If you’re going to name your hotel The Grand, you’d better make sure that you live up to the name. To the Musser family, current owners of The Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island…you’ve got nothing to worry about. Your little … Continue reading
Category Archives: historic hotels
Historic Travel Girl Does Something Truly Historic (For Her and the Hub, Anyway)
Okay, netties, so in my last blog I plugged a bed and breakfast in Saint Augustine, the Bayfront Marin House. Here’s a picture of it, with all of its great porches and happy looking yellow umbrellas. You may have thought … Continue reading
Gardening Advice isn’t Horse Ca-Ca
As a gardener, I’m always looking at other people’s gardens with envy and anger. Why are their dahlias bigger than mine? How come I can’t grow lavender? How do they remember to water every night? Even nights that Bachelor Pad … Continue reading
You’re Feeling Sleepy, Sleepy…
That’s what one hour less sleep will do to you. My husband has long declared that, if he were to run for office (insert here the incredulous sound of your choice…such as HA, or TSK), he would run on a … Continue reading
Too Cool for School?
HTG hates Washington, DC. It has nothing to do with the Redskins, or whatever political party is in office (well, sometimes it’s the political party in office). It’s more the stupid layout of the city–the circles, the non-parallel roads, the … Continue reading