Hotel Charlotte, Groveland & Yosemite

Hotel Charlotte weekly update 6/17

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:35:36 PDT

Hello Friends!

Busy little week last week with the Quilt Festival—how very lovely the town looked. I would really enjoy some good photos of the Charlotte and all the festival if any one took any they would like to share with me.... :)

Goose has taken over management of our calendar, www.HotelCharlotte.com/calendar.html and wants you to know about some of the things going on this weekend: (more listings online!)

6/21 Father's Day Dinner Hotel Charlotte Delicious treats this week for Father's Day: Ribs by the slab and Lobster stuffed ravioli, either choice: $19.95 along with our traditional favorites! Special night, regular prices.

Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Monthly Mixer on Thursday, June 25th at the NEW YCC offices at Mountain Sage. All are welcome! Tour the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce at their new setting inside Mountain Sage with visitor Information center. Free program starts at 5:30 and there will be a band!

Goose for Mayor! For Information go to our web site, http://www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html Bribes bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte. Come down and vote for the dog! Fundraiser for Camp Tuolumne Trails. www.tuolumnetrails.org

Daily Wine Tasting From 11:30. Wine Tasting until 5:00 daily, and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In addition to our new lunch hours with the Café Lunch Menu we are now serving from our traditional menu 7-nights a week.

See you soon!

Lunch Menu now online!

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:27:27 PDT

It was startling to hear from so very many folks at the quilt festival yesterday that they didn't know we were open for lunch. I am seriously rethinking our paid advertising

Today's Café Menu
· Ham & cheese panini with a side $10.95
garden salad
· Filet mignon tip sandwich served $12.95
with a side garden salad
· A selection of cheeses served $11.95
French fashion with hunks of mixed cheese, crusty bread and sliced apple
· A bowl of award winning Chili or $7.95
Soup of the day, served with bread
· Caesar Salad or Greek Salad $7.95
Add grilled chicken breast $3.00

Homemade desserts $5.95
Homemade Ice-cream $3.95

Soda, Tea, Coffee, Beer, Wine, Cocktails & more!

Enjoy!

Groveland this week: 6/12

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:45:12 PDT

Additional details www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html
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6/12 & 13 Live at the Door: James Faifua & the Jukes www.iron-door-saloon.com 209.962.8904
6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 400 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. Antique and especially delicate quilts will hang inside the Hotel Charlotte.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Open Season 2 Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park $3 for adults. info@groveland.org Jackie 209.962.0429 Weekly movies in the park is sponsored by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. Great family movies, bring a picnic & blanket!
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National Parks free entry for 3 weekends

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:05:18 PDT

Earlier this week, the National Parks Service has announced that all NPS sites that charge an entry fee will be free of charge on the following weekend dates: June 20 & 21, July 18 & 19, and August 15 & 16. This would include our Yosemite National Park.

Good news if you have already made your plans to join us in the Seirra this summer, great news if you were still just thinking about it. Make some reservations today!

Also, there are oodles of neat-o things going around in the surrounding communties that will enhance your experience, check out www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html for a listing of cool things to do around Groveland for your dates of travel.

See you Soon!
Lynn & Victor

May Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:39:31 PDT

Our monthly newsletter goes out at the end of every month and is available for viewing online also with photos and a bit more detail: www.HotelCharlotte.com/newsletters/05-09news.html

Dear Friends and Guests,
Summer is here, Tioga Pass through Yosemite is open and the waterfalls are crashing down for a few more weeks. Make your plans for a visit today!

New stuff from the Charlotte: These last few weeks we have added some new pages to the website. Visitors can now find out about our community park with world class skate boarding, and excellent bird watching. With so many new questions this year, we have added a section on Hetch Hetchy and the city and family camps on the way to Yosemite. Summer Events in Groveland! 6/1 Honorary Mayor Race kick off at the Groveland Hotel patio at 5:30. Come be the first to get your bribes registered. Goose for Mayor! ww.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html If you can't make the kickoff, bribes are bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte through September 17th. Come down and make history with us--vote for the dog!

6/6 Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Faire Mountain Sage Mostly Free mtnsage.com This annual event is a huge draw in Groveland for locals and visitors a like. Information from Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest and more. Good music & food all day long.

6/7 Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show Mary Laveroni Community Park Free www.Groveland.org This annual car show brings over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Mayoral candidates will also be strutting their stuff! Car buffs will love this one!

6/8 Garden Club Tour at select locations throughout Groveland, including Hotel Charlotte $15 floreszone@mlode.com Tony 209.962.0824 A great annual event, different gardens each year. This year somehow, we got selected for the tour. Had to bring in my parents to get the garden looking good too! Hard to do when you have only 2 feet by 150 feet!

6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 100 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. The Hotel Charlotte will host the antique and delicate quilts, others are hung outside.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Saturday evenings throughout the summer starting at dusk and just a pittance. A great family event every Saturday through the summer. Have dinner at the Charlotte, take a blanket down to the park to have a serine finish to your evening.

Hotel Charlotte serves dinner 7 nights a week: Okay, you said it was great that we were open 7 nights a week, but now you have asked for our regular menu for the new nights instead of the lite bites menu...Okay we gotcha! Seven nights a week with our regular styled menu, steaks, chickens, pastas...Yum!

Serving lunch too: We are now open daily from 11:30 am with a nice little lunch menu and wine tasting. Our menus include grilled sandwiches, salads, soup, chilli, cheeses and more. We hope you will join us. www.HotelCharlotte.com/winetasting.html.

Group travel couldn't be easier! We have long managed a few vacation rental units, andthis summer just brought on three brand new houses, a triplex with 3x3-bedroom houses all togeter able to sleep up to 22 people. Need even more space, this unit is one lot away from the duplex which can sleep another 16. Walk the other way a block and you are at the condo which can sleep 9. So if you are planning a retreat, family reunion or big party needing lots of space, give us a call. Vacation rentals can be one night or many--convenient for whatever your holiday plans allow. www.YosemiteRegion.com

Reservations: 209-962-6455

Having ourselves traveled many of the freeways, byways and out-of-the-ways in and beyond Groveland, we are well prepared to help plan your trip to our little town and points beyond. Feel free to browse our handy Itineraries to get you started

We look forward to welcoming you (Again!)

Lynn & VictorHotel Charlotte
209-962-6455
www.HotelCharlotte.com

PS: We twitter at www.Twitter.com/HotelCharlotte and Goose twitters once a day at www.Twitter.com/GooseforMayor. Join us online in this lively forum!

Groveland this Week

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:04:02 PDT

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6/5 & 6/6 Live at the Door: Spellbound Iron Door Saloon, www.iron-door-saloon.com Chris 209.962.8904 Live music on the weekends at the Iron Door.

6/5 Yosemite Courtyard Theatre: Hale Baskin Evening of Jazz The Groveland Hotel at Yosemite National Park $20 guestservices@groveland.com Peggy 209.962.4000 A fantastic performer! This show was a favorite last year and promises to be just as good this year.

6/6 Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Fair Mountain Sage Free mtnsage@mlode.com www.mtnsage.com Robb 209.962.4686. This annual event is a huge draw in Groveland for locals and visitors a like. Information from Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest and oodles more. Good music & food all day long.

6/7 Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show Mary Laveroni Community Park Free info@groveland.org www.Groveland.org Jackie 209-962-0429 This annual car show brings in over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Car buffs will love this one!

6/8 Garden Club Tour All around Groveland, including Hotel Charlotte $15 floreszone@mlode.com Tony 209.962.0824. A great annual event, different gardens each year.

6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 100 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Open Season 2 Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park a pittance www.Groveland.org Jackie 209.962.0429 Weekly movies in the park is sponsored by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. Great family movies, bring a picnic and blanket!

Don't forget the dog running for Mayor! www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html. Now accepting Paypal for donations.

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Groveland this week 5/25-6/1

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:10:07 PDT

Groveland this week 5/25-6/15/29 & 30
Live at the Door: Jake Mackey & the Muddy Suns Iron Door Saloonwww.iron-door-saloon.com Chris 209.962.8904

5/30 Wine & Dine on the Lake fundraising cruise for Southern TuolumneCounty Historical Society $45 www.grovelandmuseum.org 209-962-0300. This isthe 5th time around for this fantastic fundraiser. Participants are ferried from house to house around Pine Mountain Lake where they enjoy a differentrestaurant and winery serving from 7 locations. Desserts at the Lake Lodge following. 4:00-7:30

6/1 Honorary Mayor Race kick off: Goose for Mayor! Hotel Charlottehttp://www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html Lynn 209.962.6455 Kick off for the mayor race. Bribes bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte. Come down andvote for the dog!

6/1-6/6 Plein-Air Workshops: Yosemite & Scenic Sierras (Jim Salchak)Groveland based, painting regionally cbieler623@aol.com Corawww.myyosemitearttours.com. Daily plein-air excursions to various sitesincluding Yosemite and some hidden wonders. Each program is lead by arecognized professional providing guidance and instruction throughout theweek. (HotelCharlotte - 5/26/09)

See you around town!
Lynn & Victor

What's coming up in Groveland

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:26:06 PDT

Last month Carolyn Botel shared with you some stories on who was visiting the Hotel Charlotte and where we were. This month I want to tell you about the neat Groveland things we are looking forward to.

My very favorite of all events is just around the corner, May 14th the Rotary presents another Night at the Races. I like to think of this as Bay Meadows East with six races, full bar, snacks and tons of fun! Parlay your winnings into more bets and then into raffle tickets for great prizes! Gates open at 5pm, first race at 6. $25 contact Jim 209.962.7161.

Then of course the very famous Strawberry Music Festival throughout Memorial Day weekend up at Camp Mather, near the Hetch Hetchy entrance to Yosemite National Park.

Next weekend is the May 30th, STCHS wine and foods cruise on Pine Mountain Lake, an annual fundraiser for our Historical Society. Participants are ferried from house to house around Pine Mountain Lake where they enjoy a different restaurant and winery offerings from 7 locations. The Hotel Charlotte will be at the Baker's house again and Linda Struhm and her husband Rich will be serving filet mignon tips with a cajun dip and artichoke crostini. Desserts at the Lake Lodge following. 4:00-7:30. For more information or tickets: 209-962-0300 www.grovelandmuseum.org

Next up is the June 1st kickoff for the Honorary Mayor Race at 6pm at the Groveland Hotel. Goose, the Hotel Dog is making another try this year and continues to represent Camp Tuolumne Trails. This fundraiser benefits both the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce and their marketing efforts for Groveland and Camp Tuolumne Trails. To participate as a candidate, and there is room at the top for more of us, contact James Nagle, 209-962-1122. To donate to Goose's mayoral effort, come on in with your check, cash or credit cards and place lots of bribes!

Our next event is wonderully social as we head out to Mountain Sage for teh Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Fair on June 6th. For more information on this fun way to spend a day contact Robb, 209-962-4686 or visit their website: www.mtnsage.com Good music & food all day long

The next day we will enjoy one of our favorite annual to-do's, the Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show on Sunday, June 7th in Mary Laveroni Community Park. This car show brings in over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Car buffs and just the curious will love this one!

The next weekend is one we have waited two years for! The Groveland Quilt Show on Saturday, June 13th throughout downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning summer event. The ladies hang seemingly 100s of original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. Inside the Hotel Charlotte we will be hosting the antique quilts and those that need a little more care and less of the elements. We will also be serving our Cafe Menu and offering Wine Tasting on this day, so plan on a whole afternoon in downtown Groveland.

That same night, June 13th, is the grand opening of Movies in the Park with Open Season 2. Follow the families down to Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park. The price is a pittance. For more info and a full schedule of movies, contact Jackie at the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. 209.962.0429 These weekly showings are great family movies, bring a picnic, blanket & popcorn!

Okay, that sums up what we are doing in the next couple of weeks and we hope to be doing many of these events with you!

Trivia Finally

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:27:11 PDT

Ah, what a show last night. For a game that boiled down to attendance it was a brilliant ending. We very much missed the noise that Amanda and Patti bring to the game as they cheer each of their correct answers....Their team did very well covering the spread between the first & second place folks, had they been here. Alas....such was not the case.

Following the game we had the final awards presentation giving out the $25 weekly gift certificate to the winning team which had the generous Tony, Linda, Shirley, Roy & Rita.

This was followed by the Grand Prize to Jim and Cindi for highest score of the 10 game series. Next Gift Certificates were given to:
Patti for most comptitive,
Roy & Rita for the most team mates (changing it seems nearly every week)
Amanda for the most pouting over questions she didn't like.
These 6 folks made it to 10, 9, 9 and 8 of the weeks and their participation made the game so much fun.

Total Prizes given out for the 10 week program included 10 x $25 gift certificates and an additional $75 on the last day, $325 in all. Much of it going to the regular Groveland players, but we did see some travelers come in and whisk away a weekly prize! Good fun!

Great thanks go also to those who followed the game as much as their busy schedules allowed:
Bonnie and Wayne, Linda, Shirley, Linda, Our friends from Hetch Hetchy....

Put us on your calendars for next season. We will start on the first Monday of March and go for another 10 weeks.

Lynn

The twittering Hotel

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:35:25 PDT

Yes, we do, we twitter daily and then some. www.twitter.com/HotelCharlotte check us out. Also www.twitter.com/GooseForMayor to follow our online fundraising campaign for Camp Tuolumne Trails in association with the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce and the 49er Festival on September 19th.

Trivia Monday update 4/27

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:24:17 PDT

Another fun week of inane questions with equally silly answers. Our top two teams tied again, and Dave Purse of Willow Creek Winery was here to wave his magic wine bottle over the table that didn't win the gift certificate for the night. All are sated!

Six points remain between the leaders and pending absences have been reported. Some are demurring their intensions and the tension is building. Next week will hold the truths!

Good luck ladies and gentlemen!

Trivia Results, 4/20

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:04:57 PDT

Another rousing game. Lots of players this week as we had the 21 bicyclist who heroically climbed Priest Grade or Wards Ferry to get to us from Oakdale. These folks start every year from Livermore with an overnight in Oakdale, then the Hotel Charlotte in Groveland and on to Yosemite for two days and then back to home. WOW! Very impressive. One of their trivia teams came in on a three way tie for third and the other team had fun.

This week the Cindi, Jim, Bonnie & Wayne team again took first place, by 2 points. Congratulations. The spread is now 6 points between the leaders of this team and Patti, but absenses have been announced and that opens the whole thing up to our second tier of players for the Grand Prize money!

Aren't we having fun!

Support Cherylann, Hotel Jeffery

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:06:54 PDT

Hello friends,

Sunday was a fundraiser for Cherylann Schimmelfennig, of the Hotel Jeffery. She has had a difficult medical year having recently been diagnosed with cancer. Her story is online at www.SupportCherylann.com. If you didn't make it to the event, but want to help, please consider sending a check or using the paypal account they have setup at the website.

Cherylann and Peter have been supporters of Groveland since they bought the Hotel Jeffery nearly 6 years ago. They have participated in every Chili Cookoff, many of the 49er Parades, several of the STCHS wine and appetizers on the Lake programs and Cherylann has been a director on the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors for many years and I am sure there are a whole lot of things they have done for Groveland that I don't even know about to relate here.

I was thrilled to see so many Groveland folks there, thank you for participating, it means the world to Cherylann and Peter.

Lynn & Victor

Hotel Charlotte

www.HotelCharlotte.com

209-962-6455

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Hotel Charlotte weekly menu 4/16

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:06:06 PDT

Hello Friends,

What a week. We were "bombarded" with trivia players on Monday, Hetchy and Rotary on Tuesday and beautiful weather all week long, a bit chilly in the am, but nothing we can't sleep through! Goose is running for Honorary Mayor again and will be sparring against Jack Slocombe, campaign manager and wordsmith for Barry Scales, the other announced candidate. It will be a grand competition again this year. Has your club found a candidate yet?

Fresh Fish of the Week
Thursday will be Halibut, Friday and Saturday will be Salmon

Lamb Shank
Simmered all day with Victor's secret seasonings. Big and delicious, we call this the Barney Rubble!

Seafood Pasta
Shrimp, crab, clams and fresh fish in a white wine sauce with a touch of marinara served over linguini

3– courses, $24.95 or order these dinners ala Carte, $19.95

Note that we have the Cabaret Charlotte with Dennis Brown & Friends, Sierra Sounds on Sunday night, the show is sold out, so please plan on joining us on Thursday-Saturday for our regular menu, Mondays for our trivia & special menu or Tuesday and Wednesday for our wine tasting and lite bites.

See you Soon!
Lynn & Victor
Reservations encouraged: 209-962-6455
www.HotelCharlotte.com

Coming up:

Metz Mania Photography Show: Yosemite Seasons & Sierra Springs Sunday, 4/26 from noon to 4pm. Meet the photographer and enjoy great savings and giveaways.

Wine Immersion Days, April 26th & 27th. Mark your calendars! Dave Purse of Willow Creek winery in El Dorado County joins us for two days of events: Reception, dinner and picnic in Yosemite followed by a wine team at trivia on Monday night. Details online, www.HotelCharlotte.com/willowcreek.html

Daily Wine Tasting at the Charlotte, a tradition of Wine, Food & Fun! Serving a Lite Bites menu from 11:30 daily and on nights our restaurant is traditionally closed.

4/17 & 18 Live at the Iron Door Saloon: Jake Mackey & the Muddy Suns

www.iron-door-saloon.com More info, contact Chris 209.962.8904. Live music on the weekends at the Iron Door. Enjoy great rock & roll, dance music, sometimes blues...a collection of styles!

4/18 19th Hole Lounge: Rockslide at Pine Mountain Lake Country Club Free

www.pinemountainlake.com More info, contact Charlie 209.962.8636. Open to the public, The 19th Hole Lounge offers entertainment throughout the year including most Saturdays and holidays

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Mensa Mondays Trivia Score update

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:17:45 PDT

We had a blast, or half a blast as it might be for those who were here! First the scores then a bit of banter about the evening!

Monday's game was the first where we had a run-away score with the lead team finishing 5 points ahead of the next closest follower. (Cindi & Jim, there was a scoring problem on the photos page that I have corrected. There were 13 questions on the page, 2 wrong is 11 right. Your score keeper used my recopied, but not corrected number 20 as count of questions, subtracted 2 and gave you an 18 instead of an 11, but all is right now) Patti, this should make you grin. Spread between the top players is now 4 points.

There are 4 contenders following closely behind this lead group...it will come down to attendance! Roy, Rita, Amanda and Jim of the Hetchy group. Good luck!

Now, on the the Other Event of the evening! Due to forces beyond our control the highway was closed to our west blocking off access to Pine Mountain Lake where our Trivia players, local dinner guests and my whole staff live. While updates throughout the evening indicated there would soon be a change in status, it dragged out to midnight before the road was reopened. During that time we a dinner party of 10 with 4 adults and 6 kids. When they finished in the restaurant I gave them a room key to our largest room so they could hang out, watch TV and just enjoy each others company. Three of our staff ended up staying the night with us too.

Between entertainment sets by Goose as he ran through all of this new tricks, Victor's antics and the best of Lynn's jokes our guests played the real trivia pursuit. I don't think it was nearly as fun as the game I produce each week!

Here is my favorite trivia question, and one I made up all by myself when the players took a private vote and told me no more anagrams....Okay, so math problems it is!

If I woke up in Wisconsin on Sunday at 9:30am
Arrived in San Francisco at 11:30pm
Checked into my hotel at 12:30am
Went to sleep at 2:30am
And arrived back at groveland at 9:00am Monday morning
What is my middle name?

I bet you thought I was going to ask a differnt question! This is the kind of inane fun we have.

Alas, the road opened and all were off....Just when I was getting my 4th wind. May we never have the same situation that brought us all together Monday, but another get together would always be welcome!

Trivia update, 4-6

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:36:45 PDT

Ah...the plot thinkens, the scores even closer and the leaders have whispered they may have to miss a night. That puts lots of folks back into the running!

Winners Roy, Rita & Ben, a second win for this team. Congratulations!

We had a great showing tonight with our regulars and 5 week guests: Glenn, Dan & Jim and several tables of visitors and first timers. We were even playing both dining rooms.

See you all again next week.

Trivia Madness—Monday Mania!

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:10:07 PDT

This week's game was our biggest ever with 7 playing teams and two that played, but did not enter the scoring round. We had our two time returning champs Jim & Dan (shy of Glenn, who we learned was clearly an asset to their team)

A two person team from out of town won the game, a young couple who with their explorations of Groveland were able to get some of the answers. Our museum is running a display on historic valentine's day cards and one of the answers was right there, on display: 1913. Congratulations!

So we have had 5 games, three won by visitors to Groveland, two by local teams. The standings are very close for first place. Patti has taken the lead over Jim & Cindi by 2 points but there are several contenders who could step right in should any of these folks miss a night.

We celebrated three birthdays during the game and one of my questions has been questioned! Mary wrote today thinking that a minute of kissing shouldn't burn as many as 26 calories. Her chart showed that it would take a 220 pound person 15 minutes of kissing to burn 26 calories. Hmmmm, Who measures these things?

Emily our trivia waitress handles 40 people needing constant attention very well especially given that we are also playing the Trivial Game. Brilliant work last night Emily!

Reservations might be required next week!

Lite Bites Menu, Daily Lunch

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:15:00 PDT

Today's Menu
· A selection of cheeses served $10.95
French fashion with hunks of mixed cheese, crusty bread and an apple
· A bowl of award winning chili or potato leek soup, served with bread $7.95
· Lox & crackers, cream cheese, and tomato slices $9.95
· Pita & homemade humus $7.95
· Ham & cheese panini with $10.95pasta salad
· Caesar salad $6.95 Greek salad $7.95
Add grilled chicken breast $3.00

Homemade desserts $5.95
Homemade Mango Ice-cream $3.95
Soda, Tea, Coffee (refills) $1.95
Beer $3.00 imports/micro $3.50
Cocktails: Well $3.50 Call $4.75 Premium $5.75

Delish!

Ride for Cherylann

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:01:26 PDT

Ride for Cherylann of the Hotel Jeffery April 19th, 2009

11am to 6 pm at the Historic Hotel Jeffery in Coulterville

Group rides are leaving from the Whiskey River Saloon in Oakdale and Bud's Place in Snelling. Sign in on the day of the event, Sunday, April 19th from 9 to 10:30 am or just ride to the Hotel Jeffery from where ever you are. Both locations will be preselling tickets so you can avoid lines at the door. $20 includes lunch & a live band. There will be a 50-50, raffle, bake sale and more. Any questions, please call Lora at 209-480-7038.

Those who can't participate in person but would like to support Cherylann are encouraged to donate a prize for the raffle. Let's all give a hug and hope to our friend Cherylann.

Lynn

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Trivia Update Week 4

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:00:26 PDT

Well, our traveling team of guys missed tonight and we missed them. I believe they would have made great challengers! We now have a 3 way tie with Cindy, Jim & Patti. Amanda would have been in the running, but bowling took priority last night. A new team joined us spear headed by Stacie, thank you Stacie and they placed very well for first timers.

The theme for this week was Catchy Slogans for the Mayor Race (Goose the Hotel Dog is running for Mayor again this year) Needless to say, I didn't get anything out of the group that I could use unless the team named Goosey Girls wants to dress up as cheer leaders and participate in the Stumping events....That might work!

Roy and Rita were back and are in great position should attendance continue to plague the leaders. They teamed up with Ben last night and stole the prize winning by one point. We missed Ginny, Bruce, Kitty & Ed and hope they return next week. I even got Ed's special beer, Miller 64.

The menu was great and I had the fish & chips again, this time made with shark. If you enjoyed our Thai Thursdays last week, you should join us on Mondays, Victor has been making a Thai dish each week priced from $10.95 to $12.95 and way delicious! You don't HAVE to play trivia to enjoy a good meal, having the two dining rooms makes this very easy to separate.

Featured treats with new items weekly
Burgundy Filet Tips $12.95
Shrimp, Fennel & Radish Salad $10.95
Mini Bouillabaisse (clams, lobster, shrimp) $12.95
Fresh Homemade Fish & Chips (shark) $10.95

Thai spiced Chicken Breast $10.95
Mini Sierra Kabob $12.95

We look forward to welcoming you. Also, the newsletter for March is out and we are carrying some great room specials, if you haven't seen it, www.HotelCharlotte.com/newsletters/03-09news.html. A cute read!

Trivia Dining a third night of winners

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:59:25 PDT

What fun we had. Nobody knew what a barbie was worth, everyone thought they knew how long a snail can sleep and the game designer (me!) mixed up Bonanza with Gun Smoke and ruined a whole photo question....They laughed at me, but I will get them next week with some really smart questions like what is the origins of the word Gymnasium???? Get ready teams!

We have one team that are two time winners and they are just visiting the area while working on a project for HH. The locals are getting fresh trying to scare them away. The standings are as follows: Visiting Guys: 104 points, Amanda & Patti 101 points, Cindi & Jim 100 points. The rest of us are hoping these folks in the front take a night or two off so they can catch up!

Grand prize will be awarded on the 10th night of play in May. Come on down for a good time, good fun and new friends!

This week's special menu continued with some new items and well priced along with a selection from our traditional menu:

Featured treats with new items weekly
Mixed Trio: Salmon, Steak & Sausages $12.95
Shrimp Salad $10.95
Sausage & Peppers $10.95
Fresh Homemade Fish & Chips $10.95
Petite Chicken Parmagiana $10.95
Rigatoni with Gorgonzola $10.95
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Traditional Selections From the Charlotte Grill:
Chicken Argentine with a tangy garlic sauce $14.95
Charlotte “Stake” with peppercorn sauce $15.95
Pampas Steak with a tangy garlic sauce $15.95
New York Steak with peppercorn sauce $23.95
Rack of Lamb with mint jelly $22.95
Filet Mignon with peppercorn sauce $22.95
Linguini Marinara (vegetarian) $ 9.95
With Clams or Meatballs $13.95
Add a soup or salad $2.95

We have your daily dose of wine!

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:15:25 PDT

Hotel Charlotte Has… Your Daily Ration of Wine!

Starting on Saturday, March 28th, the Hotel Charlotte presents Daily Wine Tasting from 11:30am on. We start the program featuring six wines with selections from Sierra Foothills, Napa, France and Italy. There will be a small fee for tastings, but this charge will be taken off the price of a bottle should you find one to purchase. We fully expect to live up to our “Wine, Food and Fun” reputation with this latest adventure.

While our wine tasting is open, so too will our dining room with a small and simple menu complimenting our wine selections. Both wine choices and menus will change regularly. The Lite Bites menu will feature a only a few items perhaps a mixed cheese platter served French style with crusty bread and apple slices, salad or sandwich of the day, our award winning chili, pita & humus, maybe even fondu. You get the idea, nice but light selections. Our Light Bites will also be available to travel should you prefer to picnic in the park after your tasting time.

Hotel Charlotte wine hosts are recognized Yosemite Experts, and have been selected for their breadth of experience and their passion for the area, which will enable them to advise our wine tasters, travelers and the locals alike, on all things Yosemite.

Jeannie Tasker: I've been visiting Yosemite since 1958, when my family moved to California, and my indoctrination to Yosemite included every ranger led hike and evening talk offered in the Park. I've hiked every trail in Yosemite Valley, including some that no longer exist. I've hiked to the top of Half Dome and Clouds Rest, and to the top of Yosemite Falls more times than I can remember. My favorite hiking is the high country, out from Tuolumne Meadows. I've hiked the complete High Sierra Loop (60 miles) twice, as well as to each individual High Sierra Camp numerous times. Sunrise is my favorite High Sierra Camp. I'm a life member of the Yosemite Association, and have enjoyed numerous backpack trips and seminars with YA members. My husband and I moved to Groveland 28 years ago to be close to Yosemite's beauty, and I often sneak off for an afternoon hike somewhere in the Park.

Kris Corey: My background stems from the natural sciences and I have lived in the local area for 17 years. One of my personal goals is to hike every trail in Yosemite, so far I have accomplished about 450 trails, a total of about 800 miles, and I plan to keep at it! For travelers with only 1 day to spend in the park, I recommend Sentinel Dome or Taft Point, these trails are off the beaten path plus offer the hiker awesome views of the valley and neither one calls for the a high degree of climbing skill. My favorite High Sierra Camp is Vogelsang for its Alpine beauty. I write for the Yosemite Gazette, and am in the process of developing a start-up company to provide travelers to Yosemite who have a limited amount of time to experience the park, with an audio tour guide that will maximize their visit to Yosemite. I worked for the Hotel Charlotte during the summer of 2008, providing hotel guests with information and advice on Yosemite during the morning breakfast hours and am thrilled to be back for the 2009 season.

So, take a break from your journey, or just from your day, come and set a spell with us and sample some fine wines! Tasting room opens at 11:30 am daily. If our restaurant is not open for the traditional Hotel Charlotte dinner experience, the tasting room and Lite Bites menu be open until 9:00 pm providing guests and travelers alike another choice, now seven days a week! Won’t this make a great birthday luncheon for you and your friends? For more information or to book a group (10 or more folks) please give us a call, 209-962-6455

Sleep Deprived Trivia

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:12:35 PDT

This was our second Monday with the restaurant open, and word has gotten out about how fun these nights are. We had our returning champions from last week here, hotel guests working on a project for Hetch Hetchy and a new locals team, Sleepless in PML and some growth in our other local teams bring the game players to 20 (with room for more!)

This week the competition was heavy with folks studying current events and brushing up on Barbie trivia (but I didn't ask anything Barbie, that got a good laugh!) There were math and logic questions this week and the game ended tied. The tie breaker ended tied and we had to flip a coin to pick the winner! Luckily, Dave Purse from Willow Creek winery was here doing a preview for his coming wine maker dinner on April 26th and he tossed in a prized bottle of wine so both tied teams won! It was cool for sure!

Victor always puts out a special, lighter and lower priced menu and adds a few of our traditional items for those who can't live without their favorites. These were this weeks new items:

Baked Rigatoni $10.95
Shrimp Salad $10.95
Sausage & Peppers $10.95
Petite Filet Mignon Kabob $12.95
Fresh Homemade Fish & Chips $10.95
Petite New York Steak & Onions $12.95
Thai Shrimp with Green Curry (spicy) $12.95

So, the standings right now are Cindi, Jim, Rita & Roy at 64 points, Amanda, Patti at 63 points and new comers Stacie, Linda and Victoria at 40. (missing a night affects your cummulative score, so the fewer nights you miss, the better your score will be, but everyone will likely have a night or two off so it will even out by the end...And it isn't too late to get into the game. Total prize value to date: $75.

What a cool thing to do at the Hotel Charlotte in Groveland on the way to Yosemite!!!

Is Green really green?

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:03:22 PST

We are trying so hard to get greener and the challenges are getting frustrating. We have struggled the most with light bulbs. Simple thing you would think. We buy these long lasting envronmentally friendly light bulbs that are supposed to be oh so wonderful. Well, even this last batch labeld dimmable has failed us. Today I am looking down our usually well lit hall-of-art and three out of the 15 bulbs have blown. What we might be saving in energy usage we are spending on replacing these fancy light bulbs...far more frequently than the old cheap energy hogs.

hmmmmmmm! Some things were meant to be easier.

Rainy Firsts, a night a food, fun & trivia

noreply@blogger.com (Hotel Charlotte) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:09:51 PST

Monday, March 2nd was our grand opening of our now second annual Monday Somethings! Last year was Tapas & Games where we served oodles of little plates, three for $9.99 and made our games available for guests. We pair singles with others and couples with couples to get good game tables going. Dominos dominated the season.

This year we are calling the night Mensa Mondays with live Trivia delivered in three sets, questions, who are these people and where are these places, both photo trivial. We may add new styles as we go. Victor deliver his own stimulous package with new dishes to choose from priced from $9.95 to $12.95 along with some of your favorites from the regular menu.

We had 5 teams play this week, two from out of town. Visitors were given a pass on the few Groveland questions we had, but they did do a good job guessing. A team of 3 gentlemen visiting us for the week while they work on the Hetch Hetchy line won the game with 28 out of 39 possible right answers. Second place was team Katrina with Cindi, Jim, Roy & Rita at 24 points followed very closely by the 23 point team of Amanda, Patty and Mary. There was more than a little hooting and hollering.

Each week a $25 Gift Certificate is awarded the first place team with a total of $100 in gift certificates given out on the final week with cumulative scoring. So we encourage you to participate as often as posible, your winnings could pay for the 10 weeks of play.
Here are the standings so far.

Cindi, Jim, Roy & Rita 24
Patti, Amanda and Mary 23
Micheal & Karisa 17

We are tracking by the individual, so coming every week even if your whole team can't make it is going to be important. Each week the score you earned with your team will be tallied up and we will have prizes on the final night worth $100. with $25 to that night's winning team and a Grand Prize $50 gift certificate, 1st runner up $25. With the weekly payout of $25 there are oodles of great ways to win! We have room for a few more teams, so get yours together this week!

We have our board games, cards and dominos also available for those who like to multitask with their dinner.