Posted in Great Oak Manor, Luxury Accommodations, Waterfront Bed and Breakfast on Aug 31st, 2010
Well it certainly has been hot here on the shore’s of the Chesapeake. May, June, and July… and early August have been HOT. Friday the weather broke and it has been beautiful. The Eagles are flying, the Rockfish are running and Charly is swimming at the beach every day. There are still rooms left for [...]
Posted in Great Oak Manor, Waterfront Bed and Breakfast on Jul 19th, 2010
Thank you from Frisch Family; they have been coming here for fourteen years. Just wanted to tell you and Cassandra how very much we enjoyed our stay at Great Oak. It was the very best weekend yet; but I do think we must feel that way every year. Certainly it was the finest weather we [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay Bed And Breakfast, Historic Inn Maryland, Waterfront Bed and Breakfast, Weddings on Jun 9th, 2010
The first wedding of the season was last Sunday. The Clerk of Courts, Mark Mumford joined our guest in matrimony and Charly was best man. The four of them Bride, Groom, Mark and Charly with the setting sun in the background… a beautiful site. Congratulations to the Rakitsky’s on their nuptuals. The Hahn family reunion [...]
Posted in Chestertown, Great Oak Manor, Maryland, The Chestertown Arts League on Apr 21st, 2010
April 23-25, 2010 Paint the Town The Chestertown Arts League is sponsoring “Paint the Town ~Â Chestertown 2010,” a plein air weekend in historic Chestertown, Md., Friday to Sunday, April 23-25. This non-juried event is open to artists painting in all media and includes a “Wet Paint” exhibition and sale Saturday evening, April 24, and [...]
Posted in Chestertown, Chestertown Tea Party Festival, Eastern Shore, Great Oak Manor on Apr 21st, 2010
Chestertown Tea Party Festival May 28-31, 2010 Celebrating colonial resistance to British rule, Chestertown, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, will hold its Annual Tea Party Festival Saturday, May 29, 2010. Cocktail Party to be held Friday, May 28, 2010. In response to British Parliament’s closing of the port of Boston, the citizens of Chestertown, Maryland met [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay Bed And Breakfast, Eastern Shore, Great Oak Manor, Waterfront Bed and Breakfast on Jan 25th, 2010
WASHINGTON POST Going Our Way: Searching for a romantic B&B getaway By K.C. Summers Sunday, January 24, 2010 Who: Susan of Falls Church. Where: A romantic B&B in the mid-Atlantic. Why: To celebrate work projects completed and surviving a painfully expensive heat pump replacement. When: A long weekend in mid-March. Budget: $500. “We’re trying to [...]
Posted in Chesapeake Bay Bed And Breakfast, Chestertown, Eastern Shore, Great Oak Manor, Historic Inn Maryland, Luxury Accommodations, Maryland, Waterfront Bed and Breakfast on Jan 18th, 2010
To a friend: “…I watched a marvelous sunset this afternoon in icy cold weather and biting wind, only a little away from the Inn, atop its private beach, overlooking frozen-over water…went as close as I could get to the water. What a feeling! …” To myself: after monotonous several hours (yet, still colorful, thanks to [...]