As we gather our thoughts for the holiday season, Peggy and I wanted to take a minute to acknowledge a special person on our team: Jessica. Jessica has been working with us for just over a year, since October of 2011, coming in twice a week to do light cleaning and ironing. She is unfailingly […]
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Happy Thanksgiving! In the Furlan household, we love all the holidays. But Thanksgiving is perhaps our favorite. Crammed in between decoration-crazy Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving is about family, food and gratitude – three of our favorite things.
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Fifteen years ago, Peggy and I moved to Madison. We came for a variety of reasons that made sense for our family. We left Breckenridge, Colorado — where we had met when we both worked in the hospitality industry there — the first week of November, right between the summer and winter seasons.
Hi friends – Hope you had a fun Halloween. Here at The Livingston Inn we had a number of cute and scary visitors, whom we treated to full-size candy bars. Most of them were very polite and gave us great big thank-yous for our efforts.
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Halloween is coming! In case you didn’t know, the Furlan family loves all of the holidays, and it’s especially fun being in such a beautiful, elegant, historic home. Peggy is such a wonder at decorating, and we feel incredibly fortunate to have such a fabulous canvas to “paint” on, decoration-wise. Look at the fantastic Livingston
As mentioned in last week’s post, The Livingston Inn was honored to have hosted a reunion for the Harman sisters on Sept 16, 2012, exactly one year to the day from our Grand Opening celebration. This was indeed a special afternoon. When you talk to Gail and Jacquie about The Leitch House and what it’s
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Peggy and I love owning this historic home. We’ve often said that we consider ourselves stewards of the building and its history, so we’ve been very gratified by the positive reaction from our neighbors and the greater Madison community since we moved in. There has been a good amount of positive press about the inn
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One of the best things about operating a bed & breakfast is that you get to meet so many interesting people. And often the kind of guests who want to stay at a bed & breakfast – as opposed to a sterile chain hotel – appreciate the human connection. They’re more apt to be the
One year ago today, we opened The Livingston Inn as a bed and breakfast in the historic William T. Leitch House in Madison. We did a ton of work leading up to the opening and knew much more was coming. Reflecting back, I must say the first year was different than we expected but undoubtedly
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If hooping were an Olympic event, Madison would no doubt have several qualifying athletes, and I would bet we’d get a medal or two (check out this video). The same would be possible with playing hackey sack, slacklining, or throwing a Frisbee. I’d also have some competitor suggestions for actual Olympic events like volleyball and
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