While Mother Earth and her sadist lover, Winter, beat up the remainder of the East Coast, I’m happy to say that so far the Winter in Boothbay Harbor has been almost enjoyable.

How often does DC have to negociate daily life through a meter of snow, and in Boothbay Harbor the sun is shining and it’s a balmy 48 degrees. This, however, is not a case of schadenfreude. Other people should shovel snow once in a while, too.

So why come to the Welch House and spend a few days enjoing Boothbay Harbor and MidCoast Maine this time of year? You’ve got snow. So do we.

But we also have a fantastic view of Boothbay Harbor, comfy rooms with fireplaces, and breakfasts good enough to be written up in “Getaways for Gourmets”.

Get away from your snow for a couple of days . . . Sit by our living room fireplace with a glass of wine and catch up with old friends. Or make some new ones.

Stay two nights between now and May 27th, and you’ll get a king or queen bedroom with fireplace and private bath, two fabulous gourmet breakfasts, and dinner at our favorite local, McSeagulls. It’s a short walk into town.

Just $250.00/tax per couple.

No time until summer? How about Windjammer Days (June 22nd), Boatbuilder’s Festival (August 1st) or Fall Foliage Festival (October 9th)? Visit us anytime this year and bring this postcard.

Dinner at McSeagulls is still on us.

As you can imagine, it takes a lot of behind the scenes work to keep up an inn of this size and age. there is always something to be painted, repaired, swapped-out, flipped, and sometimes, just tossed.

Well, so it goes with our office. It has been several years since it had a major overhaul, so Susan and Tammy and I rolled up our sleeves this weekend and tore it apart. It really needed it.

We’ve ordered new furniture and have totally changed the color scheme from a creme to a very dramatic blue. Don’t you feel better when you retire a tired look?

I’ll post some photos when we’re done . . . I’m sure that you’ll love the new look.

Here it is . . .

In an effort to keep everyone out there up to date with the goings-on at the Welch House (and mid-coast Maine in particular), Susan & I have launched this blog to take an opportunity to talk to you folks on a regular basis.

We will have three blog categories . . . “Boothbay Harbor”, dealing with the best and not so best here in the Harbor, “Midcoast Foodies”, talking about the very best food from Portland to Rockland, and “Welch House Innformation”, where we’ll talk about the Inn and what we’re up to.

Take a look every once and a while because we promise to keep this fresh and topical, and we look forward to your comments and input.

Michael