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From the Experts! |
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 Travel
Expert Review.
Travel
Experts flaunt their expertise to those
seeking a place waiting to be discovered.
They represent the sophisticated vacation
traveler. Nantucket Island is the new "it"
destination vacation place. Their
"affiliation with Virtuoso represents
decades of professional experience,
worldwide connections and luxury product,
lifestyle and destination expertise." For
more about their agents go to
www.travel-xperts.com
Sharon Fake, the Director of Operations of
Travel Experts,
pictured above visited Nantucket Island. Of
the Century House she says,
"I had the good fortune of spending 2 nights
at the Century House recently. This
classically decorated inn situated just a
few steps from the downtown area of
Nantucket is the epitome of gracious
hospitality. The welcome mat is clearly out
for guests who appreciate the extra thought
that has gone into making it feel like you
are spending time with long lost friends.
Their kitchen is your kitchen as you gather
for a lush continental breakfast and help
yourself to the abundance of fresh fruit,
cereals and pastries. Each guestroom is
individually decorated, blessed with Molton
Brown products, cable television and a
selection of reading materials. Beverages
are always available and a wide sweeping
front porch and accompanying patios offer a
lovely place to gather. Innkeepers, Jean
and Gerry, make a special effort to reach
out to their guests and to share the
Nantucket they love. You will love it too." |
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Spotlight - The Black Orchid |
A large first
floor, corner room viewing a restored
18th century Kite Hill Estate. Totally
renovated in Spring 2007, this room
boasts a high ceiling with exquisite
layered molding, vaulted enlaid ceiling,
crystal chandeliers, original antique
cast iron fireplace, majestic queen four
poster, Victorian marble-top bureau,
love seat, original wide pine floors,
refrigerator, an outrageous black marble
sink, & Venetian tub surrounded by two
shower heads to sooth your soul.
View Black
Orchid Room
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"April Showers bring Summer flowers" |
"April Showers bring Summer
flowers" and this issue
highlights lots of flowers and a unique
"Innkeeper Gerry's guaranteed
assurance policy of a dry stay
during your Century House visit as you
stroll thru the gardens and pathways of
this beautious Island. A new amenity
has been added to the inn's list of
TLC(tender loving care) room
items during your stay. Come and enjoy
the island in all weather!!!
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John Bannon- 2007 New
Artist-in-Residence |
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Painting on Cliff Road. Of
the Century House he says: "It is
wonderful. This is the only place I get to
talk to other artists."
The Century House welcomes its newest
Artist in Residence mid June with the
arrival of John Bannon, whose home and
studio are in a wooded, historic
Virginia suburb of Washington , where he
specializes in landscapes, still life,
and portraits. States Bannon
"My paintings are to celebrate the
BEAUTY of our visual world and the joys
of seeing. I paint directly from nature
because one must be in its presence to
fell the whole gamut of emotions and
sensual impressions aroused by the
subject."
Bannon had the distinct honor of being a
student, assistant and ?? of M. Jacques
Maroger, former Technical Director of
the
Louvre
Laboratories, Paris, himself a renown
painter and expert in the drawing and
painting techniques of the old masters.
Pictured above Bannon captures one of
the millions of vistas
Nantucket
offers the artist. His work is hung at
the Wilson Gallery on Nantucket Island .
Please visit his website at
www.jbannon.us
for addition information on this
delightful and caring new addition to
the Century House Artist in Residence
Program
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Discover
the Hydrangea Farm on Nantucket Island! |
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Here's a Toast to the
Hydrangea
This issue presents both an obvious
joy to the Island - the hydranga
story - one of the most beautiful
flowers on Nantucket Island...the abundance of
the magnificent colorful and plumb
Hydrangea plant - and the
little known fact
that we have on Island a jewel of a
florist farm at "HYDRANGEA
FARM" with over
300 varieties of hydrangeas
in half a dozen green houses-
located on Madaket Road where the
Century House street, Cliff Road,
intercepts.
HYDRANGEA FARM busily
propagates, grown, sells and ships
hydrangeas all over the world. Owner
by former Innkeepers and special
friends of Innkeepers Gerry and
JeanE, Mal and Mary Kay Condon, the
Farm focuses only on hydrangeas that
grow in
Nantucket's
USDA zone 7B or below.
Nantucket
lies in the same growing zone as
Atlanta
, but the island experiences more
colder days each year so it
influences what hydrangea varieties
do well on Island .
Learn more about the variety of
hydrangeas growing both on Island
and throughout the world (Mal is on
the International Association) from
Mal and Mary Kay for whom the
Century House will be hosting a
reception - for the
Century House
Guests Only
July 9th,,
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
at the inn. In the interim, check
out their website at
www.nantuckethydrangea.com
where you will find a wealth of
information about their specialty. A
joy to be around, Mal and Mary Kay
will be offering you a private tour
of their farm the following morning
at 11:00 AM.
Reservations required so please call
508-228-0530 to reserve you stay and
participate.
Discover Little Known Treasures
through the Century House!!!
The timing of this
offering is perfect, as the
Nantucket
Garden Show is
displaying at the New School
this same week
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