We recently received an email from Richard and Ellen DeFeo, the innkeepers at the gorgeous Manor at Opera House Square, a Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania bed and breakfast. It seems that many years of successful inn keeping brings a lot of rewards, namely an extremely well developed sense of humor. The DeFeo’s wrote to see if their B&B was ‘Eco Friendly’, and they kindly responded to some of the specific criteria we use to see who is green and who isn’t. There answers were so wonderful and entertaining that we though that sharing them would be in order, and just for the record: Yes, you are a Green B&B in our eyes. Thanks Richard and Ellen!
If anyone else has some ‘creative’ ways that their inn is green, please leave us a comment below, we’d love to hear it.
Is Our B&B Green?
•Is your inn powered by renewable energy (wind, solar, etc.)?
We are retired Seniors that keep going and going. We’re dancers in our 70’s.
•Do you serve locally grown or organic food?
All our parsley is local and is organically grown by our neighbor’s window box.
•Is your B&B located on an organic or sustainable farm?
The window box is located on the window sill.
•Do you offer access to low-impact activities (car-free farm tours, nature walks, etc.)?
Our B&B is Within walking distances to bike rides, fishing in the River, and walks to Restaurants, the refrigerator, museums,the 5 and dime store, and ice cream and coffee stores.
•Do you preserve some property for wildlife?
We have a bird feeder.
•Is your B&B energy-efficient and built with sustainable materials (LEED-certified)?
Our housekeeper is efficient and helps us sustain material usage of our knees to get to the second floor.
•Do you use low-water/low-energy methods for washing linens?
We use no water to clean our linens, our housekeeper takes it all to be done?
•Do you avoid using disposables (cutlery, plates, napkins, etc.)?
None of the plates and silverware used here are disposable, but we’ve had some clumsy guests who have broken dishes.
•Do you compost food scraps?
We have no need to compost our guests finish everything.
Richard and Ellen DeFeo Manor B&B is not like any other place
in the world. Not only is the house Beautiful to look at its like stepping into the 1800’s . The food is not only good it looks beautiful when you find it on the table in the morning.
However the best part of the Manor is Richard and Ellen,There love
of family and anyone who enters their door is loved and pampered .
If you want a place to get away and relax. See beauty from your
bedroom windows. And feel like your at home. visit the Manor
you will not be sorry. Thanks Richard and Ellen for allowing
others to share in your love. Teresa
Comment by Teresa Hobson — August 28, 2008 @ 5:49 am