Posts Tagged ‘bed and breakfast’
October 11th, 2010 by Grover McMains
Breakfast at The Texas White House
Jamie makes all our breads and muffins from scratch, and this was one of the first ones she made at our bed and breakfast, beginning almost 17 years ago. It’s still one of our guests’ breakfast favorites, and it’s also a great choice to take to a group brunch or luncheon.
Here is our recipe for lemon bread:
LEMON BREAD
3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Butter Softened
1/2 Cup Milk
Rind of 1 Lemon, Grated
2 Eggs
1 1/2 Cups Flour, Sifted
1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder, Sift with Flour
1/2 Teaspoon Salt, Sift With Flour
1 Cup Finely Chopped Pecans
Icing:
Juice of 1 Lemon
1/3 Cup Sugar
Blend sugar and butter well. Add eggs, one at a time and beat well. Add flour and milk alternately, starting and ending with flour. Stir in lemon rind and pecans. Bake in greased bread loaf pan in 350 degree oven 45 to 60 minutes. Let stand in pan after baking for 5 minutes. Turn out on plate and, while hot, brush on icing mixture.
Tags: bed and breakfast, breads, breakfast, recipes
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September 8th, 2010 by Grover McMains
Land of Contrast Room at The Texas White House
We normally use this blog to let you know about events or other special things in and around Fort Worth and mention The Texas White House only as it helps you to come see that event. However, for the past month or so, we’ve been finishing a very short video designed to introduce prospective guests to our bed and breakfast. We especially want our fans on Facebook to see this new video and thought this post would be the best way to do that. So, please take a look at the new Texas White House video and let us know what you think.
As a way of saying “Thanks” for looking at the video, everyone who responds to this post with an email back to us and comments on the video will be entered into a drawing for a copy of Texas Bed & Breakfast Cookbook by Carol and Erin Faino, an award-winning, hard-bound edition including over 200 recipes from bed and breakfasts all over Texas with detailed descriptions of the contributing bed and breakfasts. We will mail the cookbook to the winner along with some of our most popular breakfast recipes for you to enjoy. The cookbook is a $20.00 value; our recipes are priceless! Well, at least we think so! The winning email will be notified on September 30.
Tags: bed and breakfast, Fort Worth, recipes
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June 23rd, 2010 by Grover McMains
Our Fort Worth bed & breakfast is close by!
Next year’s Stock Show & Rodeo participants and guests have definitely been impacted by the fact that the Super Bowl will be here in 2011. If you don’t already know it, the final night of the Rodeo has been moved back to February 5 from the 6th because the Super Bowl is February 6! I think a layman might call that a conflict. However, no one asked me. That said, there is no reason why anyone coming to the 2011 Stock Show & Rodeo should have to be inconvenienced regarding lodging. The Texas White House, a Fort Worth premier bed and breakfast, is only about 5-6 minutes from the Will Rogers Coliseum by residential streets and has lodging available for next year’s event. The rates for that period are being posted on our web site; however, if you mention you are attending the Stock Show, I can work with you to accommodate your needs. We are restricted to couples for the most part or, of course, single individuals. And some other restrictions apply; so, please call us directly, and we will discuss them with you. If you’re reading this and already have lodging for the show but know of someone who is still looking, please pass this information along.
Tags: bed and breakfast, Fort Worth, rodeo, stock show, will rogers coliseum
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May 26th, 2010 by Grover McMains
I cannot resist showing more of the plants in the gardens next to The Texas White House Bed & Breakfast.
Spring Blooms at the Texas Star Gardens
This is the Oakleaf Hydrangea; we have two of them, each over 5 feet tall. The blooms are now white, but you can see a few of them have begun to turn pick which all of them will do eventually. Then they will all turn brown while they are still blooming. I’ve made the picture larger than I normally do, but it still doesn’t do them justice; so, if you like flowering gardens, come see us and enjoy spring in Texas!
Tags: bed and breakfast, oakleaf hydrangea, spring flowers, Texas Gardens
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May 16th, 2010 by Grover McMains
Peaceful Jogging close to The Texas White House
A lot of our prospective guests are interested in jogging or other exercise while they stay at our Fort Worth bed and breakfast, and in most cities the options are limited. I jogged for 30 years but never found it too healthy to jog on major roadways! Between not being able to breathe and having to stop for traffic, I just never saw the benefit. Anyway, that is not a problem here. We have a beautiful neighborhood just a few steps outside our front door that provides about 3 miles of scenic, quiet streets. The homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s and provide interesting architecture to look at if you can do two things at once! And the Trinity Trail is about .5 miles to the west down a tree-lined, neighborhood street. If you’re not familiar with the Trinity Trail, it’s a bike and jogging path, most of which is paved, stretching southwest along the Clear Fork of the Trinity River from north of downtown Fort Worth. Jogging the entire trail will allow you to cover about 15 miles. So, now you have no excuse. You can enjoy our delicious breakfasts, eat out every night you’re here, and still keep the calories off and feel good about getting some time away. Sounds like you ought to do it soon.
Tags: bed and breakfast, bike, Exercise, Fort Worth, jog, jogging, Trinity River, Trinity Trail
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May 11th, 2010 by Grover McMains
A Ghost at The Texas White House
A few months ago I informed everyone that The Texas White House was in a new ghost book by Brian Righi called “Supernatural Texas.” Brian saw the post and wrote me back that our bed and breakfast received an entire chapter in another of his books, “The Ghosts of Fort Worth.” There are plenty of places in Fort Worth to find stories of ghosts and plenty of people interested in learning about them; so, I hope those of you who are interested will pick up this new book and also check out Brian Righi’s web site. Since we don’t have a copy of this book, the first couple who makes a reservation to stay with us and brings us a hardback, fairly new copy of “The Ghosts of Fort Worth” will receive a discount off your room rate or a gift from us in return for the book. However, you must let us know in advance of your stay so we can have your gift ready. Just call The Texas White House (817-923-3597) to reserve your stay in our Lone Star room. After all, wouldn’t a ghost lover want to stay with the ghost?!!
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April 16th, 2010 by Grover McMains
Texas Star Gardens at The Texas White House
Springtime has started in earnest at the Texas Star Gardens of The Texas White House. Each day, more and more Native Texas plants are budding out and blooming, and many of these spring flowers are producing seedlings. So, it’s time for our special discount offer. Actually, this is more “free” than “discount.” For each guest who stays at our Fort Worth bed and breakfast this spring and summer, you may dig up and take two seedling plants (supervised, of course!!) for each night you stay with us - absolutely free. For those of you reading this on Facebook, you are entitled to receive an even more special offer; so, please call us for the details. These seedlings can’t last forever – not because they won’t grow but because we will be forced to dig them up to keep the garden in shape. So, if you are interested, please plan to stay with us soon. You may want to time your stay to the type of plant you want, and we’ll certainly help you with that.
Tags: bed and breakfast, discount, Fort Worth, spring flowers, Texas Gardens
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March 29th, 2010 by Grover McMains
If it’s spring, and officially it is, then it must be time for Fort Worth’s Main Street Arts Festival. Artists’ booth down the center of Main Street, food and beverages on the side streets and people everywhere!
Main Street Arts Festival
All festivities begin on April 8, but if you slip downtown on the evening of April 7, you can usually get a preview of many of the booths as they set up (just a little hint from a local!). This year’s attraction includes many, shall we say, unusual live acts including music from chain saws and yo-yo demonstrations/performances. The Texas White House is only 1.5 miles from the center of all of this activity, and if you stay at our bed and breakfast during the festival, we’ll provide your transportation downtown. If you like crowds, you’ll love the Main Street Arts Festival, but at least you won’t have to hassle with the traffic and closed streets!
Tags: attraction, bed and breakfast, downtown, festival, Fort Worth
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March 25th, 2010 by Grover McMains
During spring break or anytime your family can get away for some time together, use our bed and breakfast as your home away from home. What makes that even better than just a great place to stay is that we are within walking distance of the city’s top family attraction, the Fort Worth Zoo, and are 5-6 minutes from the Log Cabin Village, the longest miniature train in the world and the Omni Theater at the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History.
Texas Wild! at the Fort Worth Zoo
Top that off with some family restaurants within walking distance, and you have a simple vacation to plan and a great one to be a part of! All you have to do is call us, book the Longhorn Suite and get ready to have some family fun.
Tags: attraction, bed and breakfast, family, Fort Worth, log cabin village, miniature train, Museum of Science & History, Omni Theater, restaurants, zoo
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March 18th, 2010 by Grover McMains
Richard March music from The Texas White House
Singer/songwriter Richard March stayed at our Fort Worth bed and breakfast while he performed at The Aardvark close to TCU. Richard is on a tour of the southwest building a fan base and getting to know the area. He blends a love for country and western music with the folk music he grew up with using a combination of guitar, harmonica and piano. Richard leaves Fort Worth and after a quick trip to Norman, Oklahoma, will come back to Texas to play in Bastrop and Austin. Check out his web site at richardmarch.com and pick up his latest album called, “These Dreams.” Better yet, go see Richard in person. We look forward to having him back at The Texas White House.
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