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Greetings from Los Gatos Bed &
Breakfast!
What a wonderful year this has been! Our
thanks go out to all of you for helping our business to grow again this year-
we are always grateful that you have chosen to stay at Los Gatos when you visit
the Finger Lakes. We enjoy having the chance to meet new guests and then always
look forward to greeting them again when they come back as friends! We are also
getting to meet many of your friends and families when you recommend us or
bring them with you on return visits - something we enjoy very much!
Between the flowers, fruits and
vegetables, our gardens continue to intrigue and delight our guests. The
"tasting garden" has been our focus this year. Expanding on the traditional and
straw bale gardening and the espaliered trees we have done in the past, we
added some vertical hydroponics. With
strawberries in half the stacks and mixed veggies in the
others, the gardens were booming with good things to sample all summer long.
Even now we have still have a few raspberries, strawberries and artichokes
ripening!
 BedandBreakfast.com Award III
Again this
year our guests have continued to share the word about Los Gatos B&B
through Tripadvisor and
BedandBreakfast.com. These independent
reviews are becoming more and more important to prospective guests when they
are deciding where to stay. We appreciate that so many of you have written such
nice things about your experiences here with us. For the third year in a row
BedandBreakfast.com has selected us for an award - this year in their "Best of
the Mid-Atlantic" category. With more than 9,000 B&B's for them to choose
from, we feel honored to have been selected. The award is based on the number
and quality of the reviews posted on their site about us, so our thanks go out
to you for sharing your kind words about us! Thanks!
Customer
Appreciation
Our guests are THE BEST, and to show our appreciation
we would like to offer you our best deal of the year! Stay with us in November
or December for two or more consecutive nights and we will ...
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Finger Lakes Escapes
Specials
Are you thinking ahead for your winter get-away? We have
designed Escape Packages that are perfect for when you are ready for a break
and want to get away. Our Winter Escapes program will run January through
April. The Finger Lakes are beautiful in the winter, and here is a great chance
for a relaxing getaway: 2 nights lodging, our full country breakfast each
morning, a $40 gift certificate, and the VIP card for free tastings and
discounts at select wineries on Keuka and Seneca Lakes. The Escapes are
available 7 days a week, starting at $259 plus tax. Call us or
book on-line to reserve a package- or give one
in the form of a gift certificate!
Wine Tour Packages
Once again we are offering a Winter Wine Tour Package at attractive
prices. Our Wine Tour Packages feature two nights lodging, our award-winning
breakfast each morning, and a 6 hour private tour of the local wineries in a
luxury sedan. Your knowledgeable and courteous driver will help you find the
wineries that best suit your tastes, and safely drive you around the lakes. The
Winter Wine & Dine Package is available through April 30, 2011. Prices
start at $595, and include lodging and tour taxes.
On-line Gift Shop
With
the holidays approaching, we want to remind everyone that we have gift
certificates available which can be purchased through our on-line gift store at
http://losgatosbandb.com/catalog.
Our jams, jellies, syrup and coffee are also available there as well as many of
the fun cat tiles. We doubled our jam-making this summer, so we should have
plenty of your favorites in stock!
Pride of New York Harvest
Fest
Our jams and jellies will be featured at the
Pride of New York Harvest
Fest at the New York State Fairgrounds November 6-7. The Fest's theme is
"Indulge your tastebuds!", and there will be plenty of opportunity to do
just that. Besides our jam, there will be vendors sampling crisp tasty produce,
fine wines, quality meats, baked goods, maple and honey products, salsas,
marinades, milk and ice cream, fresh fragrant flowers and more. There will also
be cooking demonstrations and seminars. We hope to see you there!
Fall Recipe
The cooler
weather and longer evenings encourage us to do some baking. We make Banana
Bread fairly often because it can be served with butter or cream cheese at
breakfast, as a snack, or as an evening treat. This recipe makes a bread with
very nice texture, and it freezes well:
 BANANA BREAD
- 3 1/2 c. sifted all-purpose
flour
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 c. mashed, ripe bananas (4 to
6)
- 2 tblsp. lemon juice
- 3/4 c. shortening
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 c. milk
- 1/2 c. chopped pecans or walnuts
(chop fine for easy slicing)
Sift together flour, baking
powder, salt and baking soda.
Mash bananas with rotary beater or fork.
Add lemon juice and mix.
Cream shortening and sugar with mixer at
medium speed, or with spoon. Add eggs and beat thoroughly until very light and
fluffy.
Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk; lightly beat
after each addition. Fold in bananas and nuts.
Pour into 2 greased 8
1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2" loaf pans. Bake in 350° oven for 1 hour, or until cake
tester or wooden pick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Cool in pans
10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on wire rack. Wrap in foil or plastic
wrap and let stand in cool place overnight before slicing, or freeze. Makes 2
loaves.
Fall Events:
The Windmill Farm & Craft Market is
open Saturdays through December 11.
Christkindl Market 2010 -
November 12-14
Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum,
Canandaigua
Seneca Lake Wine Trail
Deck the Halls - November 19-21, December
3-5
Polar Passport - December 6, 2010
through March 31 2011
Keuka Lake Wine Trail
Keuka Holidays - November 13-14 &
20-21
Burney & Susan Baron
Los Gatos Bed & Breakfast
http://LosGatosBandB.com
Toll
Free: 866.289.7381
(315)536-0686
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