A long and often snow-bound winter promised this bountiful and glorioius sprintime we are now enjoying. As you’ve been reading in this blog, the rhubarb crop this year is plentiful, sweet and ready for our festival this weekend.
In the meantime, lots of changes have happened in the Village. The Deerskin Leather Shop’s Brighton merchandise has been so popular they needed a whole new store. So Brighton Collectibles moved into what was By Candlelight. Country Life has moved in near the Main Street of town and the Flower Shop is now part of Ken’s Gardens, a beautiful greenhouse enterprise just down the street from Kitchen Kettle’s Route 772 entrance. Some of our existing stores have done major changes – Grande Place closed the Crimson ‘n Clover store but enlarged their music box collection and expanded their line of Christmas offerings; the Jam & Relish Kitchen enlarged their retail space and Lily’s Bears has a brand new home. So as you can tell, our building crews have been very busy and once again managed to meet our spring deadline of completion.
I hope you will visit us soon and give your approval. It all certainly has my approval. The years have shortened my hours on hand but the family and their active associates keep us growing quite nicely. All those return visits by long-time admirers are a blessing. Just last week I was talking to a group of people who decided to celebrate their parent’s 50th wedding anniversary at the Inn at Kitchen Kettle Village. They came from Alabama, Massachusetts and even Equador. See, all roads really do lead to Intercourse, Pennsylvania! When you or your family comes to celebrate an occasion, be sure to look me up. I love getting to know our guests. And if you have a yen for rhubarb, don’t miss this Friday and Saturday at Kitchen Kettle. See you there!
Hubby and I will be coming to visit July 2-6. We come almost every other year. We love your village and stock up with your products. Only now I have 3 Grandsons and I stock their cabinets with your jellies etc too. Hope to see you when we visit.
Our 50th wedding anniversary at Kitchen Kettle Village with our family was absolutely GREAT! The family was spread over 7 beautiful unique rooms around the Village but close enough that they could visit anywhere in the Village and enjoy the shops, side walk tables and the Cafe. A high light was meeting Pat at the Kling House during breakfast. Being with our family in horse and buggy country surrounded by magnificent farmland made this anniversary a “family treasure”. Thank You All for being a part of our 50th.
We were part of the Key’s 50th anniversary and it was PERFECT. We had fabulous time with family and truly enjoyed your lovely village. We hope to come back. Our 6-year old son wants to come back soon. Thank you.
Great to hear from all of you! We’ll see the Fears in July and look forward to seeing as many of the Keys as possible when you can return. It’s a beautiful Memorial Day weekend.We’re gearing for it. Lodging rooms are full – that’s a great sign. I’ll rest up so I can make it through most of the day Saturday and Monday. Anyone serving Kitchen Kettle pickles at their Memorial Day picnics?