On this same topic of history I just got this Tweet: Part of Sucker Punch set in Brattleboro insane asylum, not unlike the one that inhabited our grounds once. Inn History.
http://bit.ly/Jx0Ic1
Room names would not be evident to the former use of premises there.
My least favorite room names of all are those you cannot pronounce, as an innkeeper it is a road to an untimely death with a jump off a short cliff... Trust me, trust all of us, when we say even the simple easy to pronounce names are butchered, like the number of times we are called a
bread and breakfast. Happens all the time...our name is a familiar name, and yet no one can seem to spell it or speak it. It is just plain WEIRD!
I googled and this came up first:
http://makingbandb.blogspot.com/2009/05/room-naming.html
and this (which leads me to the obv question, what is the name of the propert/inn, this will help determine the room names more clearly)
http://bandb.about.com/cs/runningarticles/ht/name_a_bandb.htm.
Thanks JB those were good reads.
I have narrowed it down to several for the property and probably won't pick a final one until I sleep there for a few nights which is insane since as soon as I sign the contracts I want to get the web page rolling.
All have the name of the river that is the property line, of which there is significant frontage.
Catawba River
So I was toying with.....
Barns at ...Inn or just Barns at ....
Cabins at....Farm or just Cabins at .....
The Inn at.....
.....River Farm
.....River Inn
Maybe I should just take a walk and talk to my neighbor's cows and see if they have any suggestions. But they are Maryland cows and probably won't know anything about a more southern locale. Maybe I should ask the Longhorns, see if they have any opinions.
Although I do like the idea of just making a list, hitting a local bar and see what the yokels have to say, they probably can pronounce all the local Indian names, which I won't even touch with a ten foot pole. If I can't pronounce it how will some guest from 2 or 3 hours away?
Oh hell, maybe just numbers would be better!
Does anyone have an opinion on western authors?
I am going to print these all out and put them under my pillow and see if any of them appear in my dreams, seems as scientific as any other option.
I am NOT discounting what any of you have said it just seems there is no simple answer, I am sure it will come to me, hopefully sooner rather than later.
JB - you said this was the fun part???? gimme a financial statement or a dirty bathroom any day!
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