Superbowl Sunday Specials for the Tavern

The GAME will be on, and we will be ready for you to watch and celebrate in style in our Tavern at the Hawthorne Hotel on Sunday February 5, 2012.  Here is what you can look forward to:

Four-Course Special

$25 per person

Each course will be served at the beginning of each quarter. 

Items may be ordered individually for prices shown

1^st Quarter

Half-order of Tavern Nachos

red, white and blue tortilla chips layered with cheddar and Jack cheeses,

tomatoes, scallions, jalapenos and onions

served with salsa and sour cream

$7

2^nd Quarter

Chowder Playoff

one cup of Steve’s New England-style seafood chowder and

one cup of Manhattan-style clam chowder

$10

3^rd Quarter

New England Patriot Burger

New England Farms all-natural beef burger, Vermont cheddar cheese

and Vermont Smoked North Country bacon

served with all-American seasoned Patriot fries

$11.50

4^th Quarter

Apple-Caramel Blossom

locally-sourced vanilla ice cream

$6

  

Daily Specials

Two Giant Stadium-Style Hot Dogs

served with onions, relish, mustard

seasoned French fries

$8.50

Patriot's Individual North End cheese

and pepperoni pizza

$9.50

Basket of Seasoned Patriot Fries

$6.95

Giant Bowl of Chili

with shredded New York

horseradish-cheddar cheese and a basket of red, white and blue tortilla chips

$12

 I hope to see you here.

Juli

Giving

The Hawthorne Hotel receives a LOT of requests from worthy causes far and near.  In fact, we receive on average about 25 requests per week.  That means about 1,300 requests per year.

We give to a lot of these causes.  In fact, so much so that today I signed over 35 certificates, equaling about $2,000 in donations, which cover those received in just a two-week period of time.  I don't really usually notice it so much, because I usually sign them fairly often, but because I was on vacation they piled up until my return.

Here is a photo of the ones I signed today.

I hope you appreciate how much work this is for my assistant, and expense for the Hawthorne Hotel, and I certainly do hope that you appreciate our participation in the worthy projects of all of these entities, and show that appreciation by supporting the Hawthorne Hotel.

So, the next time you think about where to have an event, or where to stay, or where to eat, or where to meet for a cocktail, or where to BUY a gift card for a friend or family member, I hope you will think about the Hawthorne Hotel.

Shamelessly plugging for more business so we can continue to support all of these worthy causes,

Juli

We LOVE being mentioned in Travel Blogs!!!

A nice post (about the Hawthorne Hotel and #SalemMA) on yet another travel blog, this one featuring a number of destinations where you might want to visit with your children or grandchildren.

I hope you enjoy reading it. 

And I hope to see you here.  Best Family Vacations

Juli

Wedding Open House Photos

Here is a link to the album of photos that I took today at our Wedding Open House here at the Historic Hawthorne Hotel.  If you were unable to attend, but really wanted to be here, or if you came and want to share your experience with others, this may be just what you need.

Here is the link:
Hawthorne Hotel Wedding Open House

It was a delightful event, one we are certain to repeat in the future.

If you were here, I hope you enjoyed it -- we enjoyed having you, and if you were not, hopefully these photos will be helpful to you.

These are just three photos -- the entire album has 37 photos in it!  So be sure to click on the link.

Juli

Hawthorne Hotel's Flags of the Week ~~ January 30 through February 5, 2012

It seems like it will be a predominantly blue flag week here at the Hawthorne Hotel.

Our flags of the week are:

Monday , January 30 Egypt and Mississippi


Tuesday , January 31 El Salvador and Missouri

The flag of El Salvador was inspired by the flag of the Federal Republic of Central America, and by the flag of Argentina, the country that sent one of the first fleets to help consummate the independence of Central American republics from Spain.


There are two versions of the flag, one containing the national coat of arms and the other the words "DIOS UNION LIBERTAD" (Spanish: God, Union, Liberty). The one bearing the coat of arms is used by the government and state organizations. The other version is used for civil purposes. Both flags have a 3:5 aspect ratio.

From 1009 to 1912, a different flag was in use, with a field of alternating blue and black stripes and a white canton containing white stars.

The actual blue and white stripes in flag are based on the importance of añil exports, añil was commonly used as a source for indigo dye.

Wednesday , February 1 Equatorial Guinea and Montana

Thursday , February 2 Eritrea and Nebraska

Friday , February 3 Estonia and Nevada

The national flag of Estonia is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. The normal size is 105 × 165 cm. In Estonian it is colloquially called the "sinimustvalge" (literally "blue-black-white") , after the colours of the bands. The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism and was used as the national flag (riigilipp) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on February 24, 1918. The flag was formally adopted on November 21, 1918. On December 12, 1918 was the first time the flag was raised as the national symbol atop of the Pikk Hermann Tower in Tallinn


Saturday , February 4 Scotland * and New Hampshire

The official state flag of New Hampshire was adopted in 1909 (but its design has been in use since 1784). The flag pictures the state seal on a deep blue field (background). The state seal has the ship "Raleigh" sailing near a large gray granite rock, in front of a yellow sun rising over blue water. The Raleigh was built to fight the British during the Revolutionary War. The scene is surrounded by the words, "SEAL OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 1776," and yellow laurel leaves interspersed with nine yellow stars (since New Hampshire was the ninth state in the US). New Hampshire became a state in 1788.


Sunday , February 5 Ethiopia and New Jersey

* denotes special request(s)

We hope you enjoy learning more about the flags of the countries of the United Nations, and the States of the USA.  These will be flying on the front of the Hawthorne Hotel, while the Stars and Stripes will prevail on the roof.

Juli

We Love Being Thanked

Here is a note I received this week.  It sure made my day.  I hope you enjoy reading some of my mail like this!  To make it larger, just click on the image.

Juli

What Happens "Behind the Scenes"?

Guessing is not needed -- this is a class that our Director of Food and Beverage, Claire Kallelis, teaches for the benefit of our bartenders and servers, as well as managers here at the Hawthorne Hotel. She also makes it available to other restaurants' employees, so that is why you see members of the Green Land Cafe staff in attendance. (For those of you with eagle eyes for this kind of thing.)

Claire Kallelis teaching "TIPS" Class

This class, called "TIPS" training does not teach our staff members how to make more tips, but rather is focused on teaching them how to serve alcoholic beverages responsibly, so we keep our patrons, and the people they might interact with after leaving here, safe.

This is a very serious subject, and therefore the training takes quite a few hours.  Staff members learn practical tips in knowing how much alcohol to serve, depending on a variety of factors, and how to deal with people who have had enough to drink.

We trust you will be pleased to know that we run the hotel in a professional manner, attending to the myriad of details such as this, that are all part of what it takes to make that a reality.

I hope you enjoy seeing a little bit more of what goes on "behind the scenes" here at the Hawthorne Hotel.

And I hope to see you here soon.

Juli