June 28, 2010 - Well, folks, Liz has been resident innkeeper at Clay Corner Inn for a month now, and she’s shaking things up in great ways. You can read some of her recently implemented suggestions in the previous blog. When I saw macadamia nuts on the shopping list, I thought: Hmmm, those are pricey nuts! Then, my guest friends, I scoped out the Friday cookie bar where Liz had three new cookies. I could only pick one (think: waistline), so I chose the Sunshine Delight. I consider myself a pretty good baker [by hobby and experience], and I’ve never made a cookie so delicious – mixed fruits, some chips, chewy as all get out, and, oh, those macadamia nuts – which are back on the grocery list!
I’m old school, and these youngsters don’t have much on me and John for recycling, even though I’m still in training on office paper. These geraniums around the pool and on the fence are all from last year and year before. John keeps them all winter, splitting and making new ones, and he collects thousands of marigold seeds every fall. And check out this casserole dish lid. The dish broke, so the lid has a new job to keep rain out of the spotlight fixture that John designed and built to light the American flag at night. We even drink tap water in washable, re-usable glasses!
Liz and Samantha have the soaps and little shampoos all lined up in rows or neatly consolidated in baskets in the linen and supply closets. You just know anyone who does that has your guest room, the kitchen, your breakfast and local information all organized for your convenience and comfort. Cory, the intern, and Summer keep the outside furniture clean and all those flower baskets and windowboxes pruned and watered. Summer is also a top notch baker – she won a blue ribbon for a coffeecake recipe from Clay Corner Inn at a local fair two years ago, and she was just 15. It's her third summer with us, and from what I hear, she cooks Clay Corner Inn breakfasts for family suppers. She graduated from home school in May and will attend Virginia Tech in the fall.
It’s such a comfort as a small business owner to have such a competent staff in place --- it makes my work life easy, and I guarantee it will make your stay the best lodging experience you can get in Blacksburg. Toss in downtown location next to Virginia Tech, a cool, blue swimming pool, Virginia wine and ice cold bottled water for the asking, and it’s a no-brainer booking. Stay cool, Joanne
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