Circus in Town

I love the fact that even though we live in a little town, the circus still comes every year and sets up right in the middle of the Village. The excitment builds as the elephants pull up the tents (which apparently not many circus's still do) and the kids catch a glimpse of the animals and performers.

In this photo are two faces you may see around the Inn, Seana (Maureen's youngest) and Seanie (my oldest son that's almost 5). They both had a blast at the show and feeding the elephants is always a highlight. All around, the Kelly Miller Circus does a great job.

Street Fair Fun

We took to the streets to showcase what the Waterstone Inn has to offer. Yesterday the Greenwood Lake Merchants Guild (of which we are a member) hosted its annual street fair on Windermere Avenue. For sale at our table were Waterstone Inn mugs filled with our signature Irish Soda Bread and discounted gift certificates. Thank you to everyone that came out to support us. The weather wasn't perfect, but we still had a great time. Our spot was in a prime location, across from the center of the action at Murphy's. A live band played outside under a tent and the clam bake was the place to be.

Next public appearance: July 3, Village of Greenwood Lake Bed Races. Hopefully we'll have an entry this year.

Hollywood Coming to Greenwood Lake

The stage is set. Hollywood's big wigs will be calling Greenwood Lake home this summer! It’s finally gone public that Rob Reiner’s new movie, Summer at Dog Dave’s will be filmed in Greenwood Lake. Morgan Freeman is cast as the lead character, who's a writer of Westerns that’s lost his groove. His agent suggests he go up to the lake for the summer to reflect, relax and get it together. For more info check out Variety online at http://www.showblitz.com/2011/05/possible-summer-lovin-for-madsen-and-thompson.html.

Want to catch a glimpse of the action? Filming starts July 11, M-F and is scheduled to last about a month.

Memorial Day Weekend

We put all the boats in the water..........




watched the beautiful fawn on the neighbors lawn....











...guests did tons of canoeing and kayaking...


















did some fishing......caught a few sunny's.....



A beautiful weekend at the lake.....................summer has begun!!!! yeah

Being an innkeeper.....

...is alot of fun, but also hard work. One fun thing about having an inn, is all the people you meet. Especially repeat customers! Its fun to be able to remember people and names and them be so happy to come to our place. As some may know, we are a family run B & B. Mom, Dad, sister Moe, brother Sean, Sister in law Lisa-aka our Martha Stewart- the nieces and nephews running around. The added helpers like Christine and Joe. So, its even more fun when guests come and ask about Dad, or mom and know us all. They really become friends and not just customers. So, a quick shot out to our repeat guests.....We thank you for coming back and enjoying our place!

Power Boat Racing Returns!

It's been 12 years since there's been power boat racing on Greenwood Lake, but this weekend the American Power Boat Association brought back the tradition. With Brown's Point State Park (on the Jersey end of the Lake) as homebase, there was a great line-up of high-speed races. Because of the specialized nature of the trailers for the racing boats they had to be lowered into the lake by crane. It was pretty amazing to watch. Some of the boats were said to reach speeds of 170 mph! For more info on power boat racing check out www.screamandfly.com

Dirtbike Races and Concerts to come!

This past Sunday May 1st, the whole Inn crew gathered at Tuxedo Ridge ski center to support our friend Gerard and the Tri-state MC. They had a huge turn out. Hundreds of dirtbikes blazing all over the mountains. They had a 5 mile long track that crossed over all the ski slopes, from top to bottom and the woods in between. The place was packed. We also were able to walk up the slopes to different areas of the race. They had food and beer and the day was beautiful.

*So in addition to the fun dirtbike race, Tuxedo Ridge is having concerts and some Spartan Tournament. The concerts were a big hit last year so check out there website. Tuxedoridge.com