11 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

September 11, 2009

So, I took Doug to the SWANTOWN INN B&B in Olympia for our anniversary. It was sort of a last minute kind-of thing, but worked out perfectly. We got there Friday night and entered a quaint little oasis. The house was built in the 1800's and has an interesting history. It is filled with antique furniture and they have tried to keep it as original as possible. Our very hospitable hosts called a lovely little restaurant and got us a reservation at GARDNER'S. After we took a minute to settle in, we headed over there and enjoyed a delicious dinner. We especially enjoyed the crab dip with little pieces of toasted bread. After we stuffed ourselves silly, we just wanted to go relax in the huge garden tub that was in our bathroom. Oh, one of the things that Doug was a little apprehensive about with the whole bed and breakfast thing was the fact that we would be sharing a bathroom with strangers. Well, we got the master room and had a huge bathroom to ourselves!!! We started the tub immediately and since it was so big, we just let it run. Well....it's an old house. The hot water ran out and when we checked the water level, it was so cold. No bath!!

Willow Tree Doug got me!

Cute little Gazebo

The next morning, we did enjoy the bathtub. Breakfast was served at 9a.m. Oh my goodness!! It was unbelievable. First we enjoyed some home-made banana coconut sorbet. Sounds weird...but it was wonderful! Then we were treated to some of the best french toast I have ever had. It was 'Decadent French Toast' stuffed with cream cheese and boysenberry sauce. Then the boysenberry sauce was dribbled all over the top. HEAVEN!!! And it was made perfect with a side of bacon. I would go back just to have that again.

After we ate, I had scheduled massages. A few years back, the owners converted the attic of the inn, into a day spa. It was magnificent. We went in and changed into very cozy robes. They then drew us old fashioned foot baths to help us relax. We went into separate rooms and got our massages on! They lasted a full hour. After we were done, they allowed us time to shower. The shower in there has so many shower heads, we hardly had to move around. We have got to get one of those!!

Their entire purpose for doing the 'Attic Day Spa' was to allow people a truly relaxing, fulfilling experience. And, indeed, it was!!

We had a pretty remarkable anniversary!! I am glad that I happened upon this place!!

P.S. It just so happens that we were browsing through this little book that they have in the room for all of their guests to write something in...and we found that our friends, the Mahoney's, were guests there a few years back!!