Gudanar da hanyan itacen da aka layi zuwa itace zuwa gidan Wheatleigh a cikin Berkshire Mountains , muna jin kamar mun sauka a Tuscany. Nan da nan mun fahimci cewa kama shi ne zane.
An gina shi a shekara ta 1893 ta dukiya da kuma aikin injiniya Henry H. Cook, Wheatleigh an halicce ta a matsayin bikin aure ga 'yarsa, wanda ya yi auren ƙidaya na Turai.
Sakamakon wajan Berkshires, 'yan ginin ya tsara "gidan rani" a cikin salon karni na 16 na Florentine palazzo, ya kawo masu sana'a daga Italiya don ƙirƙirar murfin dutse mai banƙyama a babban ɗakin, da maɓuɓɓugar da sauran dutse da kuma cikin gidan.
Gidan gwada kayan gonar da aka gina shi ne Frederick Law Olmsted, masanin gine-gine mai kula da Cibiyar Kudancin New York City. Babban babban ɗakin majalisa, wadda ta dauki nauyin ragowarsa a lokacin Gilded Age, har yanzu yana da kayan ado da fasaha na asali, ciki har da gilashin Tiffany. Halin yana da kyau cewa rabinmu sunyi tsammanin wasu haruffan Gatsby mai yawa zuwa waltz.
Koyi game da Wheatleigh
Guest Room a Wheatleigh: Abin sha'awa na dama ya ci gaba kamar yadda mai ba da sabis na baƙi Mark Brown ya nuna mana a cikin Junior Suite. Da yake dawowa da labulen bene, mun yi farin ciki don ganin muna da katanga mai zaman kansa da kuma kyan gani na baya da lawn da kuma bayan bayan, tafkin dutse. Abubuwan da ke ciki sun kasance daidai.
An yi ado a cikin sautunan tsaka-tsaki, ɗakin yana da babban, yanzu ƙuƙwalwar kayan ado da aka shimfiɗa tare da kyandir. Kayan gilashin fura-fuki, wani kayan aiki na Wheatleigh, an ba su.
Mark ya tambayi idan muna son har yanzu ko ruwa mai ban sha'awa sannan kuma muka dawo tare da ruwa mai kwalba da tarkon tare da zabi na kayan wanka mai kyau irin su Abinda da Aromatherapy. Amma a gare mu, mafi kyaun fasalin wani tsohuwar wanka, babban isa ga biyu zuwa dace jiƙa a.
Abincin cin abinci a Wheatleigh: "Ba zan iya yarda da cewa Michelin ba su gano Wheatleigh duk da haka ba," in ji Salvatore Rizzo, mai kula da darektan De Gustibus na Makaranta ta Miele .
Mun zo Wheatleigh a matsayin wani ɓangare na dakin cin abinci na De Gustibus na musamman wanda ya kunshi kundin hannu tare da Chef Jeffrey Thompson da kuma menus na dandanawa.
A lokacin karshen mako, mun samo hanyoyi masu yawa. Daren farko, da mijina na dubi menu kuma mun fara ƙoƙarin yin shawarar da aka yanke game da abin da muke so. Ta yaya wauta muka kasance; Babu bukatar yanke shawara; An ba mu aikin cin abinci na kowane ɗayan mabudai shida, manyan kayan abinci bakwai da kayan lambu da kayan abinci guda uku. Sabili da haka karshen mako ya tafi. Tun lokacin da ake ci gaba da cin abinci na tebur a kusa da tasa a hannunmu, mun maida hankalinmu sosai kuma mun san kowane abincin. Abin mamaki shine, kullum muna jin dadinmu, ba tare da kaya ba, bayan abincinmu, kuma babu wani daga cikinmu da ya sami wani abu daga wannan karshen mako. Kuma mun dauki wasu manyan girke-girke da wasu sababbin sababbin hanyoyin.
Daga cikin abubuwan da yawa suka nuna sun kasance masu amfani da kayan kwalliya, Dover tare da suturar baki da kuma "Vacherin" wanda ba a manta ba tare da kwakwa parfait, 'ya'yan itace na waje, da kuma sorbet. Oh, da kuma tsohuwar tsire-tsire na kasar Scotland da karar, da wake, da jan launi mai laushi! Gidan ɗakin cin abinci na cikin gida yana da kyau kuma yana jin dadi a lokaci guda, amma abincin da muka fi so shi ne ginin gilashin-gilashi.
Kuma mun amince da Salvatore; Wheatleigh ya cancanci Michelin Star .
Bayar da bukukuwan aure a Wheatleigh: Mun yi mamakin sanin cewa Wheatleigh kawai ya yarda ya dauki bakuncin kimanin goma zuwa goma sha biyu a cikin shekara, balle saboda ana karfafa ma'aurata su dauki dukan ɗakin hotel na dakuna tara don karshen bikin aure. "Muna so mu iya mayar da hankali ga kowane bikin aure," in ji Marc Wilhelm, babban manajan. Hotel din na iya ɗaukar bukukuwan aure har zuwa 100 a cikin hunturu; 150 a lokacin rani. "Ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da ake yi na bikin auren yana kallon taurari yayin da yake warkewa a kan tebur ɗinmu. A cikin hunturu, muna fitar da wani kankara kuma akwai shing down our tudu. A lokacin rani, magunguna masu zaman kansu suna da kyau sosai, "inji shi. Ana gudanar da lokutan cin abinci a kan tuddai wanda yake kallon kwarin, ko don jin dadi, a cikin lambun shinge.
Ayyuka a Wheatleigh: Yawancin baƙi sun zo da jin dadin abincin da kuma gano yankin don haka wannan ba wani wuri ne da ke motsa ayyukan ba. Ƙananan ɗakunan shan kunya an rushe a saman bene, wani ɗakin da ke da kyau a ɓoye yana ɓoye a cikin bishiyoyi da itatuwa masu tsayi suna bin inuwar kotu ta tennis. Masu sauraro suna samun damar shiga filin golf na Stockbridge, mai nisan kilomita biyar, inda ake ajiye bukukuwa daga cikin Kogin Housatonic na daga cikin kalubale. Akwai karamin ɗakin tsafi a ɗakin ɗakin a ɗakin dakuna, amma a cikin dakunan masauki-daya ko biyu-sun fi karuwa. Kuma a karshen mako mun kasance a can, hotel din ya shirya dakin motsa jiki mai zafi don ɗaukar mata biyu a kan tafiya a kan Berkshires.
A kusa Wheatleigh: Za ku sami albarkatun al'adu da tarihi a Berkshires . Wata safiya mun tafi kafin-karin kumallo tafiya a kusa da Lenox, 'yan mintuna kaɗan daga motar. Lenox ma gida ne zuwa Tanglewood , gidan zafi na Boston Orchestra na Boston. Har ila yau, Summer na kawo wa] anda suka yi wasan kwaikwayo, zuwa Masallacin Yakubu, da Zauren Wasan kwaikwayo na Berkshire, da Shakespeare & Company'saters. Masu sha'awar al'adun gargajiya sun ji dadin ziyartar gidan wasan kwaikwayon Norman Rockwell, sannan kuma suna tafiya a cikin Stockbridge, wanda har yanzu ya yi kamar yadda ya zana a yayin da mai zane ya zana shi.
Abubuwan Wuta / Kasuwanci na Wheatleigh: Ya dauki mu ɗan lokaci don mu gane abin da ke da bambanci a nan daga wasu dakin hotel na manor. Sa'an nan kuma mun fahimci cewa babu baƙi da ke tafiya a cikin ɗakin kwana don shiga filin wasa ko racing don kama wani ajiyar ruwa. Ga wasu, ba tare da ɗaki na cikin gida ba, Jacuzzi ko gidan sabis na cikakke-wuri da kuma shakatawa na shakatawa na iya jin kamar rashi, amma baƙi munyi magana da cewa akwai yalwace a yankin kuma suna godiya ga natsuwa.
"Kyautattun alamar ba ta da tarho kusa da ɗakin bayan gida ko jamba bakwai don karin kumallo; Yana da cike daya, amma mai ban mamaki ne; yana da cikakkiyar sauƙi, "in ji Wilhelm. Duk da haka, abin da muka rasa shi ne kawai yana da ciwon kofi a cikin daki. Akwai sabis na ɗakin kwana 24, amma abu na farko da safe, da mun fi so mu yi namu.
Wheatleigh Vibe: Sophistication maras kyau na Wheatleigh ya sa ya zama mai juyayi na rayuwa don jin dadi-ma'aurata na dukan shekaru. Ba wuri ne ga yara masu yawa ba-ko manya. Ƙananan yara da muka gani a lokacin karshen mako yayin da muka kasance akwai wurin da aka samu don bikin aure na gaba, kuma sun yi la'akari da cewa wannan ba wani wuri ne da za a yi wasa akan filin wasa ba.
Nemo Ƙari:
Wheatleigh
Hanyar Hawthorne
Lenox, MA 01240
Waya: 413-637-0610
Jirgin jiragen saman mafi kusa: Hartford / Springfield da Albany; Kowannensu yana kusa da sa'a daya.
By Geri Bain.