Jeff & Joan Stanford: EARTH’S MEDICINE CHEST
“We have the best medicine chest right here outside our door,” Jeff remarked this morning. He meant that he’ll walk up to the Inn through the garden, in our pure [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: A MONTH OF CELEBRATION
“May is the month of expectations, the month of wishes, the month of hopes.” Emily Bronte May ushers in celebrations: Mothers’ Day, Memorial Day, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, end of [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY
We’ve been thinking a lot about hope. Usually we are “hoping for” something, an outcome. Rev. Cameron Trimble writes about a “braver form of hope.” Introduced centuries ago by [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: SPRING INTO ACTION
When we think about spring we think of renewal, rebirth, growth, and rightfully so—The natural world certainly embodies these concepts this time of year. But what do these ideas [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: NATURE-BASED EXPERIENCES & VALENTINE’S
We’ve been reading that the latest trends in tourism are authenticity and nature-based experiences. At the Stanford Inn we have always stressed both. We want our guests to enjoy [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: CELEBRATING
As we move into the holiday season, excitement and anticipation builds. What we want to celebrate is the spirit of giving and “give thanks” for that spirit. Our local [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: MOON RISING
I learned something new: I did not know what Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur signified until this past week. I read that they are connected by “Ten Days of Awe” [...]
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY #45 TO US!
45 years ago, on September 15, we moved into what was then unit 4, and began our journey innkeeping here. The inn was very different then as were we! I [...]
Joan & Jeff Stanford: CARING INNKEEPERS
We just returned from an extended vacation/holiday (our first in 45 years since beginning innkeeping here). We drove to Vancouver, B.C. to visit family, ferrying to Bowen Island for a [...]
Joan & Jeff Stanford: HUMAN TO HUMAN CONNECTION
Sometimes we don’t realize how important we are to some guests. We have been innkeeping long enough to remember when guests made reservations by phone. Of course, this was [...]