10' Douglas Fir in the Parlor

We’ve been busy decorating for Christmas and preparing for our upcoming Open House, December 19, 2011, 5:00 – 8:00 pm in celebration of the Inn’s 25th Anniversary.

Check out this great feature article about us in the Express Times.

This week Laura is busy researching the history of the house during its days as a private home, apartment building, fraternity house (Pi Lamda Phi), and the early inn days. If you’ve got picture or a story to share we’d love to hear from you!

We had an amazing day yesterday wandering around Bucks County! We were invited to a private tour of Carousel Farm in Mechanicsville. This stunning farm features acres of lavender as well as lamas, Scottish highland cattle, donkeys, and horses. Their gift shop features all sorts of wonderful products made from their own lavender. The farm is open to the public Saturdays from 9 am to 5 pm. Bring a picnic lunch and spend some time admiring the lavender fields. They also offer guided tours of the private gardens and original structures on Wednesdays at 10 am and other days by appointment for groups of 10 or more. Cost of the tour is $10 and worth every penny.

We stopped for a real treat at OWowCow (gourmet, organic, small batch ice cream!) on the way home. Yum!!!

The farm is just 2 miles from Peddler’s Village so it’s a great add-on to a day of shopping or wandering around the rest of Bucks County.

The farm is about an hour from The Lafayette Inn. The drive there is as picturesque and worthwhile as the destination.

Wow, where shall I start? Of course there are all the traditional favorites: The Crayola Factory and National Canal Museum, Easton Farmers Market (longest continuously running outdoor market in the USA!), Heritage Day and walking along the Delaware and Lehigh River towpath trails. But this year there seems to be a bumper crop of new and exciting things to add to the list.

The recently opened Sigal Museum offers a look at local history. Improvements along the Delware Riverfront offer additional children’s play areas, walking access, and concert space. Also check out the truely unique Art in Urban Environments Festival and Chansonette Fringe Festival. We are truley blessed to have these special events taking place right here in Easton!

Join us for a couple of days of complete relaxation AND tons of fun too. The hanging baskets are waiting to be admired, Lena’s ready to great you, the cakes are baking and the drinks are chilled!

Laura

The Lafayette Inn, Easton, PA

Hanging Baskets on the porch

Azaleas in Bllom

Every time I attend a show at The State Theatre in Easton, PA I am reminded how fortunate we are to live in this great city. We saw the ever enchanting Fab Faux on Saturday night and will be there again this Thursday for Madame Butterfly and again later this month for Avenue Q. Also contemplating tickets to the just announced David Crosby & Graham Nash show in May.

Combine a show at this stunning little gem with dinner at one of Easton’s awesome restaurants and an overnight stay at The Lafayette Inn. A great romantic getaway!

There’s so much to do the first week of August that you’ll want to stay all week!  The New Jersey Balloon Festival runs August 1 – 7. Just 10 minutes away from The Lafayette Inn Bed & Breakfast, in Warren County, this is a great local farmers’ fair and balloon fest. We took our first hot air balloon ride there a couple of years ago with Roger Kell. Gorgeous scenery; the experience of a lifetime and a great romantic getaway.

Easton Restaurant Week returns running August 1-5. With $8 lunches and $30 dinners you can’t beat this event. Try a different restaurant every day!

Don’t forget Musikfest just 20 minutes away from our Easton Bed & Breakfast in Bethlehem, PA running August 6 – 15. Great music and much, much more.

Why stay at a chain hotel when you can stay with us – be pampered, enjoy delicious breakfast, and benefit from our great personalized advice on all there is to see and do in Easton, PA, The Lehigh Valley and Warren County, NJ.

Just finished up three great days of golf with my friend Jerry. Started out trying a new course for us in Bethlehem at the Bethlehem Golf Course – very nice course for a public course – wide open fairways and no water hazards. We returned to local Eastonian golf courses for Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we played Riverview Golf Course, just minutes from the Lafayette Inn.  The course was in great shape and we didn’t lose any balls. We decided to bring on the challenge on Sunday and played The Club at Morgan Hill Golf Course, also a few minutes from the Lafayette Inn.  Beautiful course in beautiful shape.  Humidity was higher than previous days but that seemed to help our drives – they were going straighter and farther – too bad it didn’t help our putting game.  Afterwards we rewarded ourselves with lunch at Vintage Restaurant – great meal after a good round of golf.  All in all it was great fun and can’t wait to do it again. See the videos of Easton from atop Morgan Hill GC.   View of Easton from Morgan Hill Golf Club.

This spring seems to have been all about finding great places to walk in and around Easton, PA.  We’ve been here five years now and we’ve always known about Jacobsburg Park and the Forks Township Recreation Trail.  But now we’ve added to our list of favorites Gollub Park, just a couple of miles from us, Merrill Creek Reservoir in New Jersey, and the recently reopened Delaware Canal Towpath Trail.  Of course there’s always the delightful College Hill neighborhood (I swear I find a new favorite house every time I go out!) and the beautiful Lafayette College campus.  Come stay a while and get out and walk!

Laura and Lena in Gollub Park

Bring your dog!  They need the exercise too.

The Lafayette Inn Bed & Breakfast - your gateway to great outdoor activities in the Lehigh Valley.

We are having the most incredible autumn weather this year! On a recent sunny, warm afternoon we drove up to the trail along the Lehigh Gorge near Jim Thorpe, PA. This flat, fabulously maintained trail is wide and comfortable on foot or bike. The views of the river and surrounding hills are wonderful. Lena was ready to tackle the full 32 miles but Paul and I gave up after just two or three. We will definitely go back for cross country skiing and summer trekking.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/lehighgorge.aspx#trails

Lena ready to roll