"WHAT'S THAT SMELL? - Gerry Connick is so good at that whole innkeeper thing that Martha Stewart Living Radio decided to call him up and get a few on-air tips,

Gerry spends half the year as chief cook, bottle-washer, electrician and comptroller at the 175-year-old Century House B&B on Nantucket.

His 10 commandments of hospitality included no wall to wall carpeting ("the wood should not be covered by anything other that a small area rug"); lots of reading material; no scented candles or "home fragrances" of any kind except for the smell of freshly brewed coffee ("starting at 4:30 a.m. for the early risers") and a "welcoming," triple-sheeted bed with lots of pillows.

This last part confused us a bit, since we have been known to nod off at the blood-pressure machine at Publix with nary a welcome, and halve little idea of the significances of three sheets unless it's followed by the phrase "to the wind."

But Gerry's wife, Jean-Ellen Heron, says that's the way it's done at thigh-class joints.

Which explains why it's news to us.