Hotels offering something new or different. Mugs and Flags at Chipman Hill Suites. Restored Monastery offers Regeneration Packages. Grail Springs hosts #WeAreTheChange Summer Festival.
Mugs and Flags at Chipman Hill Suites
By Susan Fullerton
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Chipman Hill Suites is a unique collection of ten charming properties located in the historic uptown area of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada’s First City.
Once upon a time, 25 years ago or so, maybe more, my husband and I went to a Renaissance Festival in Florida. We bought a pair of handmade, top end, pottery tankards there. That was the first time I ever saw or heard of this family run pottery called Deneen Pottery, in Minnesota.
Subsequently, we took an innkeeper’s course in Vermont………guess it was more than 25 years ago, as we’ve been in business for 25 years…..and as part of the tour, we were shown around a really (at the time and hopefully still) lovely inn called the Pitcher Inn. We bought one of their mugs, also from Deneen, and we still have it.
This firm specializes in mugs for inns, B&B’s, etc.
The custom-designed flags were offered by TOLAND, the U.S. company we have done business with for years. When I first heard about their custom designed flags, and the fact that they are printed on both sides, so that if they hang out perpendicular to the building, both sides look the same, I was hooked. And the price is right.
Interestingly enough, we wanted to have some Canada 150 Flags, printed on both sides. I couldn’t find what I wanted here, for what I wanted to pay, so I had this company make them for me and they were such a great hit.
— Photos by Chipman Hill Suites Innkeeper, Margaret Donaldson
Restored Monastery offers Regeneration Packages
Photo credit: Le Monastère des Augustines.
QUEBEC — Le Monastère des Augustines is a restored 17th century monastery hotel offering wellness retreats with calm and inviting guestrooms in the original cloister, mindful eating (with breakfast served in silence), wellness practices such as yoga, and opportunities to learn about the rich heritage of the Augustinian sisters.
The monastery was originally the first Augustinian hospital established north of Mexico. Today, much of the original character has been preserved with religious artwork, antique furniture and a museum.
The hotel’s packages are designed to promote rest, renewal and self-discovery. Their five and seven-day Regeneration Stay packages are designed for the modern busy person to find rest and gain tools for achieving better balance in their overall lifestyle. While at the monastery, guests enjoy practices that are beneficial to body and soul, and get expert advice on nutrition, holistic health and restorative treatments.
For example, the five-night Regeneration Stay includes accommodations in a restored original cloister room, three healthy meals per day in the restaurant (including silent breakfast), green juices, a holistic health consultation, two 60-minute massages or reflexology treatments, two private movement sessions, aromatherapy, access to all wellness activities (including morning practice, meditation, yoga, Pilates, and Qi Gong), a guided tour of the monastery’s museum, and an end-of-stay consultation.
Grail Springs hosts #WeAreTheChange Summer Festival
Hosted by Grail Springs founder Madeleine Marentette and MC’d by award-winning comedian Carla Collins, the event aimed to help women define, shape and lead meaningful social change in people, animals and the planet.
Featuring an all-star group of workshops and speakers, the event also featured an outdoor spa, morning yoga, an evening sound bath concert, opening and closing ceremonies, music, drumming, an evening forest illumination walk, and many more activities.
For just over 24 years, Grail Springs has been dedicated to improving the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of their guests. Located across one hundred acres in the heart of the Canadian Shield, #WeAreTheChange provided attendees with a restorative and rejuvenating agenda, brimming with activities geared to defining and shaping a better future for themselves and others.
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