Egg Harbor Lodge News

Get ready… get set… go!  Egg Harbor is having a Holiday Sale and party this Wednesday.  Listen up… this is 50% off all merchandise for one day only! I talked today to Erin Bosman of the Patricia Shoppe  (women’s clothes, shoes, jewelry etc.) in Egg Harbor.  She informed me that not only her store (she was the pioneer of this effort) but also Robben’s Nest Farm (fresh seasonal wreaths and swags), Maxwell’s House (super trendy glassware, rugs and furnishings) Jane’s for Women (women’s clothing) and Something Fishy (crazy jewelry and trinkets) are all in on the event.  I know I am going to check it out.  Egg Harbor is decorated for Christmas and we have a ton of snow so our little village looks really beautiful.  Door County is an excellent place to shop for the holidays.  My friend Bernadette and I are going to shop and grab a bite to eat… probably at the Bistro at Liberty Square and try to get a handle on the Christmas shopping gig. To date, I have bought 2 gifts… pretty sad.

It is that time of year again… Pumpkin Patch!  Those very words alone send fear and excitement to all business owners, residents and employees alike.  The festival is really a lot of fun… good music, food, crafts, art, games- you name it but it gets really busy and the traffic is crazy.  (If you are lucky enough to stay at Egg Harbor Lodge you can walk or take a bike). The festival is run  by the Egg Harbor Business Association.  It is a huge festival run by a relatively small group of people.  We recruit everybody and anybody to help and with the lure of free food and beer we usually get enough people.  One year Mark and I decided to sell brats and beer while we were setting up on the Friday the day before the festival usually begins and Voila! the festival is now a three day event.  We have not decided if that is a good thing or not.  This year we will not be able to cook and sell brats on Friday but I am sure somebody will step forward and take over.  This weekend means all hands on deck… all of our kids help along with their friends.  It is a lot of hard work but a lot of fun and the best people watching experience one can imagine.   This year the EHBA is donating $1000.00 to a local mother with terminal cancer.  She and her husband have three children.  The  employees  from Door County Memorial Hospital will work on Saturday to earn the money and will then turn it over to the family.  There will be canisters for donations as well, so if you go to the festival, be sure to donate to this worthy cause.

At the end of each day we take all of the roasters and dishes to the Alpine… they are kind enough to wash everything up for us. We then stop and see my pal Emily Bertschinger and her family and have a couple of well deserved cocktails. 

It will be a wild weekend… see you there.  I will be the pony-tailed blonde wearing a dirty sweatshirt.

We went to see the Siegel Schwall Band at the Peg Egan Amphitheater last night… what a show that was.  Excellent Blues… perfect weather and a sunset to boot.  I bet there were over 600 people there.  I wish my parents were here to enjoy the new venue… they would have loved it.  The pavilion is just such a nice asset to our little village.  Next Sunday is the last scheduled concert of the season… summer is winding down. 

Starting September 1, we have a new special at Egg Harbor Lodge.  For every night you stay, you get a $10 gas card…yes, we are going to help you navigate the county by helping to pay for your gasoline.  Make sure to mention the special when you book your reservation.  September is a perfect time for a trip to Door County… the kids are back in school and the weather is just beautiful.  Take a drive up for a visit and the gas is on us!  See you soon…

It has been just crazy the last few weeks.  The weather has been beautiful and Egg Harbor Lodge has been really busy.  I am not able to upload any photos for my blog… some kind of glitch.  I will stop at 3w Design next week to see my pals Barbara and Gregg Luhring.  They are my go-to people for my website and so much more… plus they are fun to hang out with.  Blogging just isn’t as fun without photos. 

Egg Harbor Lodge sponsors Egg Harbor’s concert in the park tonight…. and the Bittorf Bros., Egg Harbor’s own iconic country band does the honors.  We’ll head down there tonight to listen and hopefully dance a bit.  I hope somebody is in the mood to polka! We’ll take blankets, snacks and drinks and enjoy the music and sunset… Life is good!

The Door County Triathlon was held July 20. Approximately 1100 people participated in the event including our daughters Nellie and Emilie and yes, me. The event is run amazingly well. I had a lot of athletes stay at the lodge over the weekend and they all agreed it was one of the most well-planned events they had done. The swim was really difficult for just about everybody. In my wave, I bet 3 or 4 people were pulled out… which made me feel panicky as they were splashing and flailing all over the joint. We looked like tons of salmon swimming upstream. It was just nuts. I didn’t train nearly as much as I should have and I too had a hard time.. My time was poor, but I finished and it felt really good. Even though there was delicious food there (pulled pork sandwiches and corn on the cob), I decided to wait and grab some Mexican food at Mojo’s when we were done. This year, the shirt we got were pretty cool and you could actually wear them to work-out. Other years, they gave those heavy cotton T-shirts. Ick. Next year, I am getting a decent bike and practicing my swimming in the open water a lot more.