Enough about us!  There is a lot going on this month and next in Vermont.  Check out the Chamber of Commerce website www.woodstockvt.com  for upcoming events.  There is something for everyone!  What are you waiting for?  Besides, the innkeepers of the year are waiting for YOU!

That is the Alhambra behind us not Deer Brook Inn!

So much is happening in Woodstock this August.  The Billings Farm has a full agenda.  The 24th Annual Quilt Exhibit runs until September 26.  Sunday’s at the Farm are Ice Cream Sundays.  Tuesday’s are for Time Travel, go back in time and see how people lived in the 19th century.  Wednesday’s are for wagon rides and  Sunday, August 8th is Tractor day!

On August 22, we have the Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival, and every Thursday is the Brown Bag Lunch Series on the Green at noon.  Go to www.pentanglearts.org  for a schedule of entertainers.  August 7th is Plymouth Old Home Day when the governor will open the New President Calvin Coolidge Museum and Education Center and on August 9, the Woodstock History Center hosts Antique Appraisals. It may not be the Antiques Roadshow but it is our version of it!  Check out www.woodstockhistorical.org for details.

You don’t want to miss TASTE OF WOODSTOCK on Saturday, August 14th from 10 AM til 8 PM.  This street festival offers food, wine and beer tasting, cheese tables, craft vendors, kid activities, live music and dancing in the streets.  Every Wednesday is a Farmers Market on the Green and I almost forgot, August 21st is the Pierce- Arrow Auto Show. So call and make your reservation now for these events and relax with us at Deer Brook Inn.

July is packed full of activities for you.  Pick a day, it doesn’t matter.   Tuesday’s at the Billings Farm are Time Travel Days.  Lend a hand with late 19th Century chores. The kids will love it.  On Wednesday’s visit the Farmer’s Market on the Woodstock Green and then head over to the Billings farm for horse drawn wagon rides.  Thursday’s  Brown Bag Concerts on the Woodstock Green are always fun.  Downtown Saturday Night in Woodstock has great music and the shops stay open late, not to mention the Killington Music Festival- 28 Years of Music in the Mountains, is a short ride west of us.  There are so many more events, I can’t list them all!

Whatever your pleasure, our area offers fun activities for the whole family.  We are waiting here to host your visit to Woodstock.

We are celebrating the 190th birthday of the farmhouse that has become known as Deer Brook Inn.  Built in 1820 on 300 acres  by Tories, our knowledge is a little sketchy.  We know that the original builders  only lived in the house for a short time because as Tories, they were not  welcomed with open arms by the settlers of this area.  We understand that one night they disappeared under the cloak of darkness after many skirmishes with their neighbors.  They showed up in Boston in what is known as Tory Row.  How the house fell into the hands of the next family is not clear but we understand it was in this new family for over 120 years.  Operated as a farm for all that time, we assume the family ran out of children willing to continue to work the acreage as a farm. The house became a rental property for a couple of decades and then fell into disrepair.  In 1985 it was purchased by a young couple with a dream who totally renovated this gem into the beautiful bed and breakfast it is today.  So come help us celebrate 190 years in the Vermont countryside.

With so much to do this spring and summer, you will be captivated by the area.  Whether you like outdoor activities or more scholarly pursuits interest you, Woodstock has it all.   May 9th is the Road to the Pogue Run, and of course in June is the Covered Bridges Half Marathon, two very popular races in this area.  June also has the Quechee Balloon Festival, Billings Farm is in full swing by then, and of course there is Bookstock in July.  So many reasons to come– stop making excuses!!

For those of you who received a best seller for Christmas, our fireplace is the perfect spot to cozy up to and read to your heart’s content.  Our 3 course country breakfasts will fortify you  for a day on the slopes, trails, or lakes.  What’s

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 keeping you?  Time to get away after the hecticness of the holidays.  We are waiting by the phone for your call!

Deer Brook is all decked out too.  The fireplace is roaring and relaxes the harried soul.  Check our availability for Christmas week, too.  What better way to celebrate the holidays than to relax by the fire and let someone else take care of all the mess and bother.  We look forward to seeing you then!

If you want to have an enjoyable holiday without the worry and aggravation of clean-up, let Santa visit you at Deer Brook Inn.  Our fireplace is just the right size for the robust man, and leave all the fuss and mess to us.

Fall or winter, Deer Brook Inn is the place to be!

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