Breakfast guest at The Inn at Stockbridge

Alice & Len Schiller, owner/innkeepers of the Inn at Stockbridge B&B in the Berkshires are always pleased when a guest at the Inn asks if they can invite someone for breakfast. I keep on blogging because we are always having interesting guests pass through our doors. Yesterday we were pleased to invite David Garrison, center, who is presently starring in Red Remembers at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He was invited to the Inn by our guests Bob Unger & Pamela Singer. David, Bob And Pamela were all students at Boston University together where all three were students of theatre. We also discovered that Pamela was in a show with Rita Moreno a former guest of the Inn Pamela works in stage management. Bob is now an attorney in corporate law. Bob & Pamela reside in NYC and have a vacation cottage in Pawling NY. David lives in Manhattan and in Santa Fee New Mexico.
David is most known for his role in Married with Children. He played Steve the next door neighbor who was married to Marcy. Most recently he starred in Wicked as the Wizard. David was thrilled to have breakfast with Bob & Pamela. Last week he also dined at the Inn with Lucy Johnson, former VP with CBS daytime. David grew up on the Jersey Shore and was always a fan of Red Barber David is not sure what his next role will be but hopes his agent is working on his behalf.
We are always delighted when we have the opportunity to sit down with our guests and get to know them a bit better. After all what Len & I enjoy most about owning and operating the Inn at Stockbridge is the people that we get to meet.
Perhaps we will get the opportunity to meet you next. One never knows.

Wonderful People visit the Inn at Stockbridge

I must have said it hundreds of times but its worth repeating. I love Innkeeping because of the guests that pass through our doors. Every season is different bringing different types of guests. The fall brings the most diverse group of people from all over the states, England and places far and near all looking for the beautiful foliage that mother nature brings us each year. Last week we had the pleasure of meeting Kelly & Ray Owen and their Aunt and Uncle Madeline and Stanley Brown. They were the most pleasant interesting people. Kerry and Ray Owen live in Hot Springs National park in Arkansas which they informed us was the first National park in the US. Owen and Kerry are long term friends of Bill Clinton. In fact Kerry dated Bill many moons ago. They have been great friends over many years. Kerry knew back then that Bill Clinton was special and would go on to do great things. He wanted to make the world a better place. They attended both inaugural balls. Owen is a Justice of the Peace in Hot Springs. He was an engineer and a jack of all trades and dabbled in many things. Kerry is a retired English teacher and taught drama and communications. She won the award for teacher of the year. Madeline and Stanley Brown are from Miami Florida Stanley retired from the hotel business. He owned several hotels in Miami and sold the last one 10 years ago.
The Owens and Brown's made visiting the Inn at Stockbridge Bed & Breakfast in the Berkshires part of their New England Fall tour. They love the charm of the New England villages and a and raved about the New England warmth and hospitality. They are also visiting Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. We are thrilled to have met them and hope they visit us again.

Guests & Local Friends Come together at The Inn at Stockbridge

Alice Schiller , owner of the Inn at Stockbridge, continues this blog to highlight the various guests that return to the Inn year after year. Its always a pleasure when local friends and guests can meet in such a special place and catch up.
We had the pleasure of hosting Josh & Judy Weston last week. Josh & Judy are friends of some Andi & Jeffrey Goodman, local friends from West Stockbridge. At the Inn we often find that there is only one degree of separation. The Weston's and the Goodman's are friends as a result of a mutual friendship with George & Liz Ruderman who worked at General electric with Jeffrey. George spotted Jeffrey as a future leader at General Electric. George took Jeffrey under his wing and mentored him and treated him like an adopted son. Jeffrey feels he owes his success to George. Josh & Judy are friends of the the Rudderman's from New Jersey. Josh Weston is the former chairman of the board of ADP from 1986-1998 and is now honoray chairman. Today Josh Weston makes a continued contribution to the many boards he is on. He is heavily involved in Boys Town Jerusalem and the Museum of Natural History.
Judy supports the National Dance Institute founded in 1976 by Jacques D'Amboise. The NDI uses dance as a catalyst to engage inner city kids from NYC in Dance.
Its a pleasure to know Josh & Judy Weston who continue to make a strong contribution to so many various good causes and help to make this world a better place.
We hope Josh & Judy visit us next year choose to and take an upgrade from the Petite Room.
While in the Berkshires the Weston's visited Tanglewood and the various other cultural venues in the Berkshires

Thirty Years & Counting at The Inn at Stockbridge

Dr. Marvin & Naomi Lipman have the distinct honor of being the most long term guests at the Inn at Stockbridge B&B in the Berkshires. They even preceded us at the Inn. They have stayed in every room at the inn but love the Terrace room, they call it Marvin's room. Marvin & Naomi are photoed on the Terrace room private deck on which the love to listen to quiet music and read the New york Times.
The Lipmans have lived in Scarsdale for 43 years. Dr Marvin has been a member of the Scarsdale Medical Group for over 40 years. The group was started by Dr Herman Tarnower, the author of the Scarsdale Diet. Marvin is professor of Medicine at New York Medical College in Valhalla and is Chief Medical Advisor to Consumer Reports. I fondly remember when Dr. Lipman would edit his columns and constantly send and receive faxes. Computers now make this task simpler. Naomi was travel editor for the health and travel newsletter for many years.

While in the Berkshires they always visit Tanglewood and enjoyed Yo Yo Ma and Carmen Bernana. They enjoyed the Prisoner on Second Ave at the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Jacobs Pillow. The Lipmans now love to spend time in NYC and enjoy the culture of the Metropolitan Opera and Theatre and to spend time with their three grandchildren. Marvin & Naomi love the Berkshires and the Inn at Stockbridge and plan to return next year.

Mothers & Daughters Reunion at the Inn at Stockbridge

The Blog at the Inn at Stockbridge Bed & Breakfast in the Berkshires continues as the guests keep on coming to enjoy all the Inn and Stockbridge has to offer. I hope it will never end and so this blog will continue.
Three girls met became friends in Kenwood School in the 6th grade in Chicago over 60 years ago. The mothers married had children and careers but their friendship continues until today. They now get together with their daughters annually to keep the relationship strong. We are thrilled that the chose the Inn for their get together this summer. Paula Simon, Deedie Holtzman & Jill Randell are the mothers. Deedie's daughters are Arlene Holtzman, Susan Holtzman Frankel & Karen Holtzman. Jill Randell daughters are Liz Feirstein, Debbie Fisher and Paulas daughters are Shelly Myers and Jackie Simon. I was presented with a book that was put together by Paula Simon which contained their itinerary, beautiful photo collages, stories and wonderful poems and wonderful stories of their times together.
There were suggestions of a trip trip to the Norman Rockwell Museum, The Mount, Ventfort Hall, Chesterwood or Naumkeag. A spa day at Cranwell, afternoon shopping at art galleries. dinners were at Chez Nous, Cafe Lucia & Rouge. Evening entertainment included Jacob's Pillow and The Berkshire Theatre Festival. Mornings consisted of the wonderful breakfasts and catch up by the 10 ladies.

This was a fun filled weekend for all and a memorable time for us as well as the entire group.

You too can plan a fun filled weekend at the Inn at Stockbridge. Alice & Len Schiller will guide you to make all your dreams come true.

A Wonderful Summer at The Inn at Stockbridge

Len & Alice Schiller, owners of the Inn at Stockbridge Bed & Breakfast in the Berkshires are having a wonderful summer. Culture at Tanglewood, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Barrington Stage Company by night and outdoors by day with hiking, golf and kayaking.
All this combined with the most interesting of guests staying at the Inn. Last week we had the opportunity to chat with Christele & Yannick Perreve. Both Christele & Yannick are French born from Provence and Leon. They were both educated in France in business and now live in London. Yannick works for Citibank and Christelle is a photographer specilizing in equine.
Christelle came to the United States to photograph the wild mustangs in Whyoming Christelle site horse-tale.com shows her photographs. Christelle travels all around the world, over 63 countries in search of various horses and perfect light. Christelle & Yannick found the Inn at Stockbridge on the internet. They were seeking the perfect Small Elegant Inn which they found here. Christele and Yanick consider themselves foodies and wineys as does every french person. While at the Inn the dined at Chez Nous and Old Inn On the Green. While in the Berkshires they visited the Shaker Village, Norman Rockwell Museum and Chesterwood. Christele and Yannick are a delightful couple who are among the interesting and varied guests that visit us at the Inn. What I enjoy most about being an innkeeper is chatting with our guests and helping them experience the Berkshires that I love.

Repeat Guests at The Inn at Stockbridge

Alice & Len Schiller, owners of the Inn at Stockbridge B&B in the Berkshires, always look forward to their repeat guests every summer. It is always wonderful to see friendly faces and catch up on all that has happened in our lives over the years. Phip & Adelle Glassman & Gordy and Eleanor Zach are loyal repeat guests from Toronto.
Phip and Adelle are married 58 years and are still a great team. Gordy and Eleanor are not married but have been together for 15 years. Both the Zach's and Glassman winter in Palm Beach. It is always a treat to write this blog and to interview our guests. The Glassmans were in the sponge business together. They imported the raw material and fabricated the sponges. they have 3 children, 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren and they are thrilled to have them all live in Toronto. Gordy had a furniture and appliance store in Hamilton retired and moved to Toronto. Gordy has 5 grandchildren and Eleanor has 2 children and 5 grandchildren. The Glassmans's and the Zach's have been coming to the Inn at Stockbridge for over 10 years and look forward to returning next year. They enjoy visiting Jacobs Pillow, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Shakespeare & Company & Tanglewood. They enjoy the fine restaurants that we recommend each year. This year the tried and enjoyed Cafe Adam on the recommendation of the Sach's and Croll's.
I particularly enjoyed chatting with Adelle & Phil and Eleanor & Gordy about health insurance in Canada. They think it is a marvelous system and that the US should implement a similar system.
We look forward to welcoming them back again next year and to catch up.

Tanglewood on Parade and Astronomy under the Stars

This Year Tanglewood on Parade on July 28 is adding a new spin to the days program. It is adding Music and Astronomy Under the Stars - Not Just for Kids!
An extravaganza of music and fun for music lovers of all ages. Activities begin at 2pm with special guest, Dr. Donald Lubowich, from Hofstra University’s Astronomy Outreach Program offering stargazing for adults and children with telescope observations of the Sun, Moon, Jupiter, star clusters, and nebulae. This NASA sponsored event is part of the worldwide 2009 International Year of Astronomy, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo using a telescope for astronomy.

This NASA-sponsored event is part of the worldwide 2009 International Year of Astronomy, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo using a telescope for astronomy.

This all came about as a result of Dr Don Lubowich, a frequent guest at the Inn at Stockbridge asking us if we had any contacts at Tanglewood. We put him in touch Kim in marketing and the rest is history.

This is what Len & I enjoy about owning the Inn at Stockbridge. We meet a variety of interesting guests, we get to know them and build a network of wonderful people that we can bring together to make exciting things happen for all to enjoy in the Berkshires and everywhere in this wonderful world that our guests come from.

Breakfast at the Inn at Stockbridge with Special Guests

Alice & Len Schiller, owners of the Inn at Stockbridge, Bed & Breakfast are always pleased when we can welcome special friends of our guests to join us for breakfast at the Inn. We were pleased to welcome Elayne Bernstein & Sol Schwartz the other day. I had the pleasure of meeting Elaine & Sol at Shakespeare & Company in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. The theatre is named for Elayne Bernstein who is a trustee of Shakespeare & Co. Elayne and Sol spotted the young man Stephen Pilkington in New York at an Apple Store where he was working. They struck up a conversation and spotted his talent and brought him to Shakespeare & Co. Stephen is an extraordinary actor and is very grateful to Elayne & Sol for this opportunity. Elayne & Sol are a wonderful couple who found each other later in life. Frances Martinson, from our previous blog related how Sol proposed to Elayne at Shakespeare and Co. several years ago.

Frances also related how Elayne moves her car in Manhattan for alternate side of the street parking in order to save money on a garage and thus be able to donate more to Shakespeare & Co. Meeting wonderful people is what Len and I love about owning the Inn at Stockbridge. Who knows who we will have the pleasure of meeting tomorrow. Perhaps You

M is for May & Mothers Day at The Inn at Stockbridge

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. ~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul

Alice, Len & Sandra want you to bring that special lady to the Inn in May for Mothers day. We want to hear why your mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, or friend is special and hope that you want our readers of this blog to know as well.
As our thank you for telling your story, if you visit the Inn during the month of May for a two night stay and we feature your story we will reward you with a gift certificate of $100.00 towards a future stay.

Share your love with our readers and let your special lady know how much you love her.

Artist, Norman Rockwell & The Inn at Stockbridge

It was a great thrill to have artist illustrator Enido Michelini, his wife Wilma and daughter Vanessa visit the Inn last week. Enido has been a great admirer of Norman Rockwell for many years. Enido started his career as an illustrator in in his native Brazil. Enido has had a Norman Rockwell book published in 1971 that he has admired over the years and has always wanted to visit the Norman Rockwell Museum.As a gift to her father, Enido's daughter Vanessa surprised her father with a birthday gift to the Inn. The family visited the museum and it lived up to all their expectations. The family now resides in Florida and Enido continues to be an artist and has his works displayed in several galleries.

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We Love Repeat Guests at The Inn at Stockbridge

Alice & Len Schiller, owner/innkeepers of The Inn at Stockbridge have had the distinct pleasure of running the Inn for over fourteen years. Over the years we have come to know many of the guests that have stepped through our doors. This is what we enjoy most about innkeeping.

Kim & Doug Feest first came to the Inn as a young married couple in 1997. Over the years they have returned many times. Doug remembers walking through the barn when it was under construction with Len. He really admires the finished product. Over the years Kim and Doug have stayed in many rooms and are amazed how we upkeep and maintain the property. Doug & Kim now have a 7 year old daughter Isabella.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Doug & Kim over breakfast. We talked about losses, divorces of friends and family, moving and health issues. It was as if we were old friends catching up. They told me how a night at the Inn renews and refreshes them to face lifes challenges.

Doug works for Clydel as a production tool maker and Kim is employed at the Hartford group as a team lead.

Kim and Doug hope to return to the Inn when they need a break in the near future and I will enjoy catching up with old friends.

Love in many hemisphers comes to the Inn at Stockbridge

Len & Alice, owners of the Inn at Stockbridge B&B, are thrilled that the Inn attracts diverse and international guests from around the world.
Stian & Amy Lovseth met in Australia when they were both students of business at the University of Sidney & Bond. Amy is from from Berverly Farms, MA & Stian is from Oslow, Norway.

Amy & Stian although from different continents and from different schools met by strange circumstance while Amy somehow was giving Stian a lift to Melbourne. Through this ride they decided to date even though they were living 14 hours apart. Amy & Stian were fortunate to hook up 12 times before Stian was going back to his home in Norway. Stian decided he wanted to see Amy again and headed back to Australia and they moved in together. Stian's visa ran out and he was forced to go back to Norway.

Stian was determined to be with Amy so he traveled to Boston where he proposed on June 21, 2001. Amy moved to Norway and they were married in October of that 2001 and then proceeded to have a blessing ceremony in Scotland at Dalhousie. Amy & Stian lived in Norway for 2.5 years and then moved to Manhattan where they currently reside. Stian presently is employed by the Norwegian Bank in NYC and Amy is employed in Maritime Insurance in Jersey City.

Amy does her homework on every decision that she makes and after a careful search of many Inns in the Berkshires she chose to come to the Inn at Stockbridge. We thank you Amy & Stian for visiting us and wish you good fortune on whichever hemisphere you end up on. Please visit us again.

Craig and Alexandria Return to the Inn at Stockbridge

Craig and Alexandria Gilbert live in the West Village in New York City and have stayed with us at the Inn at Stockbridge 6 times. They enjoy getting away from the city and love the peaceful atmosphere at the Inn. The have always take the same room in the barn.

They first came to the Inn when they first started dating. Craig and Alexandria got married on May 27, 2006 and continue to return every year to keep the romance alive in their relationship.

They have established traditions in their visit to the Inn. The go for dinner to the Old Inn on the Green, one of our favorite places as well. A visit to the Berkshires also includes dinner at the Red Lion Inn and movies at the Triplex in Great Barrington. Craig and Alexandria also include lots of R&R in their stay.

Craig is employed as an investment banker at Lyndon advisers in NYC and Alexandria is a guidance counselor at the Richard R Green High School of Teaching in NYC.

Alice and Len Schiller, owners of the Inn at Stockbridge, thank our loyal guests Craig and Alexandria for their continued patronage and hope to see them again in the 2009.
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