Well, it seems like we will be entering the wonderful world of Facebook as soon as Terri can figure out the difference between a personal and a commercial account. If you would like to help us, just post a reply. We will appreciate it. Our Easter Champagne Brunch Menu is posted on our website and with temperatures hovering in the 60s lately, it is starting to feel like spring. The 56 inches of snow this winter is a record for this area…..wouldn’t you know! They say the snow season is not over yet, but we can dream.
Stay well,
Jim
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Hello! Greetings from (starting to warm up) Virginia. The snow is rapidly melting….can spring be far behind? Terri has finally returned after spending a week in Seattle with her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. I got to play pastry chef in the restaurant for a week and had forgotten how much I really enjoyed baking. Now we are busy doing the annual maintenance
and room refurbishment while things are less hectic. Our Champagne Easter Brunch menu will be up on our website soon, so make your reservations. It is always a sellout!
Take care,
Jim
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Well, Terri is safely off to Seattle to visit her “other family” and I am the pastry chef for the week. The snow has finally stopped and the sunshine is wonderful. Perhaps I can let the stir-crazy kitties out in a couple of days. Now that Valentine’s is behind us (we had a record numberof diners this weekend), we are starting to work on our Champagne Easter Brunch menu. Not only is Easter always a sellout, but it truly welcomes the wonderful spring we get in Virginia. The Festival of the Book will be on us before we know it at the end of March. I hope you all are staying warm!
Jim
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We didn’t get nearly as much snow as Philadelphia and D.C., but we got an additional 4 inches. Our parking lot is plowed and we are now ready for business. We even had a lodger staying with us last night. Our kitties put their noses out the door and decided not to venture forth….yet. We are almost booked in the restaurant for Valentine’s weekend. People are just getting cabin fever, and we hope the weather holds for at least a few days.
Happy sledding…
Jim
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Backyard of the Inn
I know I promised not to talk about the weather so much, but we have been buried for 3 days now (Over 20 inches of snow) and what else is there to do? The Inn and restaurant have been closed since Friday and we were just able to get the parking lot cleared. Guess what? Up to 8 inches more is forecast starting tomorrow! Our staff has been unable to come to work so Terri and I have been holding down the fort. With Valentine’s weekend upon us, we hope this madness stops.
TTFN
Jim
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Well, we actually got another 2 inches of snow last night. Virginia is starting to look like a winter wonderland! There is also the possibility of another 30 inches this weekend if the projected cold front moves further south. Otherwise, we may just get rain.
Ok, enough on the weather. Valentine’s weekend is coming up next week and it is always asellout for us. Terri is busy planning some decadent and scrumptious desserts and our menu is up on our website. We hope you all are taking good care of your sweeties wherever you are.
Terri will be leaving for Seattle on the 15th to visit her daughter, Erin, her husband, Sean, and her granddaughter, Sophie. I wish I were going with her, but at this time of the year one of us has to hold down the fort. I’ll probably go to California this summer.
TTFN
Jim
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Greetings! After being badgered for a solid year, I’m diving into this blog thing kicking and screaming. However, like most things I’m dragged into against my will, I usually end up rather enjoying the experience. We’ll see.
Terri Petrovits here, and along with my husband, Jim, own and operate Silver Thatch Inn in Charlottesville, VA. This will be our 12th year. We left California and careers in law and health care behind to enter the wonderful word of hospitality (restaurants and lodging for the uninitiated). Here we are now in Virginia with our 3 cats Chrissy (a gorgeous 13 year old tuxedo kitty), Lucy ( a very smart huntress and former shelter kitten), and Buster (a cross-eyed former shelter cat who can talk a blue streak and really owns the Inn).
Enough background…We have had more snow in Charlottesville in the last 2 months than in the previous 12 years combined and we are supposed to get more today and Friday. A far cry from California…..but they have their own problems. This Blog is kind of a new thing for us, but we hope in the future to get pictures up and some interesting things about the Inn and the area. We welcome your comments and if there is something you would like to see, let us know.
TTFN
Terri
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