My wife and I got to get away for a night at Madonna Inn - Mi-ma (my wife's mother) generously watched the boys last night and part of this morning. We stayed at 'Country Gentleman' - a room filled with wood and leather furniture, fireplace, king size bed and two twin beds upstairs. Yes, upstairs. We were pleasantly surprised to find that our room was more like a house! It was fun to look around like a kid snooping in someone's fancy mansion.
Each wall was either old fashioned brick, duck and pheasant wall paper, thick wood paneling - or any combination thereof. Any large space of wall had a painting that fit the theme of the room perfectly. Two Large screen LCD TVs finished the wall décor.The fireplace was very large, open in the front and one side, with a copper hearth. The fireplace put out a surprising amount of heat for running on gas.
The L-shaped leather couch was large enough to sit two families with a creative coffee table in the shape of a bellow (the air pump you use to blow into a fireplace). This is an older picture of how it looked before it was remodeled - the layout is simailar, but the wallpaper, funiture, curtains, and carpet have all been changed.
The shower tub was tiled - one wall had these small one inch copper tiles that totally made me smile - they always find a way to sneak in copper in places you would never expect.
Overall our stay was extremely relaxing. We started the evening off with dinner at the steakhouse, went up to the pool, tried out one of the hot tubs and visited with a little bit of chocolate. The room was extremely quiet - combined with a full belly of steak - I have never slept so deep.
I am writing this on my laptop IN the room right now. They have wireless access - my wireless card shows two bars!
The only disappointing thing is that today is now Thursday and I will be going back to work right after breakfast!
