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter Pringle. ● Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating by Jeffery M. Smith. ● A Shadow Falls by Nick Brandt. A photographer memorializes the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa with exquisite sepia photographs. Lovely. ● Fresh - A perishable History by Suzanne Freidberg. An original interesting way of looking at food history.  "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas."
Christmas 2008 “There is no ideal Christmas; only the one you decide to make yourself.” ---- Bill McKibben
Join us for a glorious Holiday season filled with love, laughter and great tastes!! - Julee and Bill
www.wickwoodinn.com

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Wickwood Inn   |    510 Butler Street P.O. Box 1019   |   Saugatuck, MI 49453 Tel (800) 385-1174   |  www.wickwoodinn.com  |    Bill and Julee Rosso Miller, Proprietors

Veteran's Day at The Scranton Seahorse Inn - Madison, CT

In honor of Veteran’s Day The Scranton Seahorse Inn of Madison, Connecticutwill be offering special rates to all veterans throughout the month of November.   Any veteran that books any of our standard rooms for one night in November will receive the second night free.   Any veteran that books one of our suites in November will receive $100 off the second night.   

A live performance of The National Anthem will be performed during a special flag ceremony at 10am on Veteran’s Day as we raise our American Flag in honor of veterans across the country.    All in attendance are welcome inside the inn after the ceremony for complimentary coffee and warm cider.

In order to take advantage of this special offer, veterans should call the inn directly to check on availability and to make reservations.

 

Scranton Seahorse Inn

818 Boston Post Road

Madison CT 06443

203.245.0550

www.scrantonseahorseinn.com

info@scrantonseahorseinn.com

 

 

 

This offer is not valid during the Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 24^th – Nov 29^th)

Brownstone Real Estate Awarded Business Stewared of the Year!

 

 
  

Brownstone Real Estate Awarded Business Steward of the Year by the Lebanon County Conservation District

 

Todd Lechleither, Broker/Owner and Scott Campbell, President/Owner of Brownstone Real Estate Company were recently honored with the Lebanon County Conservation District’s Business Steward of the Year Award.  Brownstone, a family-owned real estate firm established in 1971, was given the award for its use of green strategies and conservation efforts in developing the stormwater management system for the Villages at Springbrook Farms, located in Campbelltown.  A low impact community comprised of carriage homes and townhomes, the Villages at Springbrook Farms is unique in Lebanon County for its innovative green-technology stormwater infiltration system.

 

Brownstone worked closely with South Londonderry Township officials in a concentrated effort to optimize the system and insure the most effective method of stormwater management.  Utilizing rain gardens, surface and subsurface infiltration beds, porous concrete, pervious asphalt and native plants and grasses, the Village at Springbrook Farms is a prime example of responsible land development.  Because stormwater management is addressed at the source, contaminants such as fertilizers, pet waste, pesticides and other potentially detrimental toxins are prevented from washing into springs and streams, preserving water quality for all area residents.

 

Brownstone Real Estate received the Business Steward of the Year Award at the Lebanon Conservation District’s annual awards banquet and was one of several recipients honored for various awards.  Brownstone Real Estate is a full service real estate firm offering residential and commercial properties, new home communities, relocation services, land development, title, mortgage and insurance.  With offices in Hershey and Lebanon, the company has 65 agents and is in its 38^th year of business, serving the Central Pennsylvania area.  Visit Brownstone on the web at www.brwnstone.com.  For more detailed information on the Village at Springbrook Farms and its stormwater management approach, see www.VillageSBF.com.

 

 

 

left to right:  Todd Lechleitner, Broker/Owner and Scott Campbell President/Owner of Brownstone Real Estate.