Tubby Kohler claims “I’ve been framed!”

Chief of Detectives Carlisle House was bubbling over with excitement today when he announced that Tubby Kohler had been placed in custody along with his shower of associates. Chief House was even more pleased just a couple of hours later when Tubby’s plea of insanity (he said he’d lost his marbles) was rejected as it […]

Tomayto, Tomahto…

Being English I often find myself pronouncing words differently from Americans. I assure them that it is actually my language, usually to hear the response that there are more Americans than English now, so that makes it THEIR language now. Be that as it may, there are one or two pronunciations that we can all […]

Clawfoot and the Boyz

The Lonely Loo in an earlier blog post was left alone when Clawfoot the Tub decided to go out with the Boyz and leave the bathroom for ever. The “Boyz” in this case were Michael “Six-pack” Blumenthal and Alan “Six-pack? Mine’s a keg!” Duxbury. We manhandled the old cast-iron tub down the stairs and out […]

Two for one update

Don’t get excited! You have to wait for January and our annual “Two Nights for the Price of One” Cabin Fever Promotion!No, this post is to give you quick updates on Flat Frosty from the last post, and the Lonely Loo from the previous one.Before leaving PA to fly back to Virginia (or however the […]

A strange, but somehow interesting guest…

Thanks to our granddaughter, Ryleigh, we had a guest last week whose name was “Flat Frosty” the Snowman. Frosty visited us to see how the weather in PA was different from the weather in VA. He chose a great week to visit and took lots of facts and memories back to Ryleigh’s class! For once, […]

The Lonely Loo

Is there anything sadder than a Lonely Loo? Those of you who have stayed in our Rose Room may recognize the bathroom – or rather the “missing bath” room! Yes, I was heard to say that the winter months were quieter at the Carlisle House and wouldn’t it be nice if we could do one […]

January – 2 Nights for 1 at Carlisle House B&B

GOT CABIN FEVER!! The Carlisle House welcomes January again with our annual Cabin Fever Month Come enjoy our hospitality and stay 2 nights for the price of 1 the whole month of January. Don’t worry about the weather, just walk out to dinner at Carlisle’s fabulous restaurants. Book early! Call 717-249-0350 or visit www.thecarlislehouse.com!

Carlisle House – Breakfast in the Dark

Early this morning, the south end of town had a 2 hour power outage and for the first time in 6 years, we served breakfast in the dark…well almost! We had a wonderful group of prospective Dickinson College families and they were great sports about the whole situation. Alan had the grill started to finish […]

Cycling NYC to San Francisco

What an ambitious bike trekthrough Carlisle, PA!! The Carlisle House had door-knock guests last night – two cyclists from beautiful Udine, in North-East Italy just south of Austria. The gents were cycling from New York with a destination of San Francisco. What a good chance for historic Carlisle and the Carlisle House to host international […]