Folks it’s been slim pickings here at Casa Baer. I’ve been trying to keep my chin up throughout this pandemic but some days it’s really hard to find the silver lining. Since the beginning of March we’ve only taken in just a smidge over six thousand dollars. Usually we bring in double that each and every month, especially this time of year. We’re heading into our second busiest time of the year and are still getting more cancellations than reservations coming in. It’s heart breaking. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi’
Something’s Better Than Nothing
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, breakfast, eating, Family, food, friends, gratitude, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, On Common Ground, On Hallowed Ground, positivity, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged adapting, B&Bs, bed & breakfast, discounts, get-away, house tours, incentives, inns, Mississippi, money, normal hours, overnight, pancakes, pandemic, special offer, specials, travel, we're open on August 10, 2020| 8 Comments »
Toto, We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, books, breakfast, Christmas, Family, Fiction, food, grammar, health, hill billy, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, redneck, sports, travel, Uncategorized, Vicksburg, words, writing, tagged chicken, chicken dinner, chitlins, cracklins, Faulkner, food, football, Halloween, hunting, hunting season, kale, Kansas, kumbachu, Mississippi, pork rinds, quinoa, unexplained, weird, Welty on March 4, 2019| 12 Comments »
I’ve lived in Mississippi for almost 4 years now and there are still some things that I just can’t comprehend. Mostly I love the laid back way of life and southern hospitality. I love the charming small town feel of a lot of places in this great state. Other things, I don’t get. At all. (more…)
An International New Year
Posted in authors, Baer House Inn, blogging, camera, Family, friends, Holidays, humor, innkeeping, Jansen Schmidt, travel, vacation, Vicksburg, writing, tagged America, Americans, Baer House Inn, flags, foreign countries, foreigners, guests, inn guests, international, maps, Mississippi, thankful, the deep south, the south, tourists, travel, traveling, traveling abroad, United States, USA, visitors on January 21, 2019| 15 Comments »
One of the things I really like about innkeeping is meeting folks from all over the world. When we first bought the inn, I never imagined that I’d meet people from so many different countries. I truly never imagined there’d be so many people from other parts of the world interested in the deep south. (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…)
The Many Faces of Freedom
Posted in Baer House Inn, driving, Family, first car, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, writers, writing, tagged budget, California, Canyon truck, Constitution, driving, freedom, freedoms, GMC, lease, leased cars, Mercedes, Mercedes Benz, Mississippi, moving, new car, new wheels, red car, red truck, Subaru, transportation, used cars, walking on June 12, 2017| 12 Comments »
We all have our own individual definitions of freedom and freedom comes in many forms. (more…)
Lessons Learned From the Chili Cook-Off
Posted in authors, awards, blogging, crock pot, Family, food, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, soup, writing, tagged antacid, charity, charity events, chili cook-off, Chili For Children, chli, food, food tasting, fundraisers, Lady Luck Casino, Mississippi, tasting, Vicksburg, Vicksburg Children's Home on February 6, 2017| 10 Comments »
Last Saturday I attended the Chili For Children chili cook-off at the Lady Luck Casino here in Vicksburg. It was a charity event to raise money for Vicksburg’s children’s home. (more…)
Let’s Shake Things Up A Bit
Posted in Baer House Inn, blogging, camera, Family, Fiction, food, friends, goals, Happy New Year, Holidays, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, Vicksburg, writing, tagged Baer House Inn, Civil War, Duff Green Mansion, ghost tours, ghosts, haunted, Haunted Homecoming, haunted tours, Haunted Vicksburg, January, January events, McNutt House, McRaven House, Mississippi, Mississippi paranormal, Mississippi paranormal society, MPS, nighttime, paranormal, paranormal investigations, tour homes, Vicksburg events, Vicksburg tours, Victorian homes on January 9, 2017| 15 Comments »
January is what the folks of Vicksburg call, “the slow season.” I guess it’s probably pretty slow everywhere what with the holiday craziness settling down, kids back in school, lousy weather for traveling, tax preparation looming, and getting started on all of those awesome new year’s resolutions and all. (more…)
What Once Was A House
Posted in authors, Autumn, Baer House Inn, blogging, camera, cement walls, Family, Fiction, friends, humor, Jansen Schmidt, love, short story, Vicksburg, writing, tagged abandoned house, back yard, bulldozer, condemned house, demolish house, family, historic Vicksburg, history, house demolition, houses, memories, Mississippi, old houses, Victorian homes, Victorian houses on October 24, 2016| 6 Comments »
Houses have souls. I’m sure of it. Have you ever noticed that a house starts to deteriorate when it is no longer occupied? Why is that? I believe it’s because when humans move out, the house loses it soul. Without a soul, it dies. (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…)
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