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Not many people know that Andrea misspent a bit of her youth becoming the queen of Tetris. In fact she is still a dab hand and can score in the millions if she puts her mind to it. This may … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Inn
A Southern Belle Gets a Facelift
The Magnolia Suite has always been the Andon-Reid Inn’s “southern belle”. It is one of our largest rooms and has also proved to be the most enduringly popular. Given its light and airy full-length glassed-in porch, its large and comfortable … Continue reading
Season of mists and mellow mushroomness
The weather has finally started to turn in the North Carolina mountains. Temperatures in the evenings are getting decidedly chilly. The leaves are gone, which makes the hills less colorful. However this does mean we now enjoy more open mountain … Continue reading
Falling leaves… to the max
By all measures this has been an unusual fall leaf-peeping season. The warm dry summer has affected the usually predictable progression of fall colors which normally starts in the high peaks and descends to the valleys. Instead this year we … Continue reading
Chickadee Update
Back in June I wrote about our unexpected visitors, a pair of Carolina chickadees who had made their nest and were raising a brood of noisy chicks in what we thought was an ornamental bird box. We had named them … Continue reading
Unexpected guests at the Andon-Reid Inn
After almost a year at the Andon-Reid Inn, Andrea and I are pretty well organized (well at least Andrea is) so we almost never have unexpected guests. However, some months ago we remember seeing a couple driving up to the … Continue reading
Spring has sprung at the Andon-Reid Inn
This is Andrea’s and my first spring at the Andon-Reid Inn, and what a lovely surprise. It is extraordinary how beautiful and energizing the change has been from the muted and soft tints of the Smoky Mountains winter to the … Continue reading
Gentle pastimes at the Andon-Reid Inn
One of the things Andrea and I love about owning the Andon-Reid Inn is that it is smack bang in the middle of so many wonderful things to do in Western North Carolina. Within a relatively short drive you can … Continue reading
Cat Tales
Andrea and I are animal lovers. However, because we respect that some of our guests have allergies we have continued the policy of keeping the Andon-Reid Inn pet-free. Therefore, when we bought the Inn we were pleasantly surprised to find … Continue reading
Five amazing things Part 1 – The Inn of Serendipity
We suppose we should start by introducing ourselves. I am George Jolesz, and together with my wonderful wife Andrea Tashik we have been the proud new owners of the Andon-Reid Inn since July 1, 2015. From the very beginning, acquiring … Continue reading
