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Inn on Mill Creek Deneen Pottery Mugs Have Arrived

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Inn on Mill Creek mugs from Deneen Pottery
Very exciting news! Our Inn on Mill Creek mugs arrived earlier this month, and they look beautiful! When you stay at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B, you can now sip your coffee or tea from a 12 oz. forest green or chocolate brown marble glaze footed mug or a 12 oz. Abby style cinnamon or sand colored mug.
Abby style mug

The stoneware mugs were each handcrafted from scratch by Deneen Pottery right here in the USA, and feature original custom-made artwork depicting the Inn on Mill Creek. Each piece is created by hand, lead free, and durable enough to be oven, microwave, and dishwasher safe. And did we mention, they are beautiful.

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Recipe: Cherry Chocolate Snickerdoodles

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Cherry Chocolate Snickerdoodles from the Inn on Mill Creek B&B

We had a lot of fun being part of the Visions of Sugar Plums Christmas Cookie Tour for the third year in a row. The Christmas Cookie tour is a public tour of B&Bs and Inns in and around Black Mountain, NC, and funds raised from ticket sales are donated to charity. As is our tradition, we chose a chocolate-based cookie for the Inn on Mill Creek’s 2013 cookie. Enjoy!

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Planning of the Guest Favorites Garden Begins

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We’re expanding our garden spaces at the Inn on Mill Creek Bed & Breakfast in 2014, and one new garden that we’re planning is called our “Guest Favorites” garden. Earlier this year, we took a poll on our B&B Facebook page to find out what our guests’ favorite flowers, shrubs and other plants are, and are planning a garden that features many of the responses.

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North Carolina Mountain Birds: Mourning Dove

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Mourning Dove at the Inn on Mill Creek B&B

As we head into cool weather, among the bird species that we can count on to see us through the wintertime is the Mourning Dove, so we’ve chosen this lovely bird as our November feature in our 12 Months of Birding at the Inn series on the blog.

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Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving in Asheville and Black Mountain

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Carmel’s, one of several local restaurants open for Thanksgiving 2013
[Photo Credit: Carmel’s of Asheville]

Coming to the Asheville/Black Mountain area for Thanksgiving this year? If you want a great meal without having to cook, leave the hard part to fantastic chefs and support a local business in the process: Check out this list of restaurants that are confirmed open on Thanksgiving, November 28, 2013, and let us know if we can help with making a reservation. We’ll update if we receive word that more Thanksgiving dining options are available and will add to the list.

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Fall 2013 BLUE to BLACK Art Weekend is Nov. 15-17

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Mathilda Tanner, one of several local artists featured during BLUE to BLACK Art Weekend [Photo Credit: BLUE to BLACK Art Weekend]

We’re really excited to share that one of our favorite Black Mountain art events is just around the corner: the Fall 2013 BLUE to BLACK Art Weekend (formerly known as the East of Asheville Studio to Tour – E.A.S.T.) is November 15-17. It’s an art stroll and studio tour, celebrating our local artists from east of the Blue Ridge Parkway to Black Mountain, hence Blue to Black. We are a proud sponsor of this event.

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NC Mountains Fall Color Report November 5, 2013

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Welcome to our seventh and final weekly Fall Color Report for the North Carolina Mountains around Asheville, Black Mountain, and Old Fort. It makes us a little bit sad to know that this is our last report on fall foliage for the year, but we still have some color on the trees and before we know it, spring will be here. Guess we do have to get through winter first. But until then…

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