Come Fly With Me Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever travelled from home. While the vast majority of our guests come from New Zealand and Australia, we do welcome many travellers from Europe, North America and Asia. We’ve had guests from Italy, Germany, France, Denmark, China, US, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland, New […]
Category: Thirsty Day Challenge 2015
Last supper
Eat, drink and be merry… …for tomorrow we die. The world is ending tomorrow! Tell us about your last dinner — the food, your dining companions, the setting, the conversation. There are many people in my life who live far away, or whom we’ve lost that I’d love to have dinner with… -nice garden dinner […]
Character
Free To Be Me What’s the character trait you admire the most about yourself? Optimism – I think overall, this trait has allowed me to answer ‘why not,’ when others come up with vasts lists of why. Why something can’t happen, why it’s too hard, why it won’t work, why it’s too far, why they […]
With thanks…
Thank You The internet is full of rants. Help tip the balance: today, simply be thankful for something (or someone). There are so many people who have contributed to the making of this House. Our families with love and financial backing, our friends who understand when we say ‘we can’t’ due to a check in […]
The Future
Six Of One, Half-A-Dozen Of The Other Write a six-word story about what you think the future holds for you, and then expand on it in a post. “She watched the most beautiful sunset.” I am not a planner. When people ask me my 5-year or even 5-month plan…the one thing that I’ve learned in […]
Goosebumps
The Excitement Never Ends Tell us about the last thing you got excited about — butterflies-in-the-stomach, giggling, can’t-wait excited. We hosted a wedding for friends and 60 of their guests here at the House in February. It was over a year in the making, and the bride and groom were so creative in their choices and […]
Little bit of Luxury
Day twenty one – Luxurious What’s the one luxury you can’t live without? There are many little things that we do to create a feeling of luxury in the House. Cloth napkins and silver on the breakfast table, crisp white sheets and duvets on the beds, soaking tubs, beautiful bath products. One of the simple […]
Day Twenty One
Procrastination What have you been putting off doing? Why? My to-do list for the business is pages long. There are so many little tasks that I’d like to get done and want a few ‘office days’ to sit and do them. I am still transitioning into the role of running this business full time. Since […]
Day Nineteen – emotions
Moved To Tears Describe the last time you were moved to tears by something beautiful. I write often about how we feel that it is a great honor to share, even for just a small time, in the lives of our guests. We get to witness their celebrations as many stay for birthdays, or weddings […]
Day Eighteen
You, The Sandwich If a restaurant were to name something after you, what would it be? Describe it. Hard one – but I think it would have to be the combination of a crisp French Tavel rosé and a little bowl of good quality crisps/potato chips. That combination of cold crisp wine, and dry salty […]