Bed & Breakfast Goes Green
A historic bed and breakfast in Adams Basin is going green. Using solar panels and a solar power inverter the innkeepers expect to save big on energy bills. It's all about the old meeting the new.

Bellefonte weighs rule changes for bed and breakfasts
BELLEFONTE ? Borough Council is considering amending its property maintenance code to loosen regulations for bed and breakfast inns with four or less rental units.

Big kids make breakfast while little ones help with laundry
Daughters Verena, 11, and Loretta, 8, had fun preparing breakfast for our family this morning with some help from me. They made baked French toast, scrambled eggs and smoky links.

Woman fires shotgun into wall while asleep
A woman sleeping with a shotgun in bed rolled over on it, discharging the gun and sending a pellet through the wall and into the headboard of her neighbor's bed, Fargo police say. Advertisement: Breezy Point Resort Free Breakfast and Drinks! OUR WINTER RATE INCLUDES A FREE FULL BREAKFAST IN THE NEW MARINA ll AND A FREE COCKTAIL RECEPTION FROM 5 TO 7 IN THE DOCKSIDE LOUNGE. THE RATE ...

Parents share heartbreak over death of child
As a parent, you wake up in the morning thinking about what you should fix for your kids for breakfast. What time do they need to get to ballet or soccer practice? Who should pick them up from school? Then, they're your last thoughts as you go to bed.

Coping with the death of a child
As a parent, you wake up in the morning thinking about what you should fix for your kids for breakfast. Then, they're your last thoughts as you go to bed. Losing a child is like losing the center of your life, experts say.

City expands TOT application
The Portola City Council voted to introduce a revised transient occupancy tax ordinance at its last meeting, which is scheduled for adoption at its Jan. 14 meeting and would take effect 30 days after that.

Double booking: look who's sleeping in Obama's bed
THE former prime minister, John Howard, has been exposed as the man who inadvertently bumped the US president-elect, Barack Obama, to the waiting list for the official presidential guest-manse, Blair House, forcing the next first family into the nearby Hay-Adams Hotel.

?Fire safety sense? call as B&Bs are hit with tougher regulations
BED and breakfast guesthouses in Wales are being driven out of business by ever-tougher fire regulations despite their counterparts in Scotland seeing their laws relaxed, it was claimed yesterday.

New Year's resolution
Did you make a good start on 2009? Did you jump out of bed on January 1, eat a hearty breakfast knowing you needed it to fuel your day, and head out the door to enjoy the fresh snow or new ice?

Touring Western Ireland
My husband John and I traveled in June to Ireland for two weeks. We landed at Shannon and traveled through the west of Ireland. Our first stop was in Killarney, where we stayed at the Ross Castle Lodge Bed and Breakfast inn.

Delhi's bed and breakfast scheme: Ready for 2010 but...
More than 30,000 rooms are still needed but poor publicity dogs B&B setups

How 'man of steal' took the President-elect's bed
The secret is out. The man who kept the US President-elect out of Blair House was John Howard.

Jennifer Garner and Husband Ben Affleck Welcome a Baby Girl
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed another girl, their rep confirms to Usmagazine.com. The baby was born Tuesday in Los Angeles and is healthy, says the rep. No other details were available. A smiling Garner was spotted being wheeled on a roll-away hospital bed as she was taken to her room. A blanket was draped over her, and it appeared that she was holding the baby. Shortly ...

19th Century B&B Goes Green
An historic 19th century bed & breakfast on the Erie Canal in Adams Basin, just north of Spencerport, is using state of the art sun power. Pat and David Haines have been caretakers at the Adams Basin Inn on Washington St. for the last two years.

Sentimentality pays Christmas Eve visit
Maybe I'm feeling a bit sentimental because it's now 10:30 and we have finally put our youngest to bed with the promise of a visit from St. Nicholas, just as my father did when I was little. Perhaps it is due to the fact that we are missing our oldest son, 14, as he struggles with disabilities in a residential school out of state. Whatever the reason, my post this Christmas Eve has nothing to do ...

Call over B&B fire regulations
Tough fire regulations, which bed-and-breakfast establishment operators are struggling to comply with, are being eased in Scotland despite being strengthened in England and Wales, a tourist chief has said.

Level playing field urged in B&B row
TOUGH fire regulations, which bed-and-breakfast establishment operators are struggling to comply with, are being strengthened in England and Wales yet eased in Scotland, a tou

Girls Next Door Kendra, Bridget Dish on Weight Secrets, Wedding Plan
The Girls Next Door stars Bridget Marquardt, 35, and Kendra Wilkinson, 23, interview each other in Us Weekly on everything from cravings ("I'm addicted to nonfat caramel macchiatos from Starbucks!" admits Marquardt) to wedding plans (Wilkinson is saying "I Do" to Philadelphia Eagle Hank Baskett on June 27). Check out Us Weekly's exclusive chat with Hugh Hefner's exes (who are also featured in ...

Top 10 places to stay in Antwerp
1. Idiosyncratic luxury Boulevard Leopold is a B&B in a truly grand style: the main apartment comes with a sitting room larger than most London flats and a spare bedroom for extra guests. This 19th-century mansion in Antwerp's traditional Jewish quarter has been renovated with a light but idiosyncratic touch - owners Vincent and Bert wanted it to feel like the home of a beloved ...