GingerBread House

This is GingerBread House, and you could live here. We live here, and we love it. The Village that is.

The folks that own GingerBread House currently live in California. HA! They know where they want to be... in the StoryBook Village.

Skaneatele Suites for details.

Sunrise Rotary & WinterFest

Are you an early riser? I know I am up every day at 5, usually doing important things like writing blogs, while my wife Toni sleeps in. Except for Thursdays. Thursdays she [virtually] bounds out of bed to go to Sunrise Rotary.

It is there that some actual important things take place like planning for the Skaneateles Rotary Winter 2007 Festival, January 28 &28.

So give them a hand, please.
1. Link to this blog. At least pass it along.
2. Join the Sunrise Rotary, have breakfast with Toni Thursday Mornings
3. Mark your calendar for WinterFest 2007

Here are some links from their webpage:

Meets Thursday Morning, 7-8 am
at Skaneateles Hilltop Restaurant, Skaneateles NY

Officers:
President, Rhett Weiss
President-Elect, John Paddock
Secretary, Elaine Taggart
Treasurer, Toni Feldmann
Past Provisional President, Doug Hill
Pavilion Photo PageWinterfest

One last thing, you will have a much better time at Rotary Winter Fest if you arrive early, then stay late which is easy to do if you have a room at Skaneateles Suites

The World is About Us

The premiere receptive tour operator in Central New York, specializing in the Finger Lakes, Syracuse, Rochester, 1000 Islands, Cooperstown and the Adirondacks. With over 15 years experience, World About Us offers fun filled itineraries, knowledgeable and trained guides with the lowest tour costs available.

Please check out our Getaway Packages and our Group Tours. If you don't find what you are looking for, we would be happy to work with you to plan the perfect custom tour.

Vacation in the Finger Lakes!
If you have never visited the Finger Lakes or Central New York, you are missing one of the country's treasures. And even if you live there, there is always more to experience. One of the nation's top wine producing regions, the Finger Lakes boasts over 80 wineries. The area is also packed full of unique historic sites, and stunning natural attractions. The lakes themselves offer a wealth of recreational opportunities. We encourage you explore the tourism resources available. If you would like some suggestions, or assistance, please do not hesitate to call us. We would be happy to show you all the Finger Lakes have to offer.

And, they often use Skaneateles Suites

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A Picture is Worth...Priceless

I don't get it, neither does Tom. Tom Watson, Photog, that is.

We manage other peoples property for them. Mostly that means we clean a lot of houses so we can them rent them, hopefully for a lot of money for the owner.

Which gets me to the photography part. Do you think I can get them [my owners] to pony up for professional photography? Nope. They just want the big rent checks without the costs. Geeze, guys. So lately we have been just buying the photography and burying it in the costs.

Wanna see what I am talking about?
Above is a picture taken by ME and my digital camera,

This is what you get from Tom:

Conclusion: Don't take 5 years [like I did] to discover a pictures say a 1000 words, and by the way, costs maybe a $1000, and by the way, pays for itself immediately with higher prices and easier sales pitches. Call Tom and tell him: "Curt days......blah blah". But first go to Tom's Page

Wanna be friends?

In case you don't know, the World Wide Web is going Local, and so is Syracuse.

That's because the whole world is too big a place when you want to know something about [say] little-old Skaneateles. It infuriates me to search for a hotel in a small village on Travelocity only to be directed to a chain hotel that is 45 minutes away. Grrr!

And that's why Google and Yahoo are making such a big deal about LOCAL searches and content.

And that's why my friends Cary and Chris have such a good idea at http://www.syracusefriends.com Syracuse Friends.

Mind you, I am happily married and intend to stay that way. But when I was a single man, about all there was to find someone was the barrooms. But that was before the internet, and now the new "social internet".

Need a new friend? Look to Syracuse Friends you may find them in your own back yard.

By the way, if it's a boy/girl kind of thing you find, we know a great place to celebrate: Skaneateles Suites

Coffee at the Sherwood

I just had a great cup of coffee at the Sherwood Inn, historically a stagecoach stop and now an inn, restaurant and all round great spot in Skaneateles. They are kind enough to host a meeting of local travel business's, some of which are "the competition". I am not surprised, though, that the way we do things in the StoryBook Village.

The Sherwood Inn also takes reservations for The Packwood House, Hobbitt Hollow and the Village Inn. Find them at The Sherwood Inn

The photo is taken from their website.

Of course, if they are full, call us at the Skaneateles Suites

Skaneateles Tour Groups

I just gave a presentation to the Group Tour Committee about harnessing the power of blogs for promotion. The group is looking for new ways to attract Group Tours to Auburn, NY [which absolutely FULL of history, and, Skaneateles, NY which is our StoryBook Village.

If you are a travel person in the New York, New England area, you should consider making us a destination. Your travelers will thank you. Contact Chas Allan at World About us Tours www.worldaboutus.com

Charles Dickens’s Visits Skaneateles, The Story Book Village

Charles Dickens’s Visits Skaneateles, The Story Book Village


Skaneateles is a cute-as-a-button Village located in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. If ever there was a Must-Do it would be Skaneateles Dickens’s Festival. Every Saturday and Sunday between Thanksgiving and Christmas the Village shares it’s lifestyle with all visitors. Professional actors, dressed in Dickens’s period costumes, walk the streets and shops of the Village. Lot’s of locals dress up as well, and everyone is infected with the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come.

Think of it as street theater without a script. And don’t be surprised when everyone wished you well, tips his or her hat or holds open a door. That’s just the way we are.

Insider Tip: Avoid Saturday, it’s crowded. Better yet, spend the night on Sunday. The Chamber of Commerce has a list of places to stay. www.skaneateles.com. Better yet, check out www.skaneatelessuites.com [that's us] and call for more info 315-685-7568

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