Spencer Place Bed and Breakfast

Haunted Cellar Halloween Party

2010-11-04T23:19:00.002-04:00

We had a big Halloween bash and fixed up our cellar with black lights and spooky noises and slimy konnyaku hanging from the ceiling and other various spooky details. Two b & b guests, Rachel from New York and Bertrand from France visited the haunted cellar and we had a great time sharing with them.

My friend's b&b in my hometown

2010-08-25T10:17:00.001-04:00

Beautiful, amazing place, beautiful amazing people!!

http://somedayfarmveganbedandbreakfast.com/

Mehdi's pictures

2010-08-25T09:56:00.000-04:00

Mehdi and Caroline from Montreal stayed with us this summer and Mehdi took some great photos during their trip. It makes the city look magical.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34899694@N00/sets/72157624656636846/

Slideshow viewing method recommended!

Nancye

Summer in the City

2010-07-28T12:16:00.002-04:00

It's been hot! The really bad heat wave is over for the moment and it's so nice to have a little break. We currently have guests from Montreal, who have been exploring flea markets and enjoying the Outpost Lounge http://www.outpostlounge.com/
They also mentioned planning to see Sonic Youth in Prospect Park this weekend!
We tried a really great Italian Restaurant not far from here called Saraghina. Their pizza and atmosphere were amazing! 435 Halsey at Lewis, check it out. Our guest from Australia told me about it months ago so we finally tried it. Thanks, Jan!
We went to a summer camp upstate which we highly recommend; http://www.cotef.org. We learned primitive skills and had a lot of fun.
Ahh, summer in the city.
Nancye

2010-06-02T16:06:00.001-04:00

It's our 10 year wedding anniversary tomorrow so we're heading to Fire Island to celebrate.

2010-05-22T18:42:00.001-04:00

Our band is playing in Nyack tonight!

2010-05-14T18:06:00.001-04:00

I'm in Prospect Park watching our son's little league baseball team practice. Guests are all checked in, from Montreal and Iowa, guests from San Francisco left this morning. Montreal guests are vegan and gluten free so we have some breakfast variations:)

Smokey's big adventure

2010-03-23T20:05:00.002-04:00

Early this morning I could hear a cat meowing outside our window. It sounded kind of familiar but I figured it was a stray (of which there are several) but finally got up to see and it was our large gray cat, Smokey, who is quite friendly with our guests. Somehow she got outside and the poor thing was terrified. She was very relieved to be back inside and has been purring all day.
Nancye

Local shops make the NY "Times"

2010-03-02T17:51:00.003-05:00

I heard about this great article and slide show from the NY Times last week.

They featured several of our favorite shops all right around us- the cafe Bushbaby, Abu's Bakery, Israel's Record Shop, Heavenly Crumbs, Collecther boutique, Al's Mens Shop and Star Perfumes.

We can set you up right here in the neighborhood!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/nyregion/28stop.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/02/28/nyregion/0228STOP_index.html

Paul
http://www.spencerplacebedandbreakfast.com

Missing Brooklyn

2009-12-13T21:26:00.002-05:00

I've been in LA for tv work for several weeks and it's been interesting to get acquainted with this place. I really like LA, especially the people. I don't love the traffic and it really makes me appreciate our car free lifestyle in Brooklyn. Weather has been pretty fabulous here and I love the lush plants. Can't wait to see my family!!
Nancye

Our Guest Annie

2009-11-04T20:15:00.005-05:00

We had an interesting guest stay with us last week. Annie was organizing a demonstration outside of JP Morgan Chase headquarters protesting mountaintop removal coal mining that Chase is a large investor in. Go Annie!!
Check out her noble efforts at http://www.thedirtylie.com and http://www.ran.org
By the way, Spencer Place Bed and Breakfast uses wind power. At least we pay for it but I'm not sure how to actually determine if the power we receive and use is from some wind farm somewhere or not. We think it is.

Paul takes a booking...

2009-10-21T21:58:00.002-04:00

One down, three to go

2009-10-21T21:46:00.007-04:00

Mr. Blue said it's supposed to get warm this week

2009-10-18T14:11:00.003-04:00

Our neighbor Mr. Blue, who is a very knowledgeable person, a walking encyclopedia in fact, told me it's supposed to be 70 degrees all week, so that's good to know. Maybe we don't need to yank those air conditioners just yet. It is a very BIG job to remove them.

our new blawg

2009-10-17T17:23:00.000-04:00

So it's getting cold out there, I think it's time to take out the air conditioners so our guests don't freeze in the breeze. Let's see what Paul thinks...