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Weatherfield Chronicles
Here you'll find our Inn updates and more.


Learn what it takes to be an innkeeper
If you've toyed with saying "bye-bye Corporate Life" and hello to owning your own business and experiencing a completely different...
Marilee Spanjian
Jun 14, 2018


We're looking for artisans.
We're looking for New England artisans who create products for practical use in the garden and inside the home to exhibit and sell on...
Marilee Spanjian
Jun 13, 2018


Marilee Spanjian
Jun 11, 2018


Help! I hate cute freeloaders.
Saturday June 9, 2018 Dear Thomas, I need your help. I hate freeloaders, especially when they’re cute and their children are even cuter....
Marilee Spanjian
Jun 9, 2018


If you love used books, stop.
Just north of Middlebury's traffic circle, set on the side of a nondescript stretch of Route 7, is Monroe Street Books We had no idea...
Marilee Spanjian
Jun 7, 2018


You never heard of Memorial Day
Saturday, May 26, 2018 Dear Thomas, It’s Memorial Day weekend. That won’t mean anything to you as it didn’t become a national American...
Marilee Spanjian
May 26, 2018


Where to get massages, facials & body work
Are you coming to visit and want to be pampered? Here's our favorite spots to get all of that: Heidi's Therapeutic Massage & Skincare -...
Marilee Spanjian
May 23, 2018


Marilee Spanjian
May 13, 2018


Let us take the picture.
Mother's Day is Sunday and The Inn at Weathersfield's Hidden Kitchen farm-to-table restaurant will be open with a special menu and...
Marilee Spanjian
May 7, 2018


Addicted to renovations.
This is serious. As hard as I try, I cannot neglect an old house, cannot look past spaces crying for attention. Over our 30-day Mud...
Marilee Spanjian
May 4, 2018


George the wonder dog!
Fifteen months ago, George received a death sentence from our vet. "He has cancer. We cut out most of the tumor inside his mouth, but it...
Marilee Spanjian
Mar 22, 2018
Join us for our monthly TOAST event
We're committed to TOAST, our monthly tasting and paired dinner. In the winter, we hold the event on Saturdays. All other seasons, we...
Marilee Spanjian
Jan 29, 2018


Blink & Life Changes.
Blink and life changes. Strong Oaks Woodshop in Virginia built The Inn at Weathersfield new bar stools out of salvaged wood. On April...
Marilee Spanjian
Dec 30, 2017


If she's happy, we're happy.
For 225 years old, we think she's never looked better. She has this glow about her. I thought it was only me, but guests tell us they...
Marilee Spanjian
Dec 30, 2017
Letters to Thomas Prentis
Each day, I write a letter to Thomas Prentis (or Prentice as we've found two spellings), the revolutionary war veteran who built the...
Marilee Spanjian
Dec 29, 2017
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