This month, my wife and I attended a special birthday celebration. It was the 40-year celebration of the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation. Since its inception, Madison Trust has served an important function similar to preservation organizations around the country: to save our historic sites and buildings for future generations.
It has been quite a year for us, and as we head into the last half of our second full year of business (we hosted our first guests two years ago in July), Peggy and I wanted to take some time to express our appreciation for your support and enthusiasm toward The Livingston Inn and …
Like many of you, we look back this time of year to reflect upon the events and experiences that filled our lives. Here are some of the special photos that represent the wonderful memories among our family and guests at The Livingston Inn in 2012.
At a recent party I attended, I found myself in a fascinating conversation about Christmas traditions and the emotional impact they have on us. An acquaintance told me how, when her mother recently died, the most important things to her and her sisters were their mother’s Christmas ornaments. Some of the ornaments had been in …
How do I love you, Madison? Let me count the ways… Okay, sorry for the dramatic introduction to today’s post, but I wanted to share yet another thing we love about Madison – the arts culture you find in this great city. Since we have three kids, we get to explore what Madison has to …
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 …
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.
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 …
