When I was a kid my Canadian Mum used to greet spring each year with the same nonsense rhyme she learned when she was a tot, said with Brooklyn accent - although I had no idea what that was, or even where that was, apart from looking at the Encyclopedia Britannica at some ancient photo and map. It may as well have been Mars, but the rhyme stuck.
We ventured out to visit the new cellar door at Printhie Wines with a couple of our very good friends, to taste the wine and try out the restaurant for lunch. Despite our six years as residents, we hadn’t made it to the old Printhie cellar door/shed, so it made it all the more imperative to do so.
And the result? A resounding 10/10!
Whether you have an office that you’re not ready to head back to, or you’re just enjoying the tail end of the summer break - why not stretch your R&R just a little more? Why not take The Pet Shop Boys brilliant advice and… “Go West - in the open air”.
Book for one of our Business Breaks and we’ll provide you a Hot-desk for the day at Hive Orange.
In her recent article in Concrete Playground, Cordelia Williamson wrote a great piece titled ‘How to Explore the Stunning Orange Region When You Need a Break from the City’ – could not have said it much better myself! There are however, a few omissions and I think it only fair that we add them to her list.
In the three years we’ve lived and worked in Orange, we constantly complained of the lack of good, modern hi-tech workspace… thank goodness it’s now arrived!! Thank you, Prue and Andrew Swain for your vision and determination.
Ahoy there, all you Sippers and Quaffers… some news that will banish that frown and bring a smile to your iso-weary face… Orange Wine Festival 2020 is on for the entire month of October!
“Sacre bleu, j'en reviens pas!!”, I hear you say? C'est bon, ça va.
Indeed, you can but do one thing - turn your attention west, Central West that is, get your calendar out, work out how many days off you can get… and contemplate October in the beautiful city of Orange.
Thank you to all our guests who have been generous enough to visit with us over the last two and a half years - to all those who intended to come, but had to cancel because of the Covid-19 travel restrictions and had their plans completely shattered… and to all those who decided to come and visit us in Orange as soon as the restrictions were lifted.
To all of you we want to say, “Thanks for choosing to stay with us and experience a little bit of life in our town”.
It seems like a lifetime ago when… well, when things were ‘normal’ – at least ‘normal’ as we used to know it.
It may be a little time before we see anything like that again, but we think we’ll take every little bit of change as a massive step forward. Rather than pine for last year… we’re really excited to look ahead to the rest of 2020 and beyond.
It’s that time of year again - we’re only weeks away from this year’s Orange F.O.O.D Week from Friday 27 March to Sunday 5 April. Whatever you do… don’t procrastinate - events fill fast!
Orange during FOOD Week - it’s THE ONLY place to be!
We are blessed with a friendly family of Magpie’s that treat our backyard as home. They serenade us during the day, provide constant entertainment, even help with the gardening, well perhaps help is a bit of a stretch… more like they wait till we’ve dug up the vege garden and then they pile in to see what has been uncovered.