Tonight is Scottish night! We are serving Haggis for supper, with tatties (mashed potatoes) and neeps (mashed turnips). For starters Potato and Kale soup and for dessert Shortbread.

Why Haggis? Because we like haggis. Because we are a country inn with country cooking sensibilities. We like the Scots. And we believe in finishing the job where the whole animal is concerned.

And, haggis is the one food we know of that comes with a side order of sctoch whiskey (if you’re over 21).

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM . Reservations are encouraged. $16.50 prix fixe (excluding beverage, tax and gratuity).

Thanksgiving Dinner at the Inn about to start. Birds are ready.

Shephard’s Pie for Sunday Supper this weekend! To start, Crostini with Caramelized Pears and Blue Cheese, and, for dessert, Chocolate Mouse.

5:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. Reservations are encouraged!

$16.50 prix fixe (excluding beverage, tax and gratuity).

Crotchet Mountain ski area, which is about 15 minutes from the Inn, announced yesterday on their Facebook page that their new high speed chairlift passed its load test – 23,000 lbs in all. Nicknamed the “Rocket,” it would seem that now you can rocket up and down the mountain!  That makes for a lot of skiing, especially on Midnight Madness weekends when the mountain remains open until 3:00 A.M.

Vacation is over. Back in business today! It was a nice break during which we got some things done around the Inn that we were keen to do. Plus, we got away to other parts of New England, visiting a couple of Inns, checking out new restaurants. Went to Boston. Caught up with the children.

Hurricane Sandy has substantially come and gone. The Inn, along with all of Main Street in Hancock, lost power for almost 24 hours. Happily, the Inn’s generator was very much up to the challenge and we spent our first night of vacation listening to the wind and rain, but able to keep track of the storm by watching New England Cable News and CNN on the television. Cable must have gone out sometime overnight, because this morning, despite having the generator power, TV and Internet were out.

Power came back on this afternoon around 2:00 p.m. Rain gauge says three inches. Just took a walk down to Norway Pond with Potter and the pond is up over most of the beach.

Otherwise, no trees down on the property. A small section of fence. That seems about it.

Here’s wishing everyone along the New England Coast a quick recovery.

Sunday Supper this weekend is pasta Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli. A classic combination. For starters, Minestrone Soup, and then a citrus Granita and Biscotti for dessert!

$15.00 prix fixe (excluding beverage, tax & gratuity). 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM.

Reservations are encouraged.

After a day’s delay while we exhumed two very large pieces of granite, carpenter Doug Payne, blacksmith Tony Civitella and landscaper Bobby Fogg constructed the new handicap ramp to the Inn. Handicap ramp is probably a misnomer; it certainly serves the purpose of providing access for guests with mobility issues, but it is otherwise the most used entrance to the Inn as it comes from the parking lot.

The project finished on-time.