On occasion in the past I have asked you guys for suggestions about what to blog about. Sometimes my creative well runs a little low and I find myself in need of some fresh ideas. A couple of times you nice folks have requested more information about the historic house I live in. (more…)
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Some Days Are Hard
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, Family, Fiction, food, friends, health, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, success, vacation, writing, tagged bacon, bad day, Baer House, Baer House Inn, burned bacon, candied bacon, Cooking, dinner, dinner party, dinner theater, distractions, food, having a bad day, phone, pilgrimage, salad, smoke, Vicksburg Pilgrimage, wedge salad on February 25, 2019| 14 Comments »
You ever have one of those days when it feels like nothing is going right? You know the days I’m talking about, you get up on the wrong side of the bed or the planets don’t line up or whatever. This past weekend I had one of those days. It was more like two of those days in a row, but it just felt like I should crawl back into bed and stay there until, oh I don’t know, summer. (more…)
Adventures in Innkeeping – The Saga Continues
Posted in Amazon.com, authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, drinks, Family, food, health, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, social media, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, words, writing, tagged Baer House, Baer House Inn, breakfast foods, camp stove, Diet Coke, guest room, honesty, innkeeper, innkeeping, napping, odd traits, parking lot, towels, wedding, weird, weird people on November 12, 2018| 8 Comments »
There’s never a dull moment here at The Baer House Inn. Guests come and guests go, some quietly, some with gusto. On several occasions in the past I’ve posted about odd behavior from guests, but just about the time I think I’ve seen it all, something new comes along that makes me scratch my head and say, “Nope, I guess I haven’t seen it all.” Here are some examples of recent unusual happenings here at the inn. (more…)
In Bad Form
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, Family, Fiction, food, friends, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, writing, tagged antiques, B & B's, bad form, Baer House, Baer House Inn, broken lamp, broken things, candy, candy wrappers, complaining, etiquette, ice makers, laziness, manners, porch sitting, porches, stairs, Victorian houses on June 11, 2018| 12 Comments »
I’ve blogged before about oddball things that have happened here at the Baer House Inn. In fact, just a couple of weeks ago you learned of my weird napkin findings. And, I’ll reiterate that most guests are very polite and respectful of my house and my things. But, there are a few things that people do that are just, well in bad form. What are those things, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. (more…)
Observations of an Innkeeper
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, dogs, drinks, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Baer House, Baer House Inn, Baer-Williams House, chairs, common, eating, historic inns, innkeepers, innkeeping, inns, Mississippi, observations, questions, relocating, Vicksburg on June 26, 2017| 16 Comments »
Photo courtesy P. Rickrode
So, we’re coming up on two years now since we made the big cross-country move and relocated to Mississippi. Innkeeping has been rewarding and challenging and . . . a real learning experience that will forever change the way I stay at hotels, motels, and/or B & B’s in the future. (more…)
It’s All Real Funny – Until the Lights Go Out.
Posted in April, Baer House Inn, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, success, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Baer House, basement, breakfast, candlelight, electricity, flashlight, flexibility, funnel clouds, hallway, historic inns, innkeeper, innkeepping, inns, laundry, lightning, storms, stressed, thunder, thunder storm, tornadoes, Vicksburg, water on May 8, 2017| 13 Comments »
Last Sunday was one of the most challenging days we’ve had here at Casa Baer. We’ve been very, very busy, which is a good thing. Saturday night we had a full house; someone in every room. That means fourteen for breakfast Sunday morning. The table was set, the casserole was ready to pop in the oven, the coffee was ready to perk. Everything set for the perfect morning at the inn. (more…)
Let Me Dazzle You With My Amazing Multi-Lingualness!
Posted in April, Baer House Inn, Disney, Family, Fiction, friends, grammar, humor, Jansen Schmidt, writing, tagged amazing, Baer House, Baer House Inn, bilingual, communication, foreign language, foreigners, goodbye, greetings, hello, languages, learning, learning foreign language, people, speaking, talking, welcome, wrong words on April 3, 2017| 15 Comments »
Dear blog friends and followers, be prepared to be amazed. Today I am going to share with you my many talents in the foreign language department. Perhaps you should have a seat before you read farther. (more…)
Happy Biziversary!
Posted in awards, Baer House Inn, blogging, camera, Family, friends, goals, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, moving, romance, success, vacation, Vicksburg, words, writers, writing, tagged Baer House, Baer House Inn, bed & breakfast, bed and breakfast, business owners, Chamber of Commerce, Grit Magazine, guests, made up words, Marilyn Jones, Mississippi, P. Rickrode, small business, small business awards, testimonials, travel, travel bloggers, travel magazine, traveling, Trip Advisor, urban dictionary, Warren County, weddings on July 25, 2016| 18 Comments »
I know what you’re thinking – bizi what? Biziversary. Yes, that’s a made up word. I thought of it all by myself, but I think it might catch on and some day make it into the urban dictionary.
Biziversary. Let’s break it down: part 1; biz, short for business – part 2; iversary, annual celebration of something important, in our case, the Rickrodes buying The Baer House Inn. That’s right – it’s our biziversary. We’ve owned The Baer House now for a year! (more…)
The Next Best Thing
Posted in April, Baer House Inn, blogging, driving, Family, Fiction, friends, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, spring break, Uncategorized, Vicksburg, writers, writing, tagged Baer House, bed & breakfast, editing, mainstreetusa, manuscript, shopmainstreets, spring, traveling, Vicksburg MS, Victorian inn, videos, virtual tour on March 28, 2016| 13 Comments »
It’s been a busy week and I’ve been lax in getting my blog ready to post. I’ve been steadily forging through a jungle of edits on my manuscript and am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
So, in lieu of actually writing something witty and clever this week, I’ve decided to take the easy way out.
For those of you thinking of visiting the Baer House, I hope this virtual tour sways you to actually book a room. For those of you who can’t visit for awhile, enjoy this virtual tour for now, to whet your appetite for good things to come later.
For those of you who never plan on coming to Vicksburg ever, here’s what you’re missing.
Enjoy!
I’m curious to know where you all spent your spring break, Easter, etc. Leave me a comment so I can be jealous.
Until next week, stay safe and be happy.
Word of the day: Facies
Fun fact about me: I have never ever used my words of the day in a sentence.
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, March 2016. Video by LLC ShopMainStreets.com/MainStreetTrail.com
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