Carlisle House Bed and Breakfast

Carlisle House named one of USA Today’s 10 Best Harrisburg Hotels

Carlisle House named one of USA Today's 10 Best Harrisburg Hotels 1

News Bulletin!   Our Select Registry inn was just named one of  USA TODAY‘s 10 BEST Harrisburg Hotels! #carlislepa #selectregistry http://bit.ly/1zJ2Qdz Are we pleased? Yes, and we are about 20 miles away from Harrisburg. The best thing is that along with another local Select Registry inn we are showing hotels that there really is a Better […]

Win a FREE Stay at the Carlisle House!

Win a FREE Stay at the Carlisle House! 4

Norwegian – Smoked Salmon, Jarlsberg and Dill Spanish – Asparagus, Green Garlic Pesto & Manchego WIN A FREE STAY at our Carlisle House, a Select Registry Inn – Home of our renowned International-themed breakfast quiches! You can check them out at http://bit.ly/M2M9q2 It is time to create a new quiche and we want YOUR idea. […]

Having our PAII and eating too…

Having our PAII and eating too... 7

Here at the Professional Association of Innkeepers International Annual (PAII) Conference in Charleston, SC.  Well we had to arrive a day early to get a head start on the eating side, so we set off on Saturday, and stayed in Jonesville, NC so that we could have dinner at Twentyone and Main in Elkins, NC. […]

How low can you go?

How low can you go? 13

Now, here’s a thing.  This 3rd blog about the use of technology in our B&B, I thought I’d better make sure I knew what technology actually is!  It turns out that the word comes from the Greek techne, “art, skill, cunning of hand”. No, that’s not what I thought either!  But then, the more I […]

SuperINN for a Super Inn

SuperINN for a Super Inn 15

(Or why our guests love technology, even if they don’t know it!  Part 2 in our B&B Technology blog series). The transistor was developed in 1947, as was I.  Sadly the transistor has had much more of an effect on humanity than I have!  This post was going to be all about microprocessors and how […]

Why we love technology at the Carlisle House!

Why we love technology at the Carlisle House! 17

Technology? Bed and Breakfast? Not usually expressions to be found in the same sentence!  But one afternoon as I was sitting quietly relaxing with a cup of tea before our guests started to arrive, I found myself thinking about the ways in which technology impacts upon our B&B and the guest experience we offer. There […]

Have you been reading our Newsletters?

Have you been reading our Newsletters? 19

South Side Deli’s new home on West High Street Every month we send out a newsletter to keep you in touch with all that’s happening here in Carlisle, and at the Carlisle House. Sometimes though, your email client may decide that it is spam – which of course it isn’t, but nevertheless you may miss […]

Tomatoes – Tomahtoes…gone for the year!

Tomatoes - Tomahtoes...gone for the year! 21

Sadly, we picked our last tomatoes of the year.  Happily, we made quarts of delicious marinara sauce for the winter.  Perhaps, you will see it as a side for our delicious Italian Quiche!   Also enjoying them  in BLTs! Nothing like Summer tomatoes!

Red Chair Travels to Carlisle PA

Red Chair Travels to Carlisle PA 26

Move over Flat Stanley,  the Red Chair is the newest travel icon! From its humble beginnings on the ice at the Woods Hole Inn on Cape Cod, the Red Chair has taken on the life of a celebrity and traveled hundreds of miles making many new friends all chronicled on RedChairTravels.com.  He is now on […]