Monthly Archives: June 2009

Duluth attractions

Enjoy the Duluth Fourth Fest at Bayfront Festival Park and stay at The Firelight Inn

June 27, 2009 – 4:56 pm
There are a lot of events scheduled in Duluth for the upcoming 4th of July, 2009. Duluth will be extending a big welcome to the luxury cruise vessel Clelia II on July 4th. This cruise ship offers a one-way, seven day voyage on the magnificent Great Lakes with Duluth and Toronto serving as destination/departure cities. It is a private, yacht-like cruise ship that accommodates 100 guests in 50 luxury suites and private balconies and luxurious amenities. There are no public tours of the ship but it will be docked in Duluth six times through September, 2009.

The tall ship S/V Denis Sullivan will be in Duluth’s harbor over the 4th of July holiday and it will be open for tours beginning on July 4th.

The largest Minnesota fireworks extravaganza will take place in Bayfront Festival Park. where gates open with free admission at noon with food and craft vendors. The bands start playing at 2 p.m. and play throughout the day. Headlining this year’s Fourth of July entertainment is the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra taking the stage at 8:15 p.m. The aerial fireworks display begins at 10:10 p.m. It is best viewed from the Lake Walk along Lake Superior.

On July 5th at Bayfront Festival Park the Los Lonely Boys will perform with Mat Kearney and Erin McCarley.

Make your plans today to be in Duluth, Minnesota, enjoy Old World Charm and unsurpassed hospitality at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast and celebrate our nation’s birthday on July 4th! Make reservations at The Firelight Inn for the 4th of July weekend and let us know you read “The Firelight Spark” and we will have a Firelight Celebration Package delivered to your suite during your stay (Chilled champagne with souvenir satin-etched champagne flutes and a fruit, cheese and cracker platter–a $50 value).

We hope to see you on your next trip to Duluth!

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The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed & Breakfast in Duluth, MN begins it’s 12th year of welcoming guests!

June 19, 2009 – 1:06 am

As I ponder the last twelve years of this wonderful bed and breakfast industry, I consider all of the wonderful guests we have welcomed. Our beautiful romantic Firelight Inn in Duluth, Minnesota has charmed people from all over the world.

As I sit today and look down into beautiful Oregon Creek, I think of the hours we have spent entertaining and building relationships with all of those people as they have come to relieve the stresses of life. Many take advantage of our wonderful and relaxing massage therapy treatments in our Woodland Spa.

Special packages are what sets us apart from our competitors! Honeymoon and anniversary lodging is one of our specialties and we have been recognized in national magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens, Coastal Living, Minnesota Monthly and Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine.

I need to mention that all the food made here at The Firelight Inn is made from local ingredients purchased from local sustainable markets in the Duluth area. Our signature Firelight Inn sugar cookies made here everyday are in the “never empty cookie jar” in the historic butler’s pantry.
Our historic building is 99 years old this year and was built by George G. Barnum (a distant relative of P.T. Barnum of the famous circus) nestled on a quiet secluded dead end street on an acre of land. We are proud to carry on Mr. Barnum’s traditions of hospitality and welcoming.
As I look back to all of the days of the past eleven years, I can’t think of another business that is so fulfilling, intimate, and rewarding as the bed and breakfast business. If you are looking to getaway why not make Duluth, MN; and more importantly, The Firelight Inn your destination of choice. We will shower you with unsurpassed hospitality, the finest amenities, and a beautiful, elegant, and relaxed atmosphere. Give us a try–you will be glad you did–like the hundreds of guests that enter our front door each year.

We look forward to greeting you at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast on your next trip to Duluth!

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Sieur DuLuth Summer Arts Festival

June 13, 2009 – 7:42 pm

The Sieur DuLuth Summer Arts Festival is scheduled June 24 through August 1, 2009. There are many programs to choose from including Theatre, Big Band, Chamber Music and Jazz. The schedule for the great productions sponsored by the UMD School of Fine Arts are:

“An Evening with Kevin Kling” on June 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the Marshall Performing Arts Center. An evening of hilarity benefiting the UMD Department of Theatre. $15 for all seats.

“The Ice Fishing Play” by Kevin Kling. June 30-July 3, July 7-12 at 7:30 p.m. and July 5, 11 & 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Marshall Performing Arts Center at UMD. Cost $14 adult, $12 senior, $8 student/child, $6 UMD student/faculty/staff. Revisit a Minnesota tradition through the eyes of a legendary Minnesota story teller.

“Footloose” stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie, music by Tom Snow, lyrics by Dean Pitchford. July 23-25, July 29-August 1 @ 7:30 p.m., July 26 @ 2:00 p.m. Marshall Performing Arts Center. Cost $14 adult, $12 senior, $8 student/child, $6 UMD student/faculty/staff. Based on the 1984 hit movie, this musical is the story of a big city kid who moves to a small town and shakes up the status quo. (Note from Innkeeper Joy: I can’t wait to see this production–one of my favorite shows!)

Concerts by the Lake at Glensheen are scheduled for July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29 at 7:30 p.m. The events are free. The Jim Melde Big Band brings you swinging tunes from yesteryear. It’s the Free Sieur DuLuth Summer Arts Festival 2009 treat! Sitting on the ground of Glensheen listening to Big Band music is the best!

Chamber Music Concert July 13 @ 7:30 p.m. at Weber Music Hall at UMD. Cost $14 adult, $12 senior, $8 student/child, $6 UMD faculty/staff/student. Enjoy the second annual chamber music concert by the talented musicians from the Aurora-based Northern Lights Music Festival and the Young Artists Piano Camp.

Jazz Concert July 20 @ 7:30 p.m. at Weber Music Hall at UMD. $14 adult, $12 senior, $8 student/child, $6 student/faculty/staff. Swing to the talents of UMD Jazz faculty and friends featuring standard jazz tunes and new music written exclusively for this concert.

Make your plans to attend one of these fine concerts and stay at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast in Duluth, Minnesota. Experience Old World Charm in a 1910 historic mansion nestled on a dead-end street adjoining Oregon Creek. We hope to see you on your next trip to Duluth!

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Oregon Creek rushes thunderously to Lake Superior today

June 9, 2009 – 3:07 am

I had to stop working in the kitchen this afternoon to take a picture from the kitchen window as the rain brought Oregon Creek below to “full strength”. Many native Duluthians know it as “the ravine” in the historic Congdon neighborhood. Oregon Creek begins to flow from a spring by Hartley Field and continues down Duluth’s hillside winding and flowing where it can be seen and unseen until is reaches Lake Superior. We are told the creek flows directly under 21st Avenue East and Superior Street before reaching the big lake.
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast is located on the dead end street and adjoins Oregon Creek. Today after all the wind and rain, the big boulders on the bed of the creek could not be seen–only lots of water and quite muddy water too as street run off from the road construction on Woodland Avenue feeds into the Creek too.

The sound of the creek today was loud as it reminded us of the strength of Mother Nature. Oh, we can’t wait to see the sun come out–hopefully tomorrow–and shine on the lush green grass and fragrant flowers planted in the gardens of The Firelight Inn B&B. We will also once again hear the sound of the babbling creek–the perfect B&B setting.

We hope to see you on your next trip to Duluth!
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

June 3, 2009 – 4:15 pm

Jim dug out an old recipe of his mother’s the other day and WOW–they were a hit with the folks enjoying The Firelight Inn B&B during the weekend. The smell of fresh, warm cookies coming from the kitchen arose their senses and the cookie jar in the butler’s pantry was empty before we knew it. Here’s the recipe for Carolyn’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies:

1 cup shortening
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon hot water
1 cup nuts
1 package chocolate chips
2 cups oatmeal

Cream together shortening and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients together. Dissolve baking soda in hot water and add to the creamed mixture. Add flour mixture alternately with oatmeal. Add chips and nuts when mixed. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Enjoy and get ready to make another batch!

We hope to see you on your next trip to Duluth!

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