A Peaceful, Easy Feeling

Paul and I and the girls just moved back to Boston in January after living the past four years in Minnesota.  As we had no family there, we had no opportunity to spend any time together as just a husband and wife; it was family time all the time.  When we moved back we made it a point to try to find a time to have a mini vacation for just the two of us, now that we had family close by who were willing to watch Ellie and Maggie for us.  That opportunity presented itself very quickly on our arrival home when we saw a great Living Social deal for two nights at The Wakefield Inn in Wakefield, New Hampshire.  The Living Social package included two nights lodging, a cooking class and gourmet dinner, two hour long massages, a bottle of champagne, and a picnic lunch.

We arrived at the Inn the afternoon of our scheduled cooking class that evening.  We were met by Janel, the owner of the Inn, as well as the chef!  She gave us a brief tour and then we settled  into our room, The Frost Room.  It was a very comfortable and sweet room.  Paul and I promptly fell asleep, waking just in time for our cooking class at 5pm.

There were 4 other people in the class, all whom had also participated in the Living Social deal.  The class was lively and fun.  I especially enjoyed learning how to make pasta by hand; I enjoyed it so much in fact I have ordered a pasta roller attachment for my KitchenAid stand mixer to make my own pasta at home with the girls!  After the class the 6 of us sat down to eat the meal we had helped prepare.  Janel told us that she tries to use only locally sourced and organic foods as much as possible.  She has her own chickens in the back of the Inn for her eggs, and she also has her own vegetable garden.  Delicious food and wonderful company made for a pleasant evening.

We awoke the next day to a lovely breakfast prepared by Janel, and had our in room massages later that morning.  After that, Paul spent the majority of that beautiful day sitting and reading on the quiet, peaceful front porch of the inn.  I drove into nearby Wolfeboro to explore some of the shops there.  When I got back Paul was still sitting on the porch, feeling extremely content and relaxed.  We spent the rest of the afternoon doing nothing, which is exactly what we wanted to do!

That evening we went into Wolfeboro to have dinner at The Restaurant.  We enjoyed our dinner there very  much (more on that in a later post!).

The next morning, after yet another tasty breakfast, we packed up and checked out, making sure to let Janel's assistant, Gretchen, know how much we enjoyed the Inn, and were happy to have such a quiet, comfortable place to relax together.  Gretchen gave us our picnic lunch for the road, as well as some "parting gifts."

The Wakefield Inn was just what the doctor ordered.  They have many packages available on their website that include cooking classes, as well as knitting and quilting packages, and romance and relaxation packages.  If you are looking for a wonderful, relaxing, friendly, warm place to spend some time in the Lake Region of New Hampshire, The Wakefield Inn gets two thumbs up from us!