New Lower Sale Price

A cancellation has left us with last minute availability for August 22 - September 3, 2011 so we're offering the days for:

$170 per night for a 7 night stay, $210 per night for 4 - 6 nights and $250 per night for 3 nights all inclusive (not including a $100 per pet, pet fee if applicable)

Have a wonderful end of the summer vacation at a great, low price!
If interested please call Susan at 773 474 2456 or email info@goodhavenhouse.com.

Happy Friday

It was, Jennifer T. had to agree, a beautiful thunderstorm, its black wings beating at the summer air. It had lightening for talons and rain for plumage and it's eyes were alight with a static charge of ozone. 

It was a creature of storm, a big black bird made of thunder.

-from Michael Chabon's Summerland

photo 'Time To Pedal The Bike Faster' by elatawiec62 via Flickr

Buttermilk Ice Cream? Count Me In!

What's more deliciously southern than cold, real churned buttermilk?

Maybe buttermilk ice cream!

Available on-line from Cruze Farm Girl in Knoxville, Tennesse

OR if you're feeling really energetic you can make your own.

(Bring your own ice cream maker, we don't have one at the house)

Lemon-Buttermilk Ice Cream

active time: 15 minutes

total time: approx 2 hours 15 minutes

makes: 16 1/2 cup servings

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 10 lemons) 
2 cups half-and-half
2 cups whole milk
2 cups fat-free buttermilk

1. Combine sugar and juice in a large bowl, stirring with a whisk until sugar dissolves. Add half-and-half, whole milk, and buttermilk.
2. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions.
3. Spoon ice cream into a freezer-safe container. Cover and freeze 1 hour or until firm.

 This recipe makes enough for two batches with the standard Cuisinart ice cream maker.

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Want to go over the top? But OF COURSE you say!! Add grilled peach halves, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with fresh basil. My eyes just rolled back in my head.

Last Minute Availability at Good Haven House 8/10-9/3/11

A cancellation has left us with last minute availability for August 10 - September 3, 2011
so we're offering the days for

$195 per night for a 7 night stay, $230 per night for 4 - 6 nights and $260 per night for 3 nights
all inclusive
(not including a $100 pet fee if applicable)

Have a wonderful end of the summer vacation at a great, low price!
If interested please call Susan at 773 474 2456 or email info@goodhavenhouse.com.

Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Really fun and a great core workout to boot, 

stand up paddle boarding is still relatively new to the Perdido area and is an easy way to cruise around the bay or, if your feeling adventurous, to ride a few waves over on Johnson's Beach.

Take a lesson or two from Innerlight Surf and Skate over on Pensacola Beach 

(they provide all the equipment)

You can also rent boards from Innerlight or  

 Alabama PaddleSports (they should deliver to the house) and give it a shot yourself!

See you at the beach,

Susan

Happy Friday

Hope you get a chance to make some magic this weekend!

See you at the beach,

Susan

tips and tricks on how to make your own sandcastles

photo via a dump a day

Celebrate! Our New Washing Machine

 

 

 

We're sooooo excited to introduce you to the newest member of our Good Haven House family, our brand new GE 3.6 cubic foot washing machine! She's come to us all the the way from Lowe's on Fairfield in Pensacola. She'll be hanging out in the laundry room waiting to help you with any laundry you may have. 

 

 

 RIP old washer and thanks for 20 years of great service. He is in large appliance heaven now.

 

As a side note: the dryer is pretty happy to have someone a little younger to hang out with.