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 »
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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…)
Posted in Baer House Inn, beer, blogging, drinks, Family, Fiction, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, Tequila, writing, tagged alcohol, amazing, amusing, B&Bs, bed & breakfast, beds, breakfast, eating, furniture, hotels, innkeepers, innkeeping, lamps, making beds, moving furniture, nightstands, open container, traveling on March 6, 2017| 16 Comments »
My life as an innkeeper is never dull. Most of the time my work is very rewarding. The average guest is very nice and respectful. And every day I see or hear something that makes me go:
Being an innkeeper has challenges for sure, but there’s an amusing side as well. And an even larger amazing component that most people probably don’t even think about. (more…)
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, short story, words, writing, tagged agenda, communicate, conversation, decaf coffee, English, foreigners, innkeeper, innkeeping, introverted, orange juice, plans, ringleader, shy, spokesperson, talking, traveling, vacation, Vicksburg on May 23, 2016| 10 Comments »
Being an innkeeper has opened my eyes to a lot of things that I never really noticed before. For instance, quite a few people travel in groups, be they family situations or just long-time friends who like to vacation together. I think that’s neat. I don’t remember my family ever traveling with any other family or friends, other than mom, dad, me and my older brother. I guess on occasion we’d include an aunt or uncle and cousins, but usually it was just the four of us.
But, it’s fairly often that we get couples traveling together through Vicksburg.
