Books, Espresso, and Wi-Fi in Greenville

The snow melting fast today because the temps are in the 50s! Spring is around the corner and Daylight Savings starts on March 8th!

It is still a great time to visit our area to escape for a night or two. It is nice and quiet but cozy in our rooms. It is warm enough to take a little stroll around village to the town pond, park, or the great new independent bookstore, Greenville Booksmith. They have a wonderful selection of books, plus a small cafe where you can get espresso drinks and pastries to enjoy while reading your new book!




The inn is filled with the smell of chocolate as our other business, Life By Chocolate, prepares for Easter. The chocolate rabbits (with great ears for nibbling) are multiplying!

Afternoon Visitors

It has been fairly quiet at the inn, other than the sound of the chocolate tempering machines! However, yesterday we had some afternoon guests.



This is just one deer of a herd of about 7 or 8 that made their way over to our front lawn. I think this was the scout deer who was checking to see if it was a good idea to cross the road. Wisely, they decided to turn around and go back to the forest.

Our days are kept busy with the production of valentines chocolates for Life By Chocolate. The order from our wholesale accounts have just started to come in and we are getting a lot of interest from our radio ads and interviews on Go Vegan Radio (based in California) and Vegan World Radio (based in Houston, TX). We were also profiled in The Chocolate Guide - Eastern Region. Click the picture below to read more about this guide on Amazon.com. It's a fun guide to chocolatiers in the Eastern US.

A Winter Fairy Land

We finally had a nice picturesque snow! We got about 8 inches on Friday and another 8 inches on Sunday. It was wonderfully fluffy and light - which is great when you are clearing walkways with a shovel!



I took these pictures on Sunday. It was so quiet as I walked across the street to take the pictures of the front of the inn. Every noise was hushed by the snow.

The shot below is looking towards the carriage house from driveway by the main inn.



The lighting is still gray and overcast in these photos, but as I was out clearing the walkways around the carriage house (yet again) on Sunday, the clouds suddenly parted to reveal a brilliant blue sky. It was absolutely stunning. I had to pause and just drink in the sight. I quickly finished the clearing and ran in to get my camera to try to capture this awesome sight, but just at that moment some inn guests arrived and by the time that they were checked in and everything squared away, the blue sky was dimming. Sigh. I'll have to try to catch it again some other time.

History of the Inn

This post will be used to tell you about the history of the inn.

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Greenville Booksmith: Books, Espresso Drinks, Gifts, and More

They have a wonderful selection of books, plus a small cafe where you can get espresso drinks and pastries to enjoy while reading your new book! They also offer free wireless access.

The Greenville Booksmith is located just a short walk away from the Greenville Arms.

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About the Innkeepers

The Greenville Arms 1889 Inn is owned and operated by Kim and Mark LaPolla.

We arrived in Greenville, NY on New Year's Eve 2004 excited to begin our latest adventure as innkeepers and hosts of the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops.

The moving van and our daughter arrived a week later (along with the first snow of the season) and the fun began.

Our first guest arrived January 15th and we immediately jumped into the role of innkeepers.

I took on the role of breakfast chef (my favorite meal), along with the duties of office manager, art workshop director, and a host of other tasks.

Mark became the executive chef and discovered he had a flare for creating exciting and unique dishes.

The other members of our family include Hudson, our Dalmatian and Bree, our Rhodesian Ridgeback.