Fly American Airlines to the Carlisle House!

We really love American Airlines! With all the renovations we've been doing, our AAdvantage card has been really well used - to the extent that when we go to Little Rock in January for the International Professional Association of Innkeepers conference, we will be flying free with AA frequent flyer miles! So next time you use one of our gorgeously renovated bathrooms here at the Carlisle House, think American! Although I must tell you that our bathrooms are considerably bigger than theirs,

on the other hand ours don't fly at 36,000 feet! So next time you're flying into Little Rock, AR think to yourself "The Carlisle House Bathrooms have Grohe Aquatower showers with body sprays!" amd when you land, pull out your smartphone, go to TheCarlisleHouse.com and book your stay at ground level!

For us though, it's a big "Thank You" to

David Baldacci at the Carlisle House

Carlisle, although you may not know this, is the Center of the Universe! Sooner or later, people we admire from all walks of life find their way here, and to our great pleasure most often stay at the Carlisle House.

Tonight we feel particularly honored because one of our most favorite authors is staying with us. David Baldacci is here in town, and is the keynote speaker in tomorrow's "Celebrate the Book" Central Pennsylvania Book Festival.

David's books have been a great source of pleasure from his first, "Absolute Power", through the King and Maxwell series, and Alan's particular favorites, the Camel Club series, to his latest book "One Summer" - a very different sort of novel from the preceding ones.

A prodigious writer, David still finds time in his life to contribute to literacy efforts across the country. These include the Wish You Well Foundation founded by David and Michelle to support family literacy in the United States, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, and the Virginia Literacy Foundation.

He is also involved in support for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, and Cure Search, this last supporting lab research and state-of-the-art care of infants, children, teens, and young adults with cancer.

If, like me, you are curious about the genesis of a writer, then read "An Overnight Success" by David. You will enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed having him stay with us. For us, "The Whole Truth" is that David's writing is "Simple Genius", and "The Simple Truth" is that he is "The Winner", and David - we "Wish You Well"!

Special Guest with a Story to Tell

Severin Fayerman
Holocaust Survivor and Autobiographer

We were delighted to host a special guest last night. Severin Fayerman and his dear friend Toni. Severin was in the area to give one of his many inspirational presentations to young school students about his life in Poland and survival in the horrid and notorious prison camps of Nazi Germany, one of which was Auschwitz.

His book, A Survivors Story, details his life and the horrors experienced. Following the war and reunited with his family, young Severin's family came to the states, bought the small Baldwin Tool and Die Company in NJ and developed it into the prestigious Baldwin Brass Company!

History is personal and all around us

Those of you who have stayed in our Ewing Room or Rose Room, and certainly those of you who have the pleasure of being a Carlisle local, or Carlislian, will know that our B&B used to be the home of the Ewings, and that the twins, Seymour and Bill, grew up in our house.

We are reminded of this, and of them, often during the renovations and maintenance we are constantly performing, and yesterday as we were stripping old wallpaper we came across yet another Ewing Signature on the wall. Now, Seymour has been the most prolific writer, with comments on walls all over the property, but this one is by Bill, or William as he clearly liked to be called in his younger days. I said that Seymour did most of the writing but Bill made up for it with this one - it is almost 3 feet across!

For the first 5 years that we owned the Carlisle House, we often used to see Seymour and Bill drive into our parking lot and circle slowly around looking to see what changes we had made, and of course they were always available for open houses when Seymour would quietly sit in a chair in the Rose Room until he was noticed, then he'd say in a loud voice "It's alright! You can come in, I'm not stuffed!".

The next story about Bill and Seymour needs a little explanation. Our B&B was built in 1826 and has thick rock walls in the basement with enormous floor joists sitting on top of them, with the brick walls outside the joists, and on upward. Imagine, if you will, that between each joist is an open-fronted box with the rock as the bottom, two joists forming the walls, brick at the back, and the floor above is the top. Keep that in mind!

In the basement are the electrical breaker boxes, and we always keep a clear path between the basement steps and the electrical boxes so that we can reset breakers when needed. As we do a lot of maintenance, the path is used often and one day Mary went to the breaker box - maybe an hour or two after I had last been there - and in the middle of the path were scattered what looked at a quick glance like dollar bills. Mary picked them up, and noticed that on the back were typed Seymour and Bill's names. She called me and we stood there mystified as to where they could possibly have come from. As we looked around we shone a flashlight into the "box" described above, and saw an old leather wallet stuffed with play money!

The problem is that the opening of the wallet was facing into the box, toward the bricks. We still don't know how the money got out of the wallet and about 4 feet to the path to the breakers! Maybe it is the twins' way of saying "Don't forget us! We're still going to be here for as long as people remember us!".

We miss the twins, but are so glad to have known them. They truly were a part of Carlisle's history.

New PATRIOT Mugs by Deneen

HOT OFF THE
POTTERS WHEEL!

Handmade in America
St Paul, MN

Our new mugs with Deneen's newest "just introduced" shape:
the PATRIOT.

It offers our Carlisle House branded mug in new shape and color. They include Hunter with Dijon glaze and Gloss with Blue reminiscent of Pennsylvania salt glazed pottery.

As the first to order the new shape, the Carlisle House mugs are all signed and numbered by company founder, Peter Deneen!

The logo is "Glaze Engraving"TM and is an exclusive process in which original studio art is cut directly into the clay and filled with glaze, achieving a distinctive detailed image. The process was developed by Peter Deneen assisted by artist David Christofferson.

Please just give us a call to place your order... the holidays are coming!

In memory!

Blood Sweat & Tears in Concert - Oct 9 Shippensburg

Blood Sweat & Tears in concert

Friday - October 9 - 8pm
H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center, Shippensburg, PA

Blood, Sweat & Tears is known for blending rock, blues, pop, horn arrangements and jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as brass-rock.

Some of BS&T’s most well-known songs are “You’ve Made Me So Very Happy,” “Spinning Wheel,” “And When I Die” and “Lucretia Mac Evil.”


For tickets, visit the box office, call 717-477-SHOW or click here.

Come stay at the Carlisle House after the great concert!

Wedding Celebrants - Mr & Mrs Stout

Welcome to the new
Mr & Mrs Alexander Stout
Special guests at the
Carlisle House
this weekend.

Dickinson alumni, Bernadette McFadden and Alex Stout, were married today at the historic St John's Episcopal Church on the square in Carlisle, moved to the Old West campus of the college for a fabulous reception and then partied into the night at the Old Ribbon Mill.
Congratulations!!

Shown as they departed for the festivities!

Keep on Truckin' in Carlisle!

Three Luxurious suites are still available this weekend for the Carlisle Truck Nationals. We don't guarantee it, but we would like to point out that one of our guests won a 3rd Place prize last year, and who knows what she'll win this year!

So join us here - remember "all roads lead to Carlisle", and to the Carlisle House, winner of "Best of Carlisle" for 8 years running, one of TripAdvisor's top 2 B&B's in Pennsylvania, a BedandBreakfast.com Diamond Collection B&B, and a Select Registry property.

And even better, you really don't have to have a truck! You could visit Carlisle just for our wonderful restaurants and antiquing. Whatever reason you have for visiting, we'd love to have you stay with us, so book on-line from our web-site or just call us at 717-249-0350.

Kayak Long Pine Run Reservoir - Kings Gap, near Carlisle PA

Registration is still open for this program!!

Novice as well as experienced paddlers are welcome to participate in a relaxed 1.5 hour exploration of this quiet reservoir located in Michaux State Forest near Caledonia State Park.

This peaceful, 155 acre lake has approximately three miles of shoreline, most of which is mixed hardwood and pine forest. While small electric motor boats are permitted, canoes and kayaks are more typical. Fishing and hiking are also available at Long Pine Run Reservoir.

Kayak program participants meet Kings Gap staff at the lake. Single kayaks, paddles and life vests are provided. Basic instruction and safety procedures will be reviewed before launching.

Please be aware of these safety restrictions when registering:

Participants must be 12 years or older, and able to swim.

Each participant age 12-18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

300 lb. weight limit for kayaks.

Kings Gap Staff will provide a natural history program during each session.

Registration is required. Cost is $15.00 per person.

Call 486-5031 to register by noon on Thursday, August 4^th