Making Connections
Cleaning Furniture the Bettina Way
copyright the Bettina Network, inc. 2010 Several months ago, we received a telephone call from a host family in the Bettina Network whose home is open for bed & breakfast guests. She had an exciting experience cleaning and polishing her furniture. Not many of us get excited over such things these days. It has taken…
Read MoreFresh, Healthy-Looking Eyes
A tip from a guest – sent via mail to the Bettina Network, inc. Thanks for Bettina’s Blog. I enjoy reading it and followed your suggestion of saving it for Sunday morning. It is more fun than the newspapers I read on Sundays and informative in ways no one else tells us. My experience at…
Read MoreYour Credit Card and their ‘Rewards"
copyright 2010 The Bettina Network, inc. Let’s take a look at those Credit Card “Rewards” offered by just about every bank. This came from several breakfast conversations. We put it all together and voila – for your information! Who pays for those rewards? Are they really ‘gifts’ from the banks and credit card companies as…
Read MoreCayenne Pepper Stories
copyright 2010 Bettina Network, inc. Stories about Cayenne Pepper and what it does for you have been floating around the breakfast table at a couple Bettina homes for several years. The first time we heard about cayenne pepper – other than as a spice in your food – was from a Canadian Guest, in town…
Read MoreResponse to Disaster in Haiti
One response the Bettina Network, inc. made to the disaster in Haiti was to respond to a request from a bed & breakfast guest and now a friend, to give a one night stay at a Bettina home in Harvard Square for the silent auction being held by the town of Weston, VT. We were…
Read MoreGinger Pralines
copyright 2010 by Marceline Donaldson Pralines generate memories that takes me back to a really great childhood. I shall always be grateful to those who sacrificed so much for me. A neighbor and I (Troy Lynn), used to get in my grandmother’s kitchen and experiment with pralines. Troy Lynn took her pralines home and ate…
Read MoreA Tribute to Mary Daly
by: Marceline Donaldson A friend of mine died on Sunday. The world is changing much too fast. Old friends are leaving, quietly. You hear nothing for a couple years and then the news comes that they have died. Keep your friends and family close. Before you know it, they will be gone. Mary Daly died…
Read MoreDarwin’s Ltd. (A Review)
2010 copyright The Bettina Network, inc. 148 Mount Auburn St. Cambridge, MA. 02138 617 354 5233 www.darwinsltd.com hours: 6:30am – 9pm six days/week sundays: 7am – 9pm A really Cambridge-style grocery, deli, wine-cheese-beer store, with tables for those who want to visit and eat and enjoy this neighborhood gathering place. It is a magnet for…
Read MoreBreakfast at Bettina’s – By a Guest!
This is great! I’ve had this secret wish to be a journalist for a long time. I do a lot of writing, but all scientific and publishing for scientific journals so you can guess I am an astrophysicist, and those who stay at Bettina’s a lot and recommended this house to me – you know…
Read MoreThe harpist you heard at a Bettina home is —-
Deborah Henson-Conant. A fantastic jazz harpist and Grammy nominated electric pedal harpist. If you have a chance, don’t miss one of her concerts. In the meantime if you want to see her again try this www.youtube.com/watch?v-pECeohhUBSs or www.hipharp.com A great, fun experience!!! She has quite a few videos on Youtube.com. I don’t know if she…
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