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Our Spring Lake, NJ bed and breakfasts offer a variety of lodging and travel specials throughout the year. For more information about our member inns’ New Jersey vacation packages and romantic weekend getaway specials, please visit their individual websites. Also, check this page frequently for information regarding our current group specials.
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PAST EVENTS |
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AUTHORS & INNS – A SPRING LAKE EVENT
Winner of NJ Governor’s Tourism Award 2008
Meet Celebrity Cookbook Authors & Learn
Their Culinary Secrets
Award-Winning Authors Matt Lewis & Renato
Poliafito
~ BakedNYC ~ |
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| Wanda Mann |
The Historic Inns of Spring Lake are hosting
their 3rd annual AUTHORS & INNS TOUR on May
16 and 17, 2009. The tour of 11 inns
features cookbooks by a star-studded
celebrity list of chefs, restaurateurs and
culinary TV/media personalities who will be
personally signing and selling their books.
TV media personality and Manhattan Lifestyle Reporter
Wanda Mann is Mistress of Ceremonies for the weekend
event that highlights the best new cookbooks that
make home cooking and entertaining fun.
The celebrity authors and paired inns on Authors &
Inns Tour Sunday, May 17th are:
VILLA PARK HOUSE - Barbara Kafka – renowned
author/TV personality and honored with James Beard
Foundation lifetime achievement. ‘The Microwave
Gourmet’ is a NY Times Bestseller along with her
collection of famous cookbooks
OCEAN HOUSE - Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito –
owners of BakedNYC and two of today’s most popular
national TV guests. February’s O Magazine features 8
pages from their new cookbook “BAKED: New Frontiers
in Baking”
SPRING LAKE INN - Suvir Saran – owner of
NYC’s Devi Restaurant, award-winning cookbook author
and popular national TV guest features ‘Indian Home
Cooking’
WHITE LILAC INN - Hope Fox – Philadelphia
culinary diva and Entertaining Guru – Food and
restaurants her specialty! Let’s try to Impress for
Less!
THE BREAKERS - Jeff Nathan – Owner of
Abigael’s on Broadway Restaurant in Manhattan, his
show ‘New Jewish Cuisine’ appears on PBS –
TV, the only Jewish cooking show on PBS-TV
NORMANDY INN - Patricia Mack – Prominent
National Food Editor/Author – panelist for James
Beard Foundation and member of L’Dames de Escoffier
shares secrets in ‘Tomatoes’
CHATEAU INN - Marian Betancourt – Food/Travel
Journalist – contributor to Woman’s Day,
Philadelphia Inquirer and American Heritage – The
Texas Hill Cookbook: A Taste of Provence
ASHLING COTTAGE - Barbara Seelig Brown – TV
host of ‘Stress Free Cooking’, food & wine
spokesperson for Colavita Olive Oil and culinary
educator
BEACON HOUSE - Belinda Hulin – Celebrated New
Orleans/Florida food journalist; her ‘Everything
Pizza Cookbook’ includes clever dessert pizzas &
pizza canapés for entertaining
VICTORIA HOUSE - Lynne Kaplan – Co-author of
‘Breakfast, Brunch & More’, she is owner of Victoria
House B&B and graduate of Institute for Culinary
Education
SANDPIPER INN - Barbara Vogel – Innkeeper of
award-winning historic inn in Spring Lake who
compiled her best breakfast, tea and late night
signature dishes in ‘With Love from Sea Crest by the
Sea’
One
of 11 Featured Cookbooks in Authors & Inns Tour
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Suvir
Saran – Owner of NYC’s Devi Restaurant |
A total of 500 Sunday tour tickets will be sold.
Guests staying at any of the Inns for the
Friday/Saturday weekend will receive a complimentary
Sunday Tour Ticket as well as admission to the
Private Culinary Presentations on Saturday, May 16.
Inn Guests ONLY are invited to spend an hour with
each of the following authors as they prepare a
recipe from their book:
- 12:00pm Suvir Saran - Pea Samosas from Devi
- 1:00pm Patricia Mack - Trio of Cocktail Hour
Tomatoes
- 2:00pm Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito - No-Bake
Peanut Butter
Pie and Root Beer Desserts from BakedNYC
- 3:00pm Belinda Hulin - Pizza for a Party
- 4:00pm Hope Fox - Broussard’s Apple Chicken Calvados
AUTHORS & INNS TOUR DETAILS:
WHAT: “Authors & Inns: A Spring Lake Event”
A self-guided tour of 11 Historic Inns & Celebrity
Cookbook Authorss
WHEN: Sunday, May 17, 2009
1:00-5:00pm
COST: $15/pp – Tour attendees receive Keepsake Tote
Bag/Tour Map of Inns/Authors
TICKETS: 732-449-2010 – Barbara Seaman, Spring Lake
Inn
732-449-0211 – Mari Kennelly, White Lilac Inn
732-859-1465 – Historic Inns of Spring Lake
Association
WEEKEND INN GUESTS RECEIVE: Admission to Saturday,
May 16 Private Culinary Demonstrations and
Complimentary Sunday Tour Ticket
**All Sunday Tour attendees will have an opportunity
to win:
- CHEF'S TASTING DINNER For 2 at Devi, New York
City (PAIRED WITH WINES))
Win a 7-course Tasting Dinner at the highly
acclaimed Dévi. Called the “Best Indian Cuisine” by
New York Magazine and “perhaps the city’s best
Indian restaurant” by The New York Times’ Diner’s
Journal Value: $260 (excludes tax and gratuity).
- BAKED Gift Set Brownie 12 pack with 8" Platter:
BAKED brownies are slightly fudgy and full of the
finest quality dark chocolate. This brownie gift set
comes with 12 assorted individually hand-wrapped
brownies and a keepsake 8" square melamine tray.
Value: $47.50
**In 2008, AUTHORS & INNS received the New Jersey
Governor’s Award for Tourism.
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Spring Lake Candlelight Christmas Inn
Tour
Innkeepers are Preparing their Inns
for Tour Visitors
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Spring Lake Inn
Barbara &
Andy Seaman |
Spring Lake, NJ (September 2008)
Don’t forget your camera for the
dazzling 19th Annual Spring Lake
Candlelight Christmas Inn Tour on
Saturday, December 6th from
3:30pm-7:00pm. Tour 9 of greater Spring
Lake’s festive Inns and Hotels bedecked
in their elegant and cleverly themed
holiday finery, ablaze with vintage
ornaments, handcrafted hand-me-down
heirlooms and the illusion of a Currier
& Ives postcard.
Innkeepers and their gracious staff
cordially invite you to enter their
doors to romance and history as you tour
the inns, delighting in the joys and
warmth of the holiday season. Guests are
welcome to visit each parlor and porch,
where they can drive or stroll from inn
to inn, view breathtakingly adorned
bedrooms and savor the spirit of
Christmas. The secret is out that four
of the 11themes are: Children’s
Christmas Morning, Old-Fashioned
Victorian Village, Christmas at the
Seashore and Puttin’ On the Ritz.
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The Ocean House – Nancy Kaloostian and
bunches of Santa’s |
New Jersey’s oceanfront community of
Spring Lake (Est. 1892) is rich in
charm, style and history...proud of this
distinguished collection of Victorian
bed & breakfasts and boutique hotels.
- Neighbors and visitors to Spring Lake
have made The Spring Lake Theatre
Company play ‘Scrooge’ a holiday
tradition. This year they celebrate the
25th annual production with 11
performances scheduled for audiences of
all ages.
- The former Hollycroft B&B in
neighboring Lake Como opens its
Christmas boutique for holiday shoppers.
- As the Tour afternoon fades into
evening, visitors will be enchanted with
the chiming of the town’s magnificent
church bells, entertaining you with
their own celebrated chorus, reminded of
the past 115+ years that Spring Lake has
been home to a rich diversity of people
from around the world.
- One lucky tour guest will win a Grand
Prize ‘One Night Inn Getaway and a
Christmas Surprise Basket’
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White Lilac Inn – Mari Kennelly |
Today and during its heyday of the late
1800’s when Spring Lake was a playground
of uncompromised luxury, this radiantly
refined Atlantic seashore community
sparkles throughout the holiday season.
Together with the Candlelight Inn Tour,
numerous events create a weekend to
remember.
Tour tickets are $30. They can be
purchased at various retail locations
throughout Spring Lake.**
For information and advance tickets,
contact:
- Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce (732)
449-0577 ~ OR ~
- Historic Inns of Spring Lake
(732-859-1465
www.HistoricInnsofSpringLake.com
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Festivities at the White Lilac Inn |
Ticket Purchase Locations in Spring
Lake:
**All Participating Historic Inns
Linger- 304 Morris Avenue
Manasquan Savings Bank – 305 Hwy 71
Urban Details – 1111 Third Avenue
Kate & Company – 1100 Third Avenue
White Lilac Inn – 414 Central Avenue
** Spring Lake Inn, White Lilac Inn,
Villa Park House, Sandpiper Inn, Chateau
Inn & Suites, The Breakers Hotel, The
Ocean House, Normandy Inn and Grand
Victorian @ Spring Lake
*Tickets are a non-refundable charity
donation.
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 “Authors & Inns – A Spring Lake
Event”
2nd Annual Tour is Literary Event of the
Season
Spring Lake, NJ (March 2008) In
association with the Spring Lake and Sea
Girt Public Libraries, The Historic Inns
of Spring Lake are hosting their 2nd
annual AUTHORS & INNS TOUR on
Sunday afternoon June 8, 2008 from
1:00-5:00pm. The tour of 9 historic inns
features 12 award-wining Romance Authors
with a link to New Jersey.
Nine inns/hotels will open their doors
to tour goers, sharing their distinctive
properties for a glimpse into the
historic and romantic style of Spring
Lake. At the same time, prominent
romance-genre authors will be at each
inn meeting fans, selling and signing
their most recently published books. The
stories feature many of the most popular
themes today from ‘international
political thriller’ and ‘romantic novel
set in India’ to ‘dangerous passion set
in Ireland’ and ‘looking for love in the
wilds of suburbia’.
 The
‘Authors & Inns Tour’ features
the following authors and books:
Annette Blair “Gone With the Witch”
C.H. Admirand “Pearl’s
Redemption”
Tara Nina “Curse of the Gargoyle”
Dee Davis “A Match Made on
Madison”
Kaitlin O’Riley “One Sinful
Night”
Irene Peterson “Glory Days”
Amy Edelman “Manless in
Montclair”
Lois Winston “Love, Lies and a
Double Shot of Deception”
Caridad Pineiro “South Beach
Chicas Catch Their Man”
Jan Coffey “Deadliest Strain”
Shobhan Bantwal “The Dowry Bride”
Nancy Harkness “Music of the
Night”
The cost for the ‘Authors & Inns’ Tour
is $12 (a non-refundable donation) with
a portion of the proceeds given to the
Spring Lake and Sea Girt Public
Libraries. Each tour goer will receive a
keepsake tote bag from the Historic
Inns.
 Nationally recognized for more than a
decade for their open house Holiday Tour
each December, the Historic Inns of
Spring Lake are a stunning collection of
19th Century homes, dating from
1870-1888. They embody the romance and
history of Spring Lake, offering the
best in architectural preservation,
unique character, tradition and
hospitality.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by
calling 732-859-1465 for details or
purchased at Participating Inns, The
Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce and Sea
Girt Pubic Library plus BookTowne in
Manasquan. On the day of the Tour,
tickets can be purchased at the Spring
Lake Public Library. Each ticket will
include a self-guided map of Authors &
Inns for visitors’ convenience.
A total of 500 tour tickets will be
sold. Guests staying for the
Friday/Saturday weekend will receive a
complimentary Tour Ticket and guests
checking in on Sunday for 1-night will
receive a tour ticket plus special
accommodation rate at each participating
Inn. All Inn guests are invited to a
private Post-Tour Reception attended by
innkeepers and authors.
The radiantly refined town offers a
delightful downtown experience with
charming boutiques and galleries,
restaurants, historic landmarks and the
famous Spring Lake all with a 2-mile
Atlantic oceanfront community.
WHAT: “Authors & Inns: A Spring Lake
Event”
A self-guided tour of 9 Historic Inns &
Authors
WHEN: Sunday, June 8, 2008
1:00-5:00pm
WHERE: Spring Lake, New Jersey
COST: $12/per person
TICKETS: 732-859-1465 – Historic Inns
Association
Checks ONLY can be mailed to:
Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce
Box 694
Spring Lake, NJ 07762
732-449-0577
For Information and Book Cover Photos, contact Leigh Cort Publicity.
(904) 806-3613
leighcort@bellsouth.net |
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 Spring
Lake, the ‘Sweetheart of the Jersey
Shore’ is celebrating a notable
triumph! At the 2008 Governor’s Tourism
Award Ceremony on April 10, the Historic
Inns of Spring Lake received one of only
10 awards presented to exemplary
organizations or individuals …for their
signature June event – Authors & Inns –
A Spring Lake Event. These awards set a
“…benchmark for excellence in the New
Jersey tourism industry, contributing to
the experience of visitors and the
quality of life of NJ residents.”
Attending the Conference on behalf of
the Historic Inns association, innkeeper
Mari Kennelly, owner of White Lilac Inn
and Barb Vogel, prior Inn owner accepted
the award that reads “New Jersey
Excellence in Tourism 2008”.
L to R: Mari Kennelly and Nina Mitchell
Wells, NJ Secretary of State
In June 2007, Authors &
Inns – A Spring Lake Event was launched
to much acclaim throughout the
metropolitan New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut area. It
generated a significant amount of
publicity about the participating
authors on the Sunday tour, including
Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins
Clark, among the 15 authors who met fans
and autographed books in each of 11
historic inns.
On June 8, 2008, the event is taking
place again; this year the tour features
12 New Jersey romance (genre) authors,
each author paired with an inn
throughout the afternoon. Once again
they will be greeting fans and signing
books.
The Authors & Inns Tour fulfills the
Governor’s criteria for winning the
award, which is working toward the
common goal of improving the New Jersey
tourism product, attracting out-of-state
visitors and increasing tourism
expenditures. Many tour attendees stayed
at the inns, dined in Spring Lake
vicinity restaurants and shopped in the
surrounding area.
2008 Authors & Inns Poster
According to Mari
Kennelly “I felt it was worth the time
to apply for the Governor’s Award,
hopefully to put our event into the
limelight. We have such a unique and
beautiful small town and it’s finally
being found. We were competing against
very large venues but our little event
last June had more impact than we could
even imagine.” |
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2007 Spring Lake AUTHORS & INNS
Tour A Tremendous Success
Premier travel authority About.com - has recognized the Spring Lake
beach as one of the Top 10 in the
USA. Winning for ‘Classic Beach’,
the About.com description states:
“CLASSIC BEACH: SPRING LAKE, NJ.
Turn-of-the-century mansions, two miles
of near-secluded beach, and a lovely
boardwalk represent this jewel of the
Jersey Shore.
After 500 tickets were sold out and 15
participating authors collectively sold
nearly 800 books to their fans, one
could conclude that the 1st Annual ‘Authors
& Inns Tour’ event in Spring Lake on
June 10th was a huge success. It was a
glorious spring afternoon as lines began
forming at many of the participating 10
historic Inns. Each tour attendee
received a bright yellow tote bag from
the Historic Inns of Spring Lake, which
ultimately carried as many as 18 books
for one avid book fan.
Whether readers began their tour at the
Villa Park Inn to meet Patrick Smith,
author of “Spring Lake Revisited”, The
White Lilac Inn to have author Gordon
Hesse autograph his book “All Summer
Long” or wait on line at the Ocean House
to meet Mary Higgins Clark, one of the
most famous mystery authors of her
generation…there was a buzz around
Spring Lake that innkeepers and book
fans will never forget. Their ‘summer
reads’ are now chosen and a comfy beach
chair is all that will be needed to dive
into the pages of their personalized
books.
“I don’t know why I thought people would
be interested in either the authors OR
the inns, clearly they loved both. One
couple even asked when they could buy
tickets for next year’s tour!” exclaimed
Laurie Carloni, owner of Evergreen Inn.
Andy Seaman, owner of Spring Lake Inn
states “The Authors & Inns tour created
a New York City excitement in Spring
Lake. Guests couldn’t wait to see the
Inn’s rooms and wandered through its
vast spaces while waiting for a personal
meeting with our Author Frank Finale. A
very engaging man, he was amazed with
the turnout and had his best single
day's sale of his books, even running
out of some titles before the final hour
of the tour.”
Mary Higgins Clark enjoys
conversation with fans, as she
autographs something personal on each
book at the Ocean House with proprietors
Nancy & Dennis Kaloostian
Robert Murray, General Manager of
Chateau Inn & Suites was amazed “I
couldn’t believe the time and personal
conversations that our authors spent
with guests and tour goers.”
The members of Historic Inns of Spring
Lake will be choosing a date shortly for
the 2008 ‘Authors and Inns Tour’, with
book themes to be announced at the end
of this year.
THE 2ND ANNUAL AUTHORS & INNS TOUR
DATE:
SUNDAY, JUNE 8 - 2008
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Boomers Inn Love – Return to
the Jersey Shore
The Boomers Inn Love promotion includes:
- Gourmet breakfast
- Outstanding Historic Accommodations with
Picturesque Settings
- Personalized & Attentive Service
- Option: Two-night stay receive 2nd night
half price at Inn of your choice
- Option: Three-night stay receive 3rd night
free at Inn of your choice
Participating Inns: The Beacon House, The
Breakers Hotel, Chateau Inn & Suites, Ocean House, The Sandpiper
Inn, Spring Lake Inn,
Victoria House B&B, Villa Park House and
White Lilac Inn.
Offered September 15, 2008 through March
15, 2009.
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