Fairbanks House Fun

A collection of happenings, events, people, places and things related to The Fairbanks House - an elegant, but gloriously unsophisticated bed and breakfast on Amelia Island, Florida. Look for guest photos, internet specials, upcoming events and maybe even a recipe or two.

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Location: Amelia Island, Florida, United States

I created this blog for a couple of reasons. In keeping a commitment that I made to myself, I have been walking at least thirty minutes every day since the first of the year. On these walks, I get to stroll through what I think is one of the most charming towns on earth. On every walk, I see at least 10 things that make me smile. I intend to show you a photo of one of those things (person, place, animal, flora, house, event or scene) so that you can enjoy our town right along with me. The second reason is so that you can keep tabs on my commitment to myself. I pledge to put a photo from the CURRENT day's walk on this blog every day. My goal is to begin running in about another month, so it could get tricky taking the camera along but I'll be thrilled to cross that bridge when I waddle over it. So....... no excuses. I invite you to keep tabs on me and to enjoy my little town of Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida right along with me. I turned 49 today. This is my "before " photo. You'll see me again when I turn 50 - February 1, 2008. I hope you'll enjoy the journey with me.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

It may only be July, but we only have three rooms left for our Christmas Holiday Packages www.fairbankshouse.com/christmaspack.html : rooms 1, 6 and our Schoolhouse Cottage. Seems that folks are planning ahead and know a good thing when they see it. Since we just recently announced our Thanksgiving Holiday Packages, we've still got some good availability including our larger rooms that can accommodate four or five guests. Here's a link: www.fairbankshouse.com/thanksgiving.html .

July has been an exceptionally busy one for "girls getaways" but we've still got some good availability for August. How about another getaway before the kids go back to school? In Florida, school starts at the beginning of August, so there's less competition for rooms for mother-daughter getaways for our friends up north, or for those that have a flexible schedule. Some local spas are running specials too...

Alot of our guests of late have been enjoying a wonderful new tour offering by Ecomotion Tours. We highly recommend it. Here's a link: www.ecomotiontours.com . It's a wonderful nature/ history tour - all conducted on Segways! We've tried it ourselves, and can assure you that it's quite easy to get the hang of it. It's a great add-on to your Amelia Island experience.