| Artisan Jams | 
We serve award winning jams and preserves hand crafted by my friend Bob Allen on Los Altos Hills, CA. |
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| The Bow Tie | Bob and Karen were in town for a 20th reunion for her graduation from Temple Medical School. The dinner on Saturday night was a formal affair. Bob had asked me in the morning if I would be around that evening so I could take their picture before they left for the event. When I checked in with them at 5:30 PM, I found Bob in a state of panic. "I forgot to bring my bow tie to wear with my tuxedo. Where can I find one at this time on a Saturday evening?" "Hang on a second," I replied. I went in to the other room where I have a dresser that holds an odd assortment of rarely worn clothes, my collection of Japanese kimono, and some family heirlooms. In one of the drawers I found a small white box that held my father's formal bow ties ... a black one, a white one and a mink one. Lord knows why I've held on to them for the past 18 years, but the black one came in handy that evening. |
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| Change in Taiwan Currency | Normally my guests pay for their stays at the inn with a credit card, that is handled by the B and B Connection along with reservations. It's nice for me because I rarely have to talk money with my guests. However, occasionally I do take cash payments. Recently, a guest from the University of Taiwan asked if he could pay me with traveler's cheques.
"No problem," I said, until I realized I needed to find $51 in cash to make change. I only had $31 in my wallet. "Perhaps I have a $20 bill stashed somewhere in the house," I thought, and went to look in my third floor office. I didn't find a $20, but I did find a wallet with a bunch of foreign curency that I had left over from various travels abroad. Among the bills I found some Taiwanese notes, one of them worth about $30. He was quite surpirsed but the problem was solved. We laughed about the "International Bank of Jean!" |
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Ginkgo Gardens is a non-smoking residence.
For More Information: e-mail: bnb@bnbphiladelphia.com or call: 800-448-3619 |
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