Posts by anitteb
A Book on the Internet
I’ve kept up with Bettina’s Blog because of your strong interest in organic foods. I looked for a long time for a book that hasn’t been available in book stores, house sales, nor have I found it after looking for several years. Amazingly, I found it on the internet and it is well worth reading.…
Read MorePlease Post the Cheesecake Recipe
I stayed at one of the homes in the Bettina Network in Harvard Square Cambridge and I will always stay there when I travel to the Boston area. They made a cheese cake which was to die for! I think I ate at least half the cake and I am now too embarrassed to call…
Read MoreMichael Jackson over Breakfast
copyright 2009 Bettina Network, inc. There were interesting and highly charged breakfasts the morning after Michael Jackson died. We received the following comments which I thought I would share with you. The comments sound straight forward because the emotion of the moment is missing and we don’t know how to convey that to you, but…
Read MoreStock Market Action at Breakfast
A guests response to a Bettina Breakfast Hi Bettina People: I stayed in one of your homes a couple months ago and enjoyed it thoroughly. The guest questionnaire is great, but I thought this note of thanks, in addition, was really needed. We had great breakfasts every morning, but one particular morning helped us financially.…
Read MoreTidbits from A Scattering Sale
copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, inc. So many wonderful and not so wonderful things happen at a “Scattering Sale.” We would like to share with you a few things that happened at the last sale. Our common humanity, good-bad-and indifferent, shines through! We took this sale in spite of the fact that the water had…
Read MoreDessert Breadsticks from a Reader
What follows was sent to us by a bed & breakfast guest in response to the recipe for “Dessert Breadsticks” “Thank you for this wonderful recipe and its story. I used to take my grandchildren to tea every Saturday afternoon and they loved it. After trying your recipe I have an alternate suggestion: with my…
Read MoreThe Bettina Network, Inc’s Expanding
copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, inc. We are expanding our business to include Estate Sales and Liquidations. It is a business which helps us move one step further into vertical integration. Several people involved with the Bettina Network have had much experience with antiques, estate sales and related matters, some for over 40 years, so…
Read MoreWho is that woman on the Harley?
copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, inc. Marceline Donaldson It’s my GRANDMOTHER? At age 15 I took my first and, until now, last ride on a motorcycle after Church one Sunday when a friend offered me a ride on his Harley. My grandmother heard about it before I returned from a ride around the block and…
Read MoreBread Sticks Dessert for Breakfast
copyright 2009 The Bettina Network, Inc. These breakfast bread sticks are a really terrific after breakfast dessert which can be ‘knoshed’ on all day. We discovered the recipe while having afternoon tea at Young Quinlan & Co., an elegant store in Minneapolis which, unfortunately, has been closed for a few decades. It was a great…
Read MoreDivining at Breakfast
by Marceline Donaldson copyrighted to Marceline Donaldson 2009 We had a really fun and interesting breakfast a few days ago. We had the opportunity to watch one of our guests use a V shaped tree branch in the dining room to find water. She walked around with the divining rod, which she broke off the…
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