Oh! Tioga Pass is Still Open!

Dear Friends and Guests, Can you believe, here it is November 30th and Tioga Pass is still open? Okay, so it's been closed more of this month than open, but the final winter closure has not been announced and my 10 day weather calendar is showing sunny days throughout. Bummer for ski fanatics, great for fall Sierra Travelers. Join us! Rates from $99! Both Victor and I are back from our Thanksgiving holiday with our families and are charged up and readying for the Christmas Decorating Contest hosted by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce, new for this year. Stop in sometime and see our holiday glitter! Restaurant News: After two years of being open 7 nights a week, we are returning to our roots for December. The restaurant is open Thursday through Sunday evenings serving dinner from 5:30 to 8pm. Lunch is available Thursday through Monday from 11:30 as is Wine Tasting. As always, our dining rooms are available for your special events or club meetings. Mi Casa, Su Casa! Oops! I Need a Gift Faire: Join us all afternoon, December 23, at the Hotel Charlotte for this second annual and wildly popular gift faire highlighting Yosemite Chamber members who don't have a storefront in town and other local artisans, craft persons and people who simply sell unique items. You will find gifts of all sorts, from photography to jewelry, books, spices, parasols, t-shirts, wine and crafts.  Enjoy the one of a kind experience of sipping a glass of wine while you shop. Come for your entire Christmas list or for that last forgotten gift--Or just come for the party! You are guaranteed a good time! Writing to Get Published with Bill Manville: Join us this year for our third weekend intensive with Bill. Folks who have joined us in prior sessions loved the intimate setting and found it condusive to successful penning! Add a few extra days and enjoy Yosemite! This year's program is scheduled for March 15-18th. Purchase by 12/31 and receive a 25% discount on the course fees. This program makes for a great personal endevor, or a holiday gift for the gifted want-to-be writer in your life. www.HotelCharlotte.com/writers.html Hot Happenings! While summer has wound down, we still have some GREAT events on the horizon! Plan a trip around activities that most intrigue you, here's a snapshot of upcoming happenings. (www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html) 12/9, 10 & 11 Pine Cone Singers Holiday Reflections: Evening shows on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday matinee at 2:30. Priced at $8 in advance, $10 at the door. 12/17 Farewell performance:  Spell Bound:  It saddens me to note that the long loved and what I consider "Groveland's House Band" Spell Bound will celebrate their many years together with a final performance at the Iron Door Saloon. I hope to see many there singing and dancing right along with us. 12/23 "Oops! I Need a Gift" Faire Hotel Charlotte. Join us for the 2nd of this wildly popular faire, just before the holidays. Featuring unique gifts from around Groveland 12/24 & 25 Christmas Dinners: We will be serving a traditional holiday dinner on both Christmas Eve and Christmas along with our traditional menu selections, but will not be open for lunch on Christmas day. New Years Eve: This year the Hotel Charlotte will be serving a grand Year End Celebration Dinner with a special menu from 5:30 to 9:00 pm.  Lots of great stuff packed into the end of the year, we hope you will join us for some or all of our coming events. www.HotelCharlotte.com A stay at the Hotel Charlotte is fun for all, whether traveling alone, as a pair, a family or group. Guests enjoy our charming hotel rooms and modern vacation rental houses, either choice always includes breakfast! We invite you to come, "Sleep with the Mayor!" Reservations: 209-962-6455 Again, it is our pleasure to thank you for your visits this year. It is our dynamic and interesting guests from far and near that make this all so worth while. 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 Charlotte209-962-6455www.HotelCharlotte.com PS: Have you seen our vets stay free program? 45 nights, two rooms, 90 vets free! www.HotelCharlotte.com/specials.html.   Contact Info: Hotel Charlotte 18736 Main Street, PO Box 787 Groveland, CA 95321 (209) 962-6455 HotelCharlotte@aol.com       www.HotelCharlotte.com

Hotel Charlotte weekly, 11/23

HOTEL CHARLOTTE WEEKLY SPECIALS

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and Victor and I choose this one holiday each year to visit our families in the mid-west. Actually, we go there just to reassure ourselves that we have the best weather in the world in Groveland. :)

Restaurant News: Open tonight! and while the restaurant is closed for Thanksgiving Day, we will be open for the remainder of the weekend and hope that you will bring your holiday guests in for a festive night out when you need a change from all those turkey sandwiches. 

Following this week our new schedule will be Thursday-Sunday, a return to our roots! 

Home for the Holidays! We want you to consider the Hotel Charlotte your Home for the Holidays whether its just stopping in for dinner or booking rooms for your out of town guests. Our friends and neighbors always get an additional 10% discount on room rates and we promise to take really good care of your visitors. For a real treat, have them stay in your house and you come take a room at the Charlotte! 

Holiday Parties:  Trying to figure out what to do with your bunko, bridge, canasta, or other group during the holidays?  Large groups (up to 59) or small, Victor will create a menu to fit your holiday festivities.  Whether it's finger foods, a buffet or full service event, we'll tailor it to your desires. So, don't clean house, call Team Charlotte!  We still have dates available between now and New Years, 962-6455. 

Decorate the Town! The annual foiling and bowing of the town has begun! And what a grand start they had on Tuesday. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out. There is still plenty to do in the next couple of days, don't hesitate to give Jack a call, 7163 if you can help us with this mammoth project! Friday is a big day for the team as the newly strung garland will be hung. 

Holiday Shopping: I would be remiss to not remind folks of the many local shopping opportunities this year starting with the duo craft fairs this Friday and Saturday--the long running show at the Community Hall and the new fair out in Big Oak Flat at the IOOF building. 

Make black Friday a green Friday for our local merchants! And if you don't think we have anything to sell at the Hotel Charlotte that someone would want.... Consider a gift certificate. The gift of good food is always welcome!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

HOTEL CHARLOTTE WEEKLY SPECIALS

HOTEL CHARLOTTE WEEKLY SPECIALS

Hello Friends...  Oops, sorry.  Here's today's message :)

RESTAURANT SPECIALS: 

Today is Wednesday, and that means Victor's Meatloaf, with Soup or Salad, for $12, is our tonight's special in the restaurant.  Also, available every evening, Sunday through Thursday, is our Split Plate Special, where you can order one main course off our regular menu, and for $4.00 more you can split it with another person.  Each plate receives a nearly full order of veggies and starch, plus a half order of protein.   It's perfect for you not so big eaters who are tired of doggie boxes stacking up in the refrigerator!

Don't forget the rest of the week specials in the restaurant: 

Sunday:  ½ Price bottle night for any Wine on the list

Monday:  Bottomless Soup and Salad  -- $10

Tuesday:  "2-4-24"  Two 3-course dinners for $24!

Choose Chicken Argentine, Hanger Steak, or Linguini Alfredo

Wednesday:  Meatloaf with Soup and Salad -- $1

Thursday:  Petite Lobster Ravioli, Soup or Salad -- $15

Don't Forget!  November is Gift Certificate Redemption month where you receive an extra 5% value on your meal when you redeem your gift certificates this month.  Valid Sunday - Thursday. 

HOLIDAY PARTIES: 

Trying to figure out what to do with your bunko, bridge, canasta, or other group during the holidays?  Large group (to 59) or small, Victor will create a menu to fit your holiday festivities.  Whether it's finger foods, a buffet or full service event, we'll tailor it to your desires.  We're also available for on site catering.  So, don't clean house, call Charlotte!  We still have dates available between now and New Years.  Call 962-6455. 

DECORATE THE TOWN: 

Join us next Tuesday, November 22, downtown Groveland to begin the annual wrapping of the town in foil and ribbon.  Volunteers will be treated to breakfast at Café Charlotte, so bring your scissors and your friends to deck the town out in its festive candy cane theme.  For more details, call Jack Slocombe at 962-7163. 

THANKSGIVING: 

Victor and I will be visiting family over the Thanksgiving holiday, so the restaurant (but not the hotel) will be closed Thursday (only).  We look forward to welcoming your friends and family on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.  We thank you for your continued support over the years, and wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving.      

Weekly Hotel Charlotte update

Weekly Update Re-Introduction

In light of the PMLVoice.com shutting down this last month, I am reinstating the Hotel Charlotte weekly update. It will always be short and sweet, covering just what is happening this week. This email goes out to our neighbors and will not replace the monthly newsletter that goes to our world of travelers, friends & neighbors. You can easily unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of this email, or better yet, forward it to your friends! 

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Restaurant News

Sunday: 1/2 price bottle night for any wine on the list

Monday: Bottomless Soup & Salad   $10

Tuesday: 2-4, $24! Two 3-course dinners  $24
Choose: Chicken Argentine, Hanger Steak or Linguini Alfredo

Wednesday: Meatloaf and Soup or Salad  $12

Thursday: Lobster Ravioli, Soup or Salad $15

Nightly: Split Plate Special, order one main course for two people and for $4 more, you can split it with a nearly full order of veggies and starch, and half order of the protein

November:    Gift Certificate Redemption month. Redeem your Gift Certificates this month and receive an extra 5% value, up to the remaining balance on your bill. Sunday-Thursday nights. Not valid for lunch, special events or savings oupons.       
                 It pays to eat at the Charlotte!  

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Hotel Happenings

Keep the Hotel Charlotte in mind for your over flow guests this holiday season. Locals and their friends and families always get a 10% discount on our lowest available rate.

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Out & About

Thursday, 11/10 is our final Cabaret of the season and we have one single ticket available, obstructed, $53, give a call if you are sitting around with nothing to do.
Please calendar 12/23 for the Oops! I need a gift fare at the Hotel Charlotte from noon to 4. 

Upcoming Holidays at the Charlotte

Perhaps a bit early for this distribution, but our newspaper deadlines demanded it was written now. Read once, and I will post again later to refresh. LOL See you around! Lynn

We invite you to enjoy our Holiday traditions this year with the Hotel Charlotte. We start our December with the annual Asian dinner at Monday Night Football 12/5 for the ROOFBBs. Victor will be serving some of his favorites including Chinese cabbage & bok choy salad, Oriental chicken with General TSO's sauce and vegetarian fried rice, just $10 per person and 100% of the income goes to ROOFBB's for community philanthropic projects.

The next week we encourage you to enjoy an evening of dinner-theater, blending a nice pre-show dinner at the Hotel Charlotte before heading out to the Pine Cone Singers Holiday Reflections production at 7:30 on Friday and Saturday evening. Sunday... make it a brunch-theater event with the performance at 2:00 pm.

Just a few days later, on December 15th is Groveland's annual bird count where we have long provided chili for the counter's wrap up gathering. Count for chili! www.HotelCharlotte.com/bird.html or contact Bill Zachman.

Then, my new favorite festival, the Oops! I Need a Gift Faire held at the Hotel Charlotte on Friday, December 23rd from noon to 4 featuring one of a kind products, some crafty, some wacky, some just plain neat! None available in stores locally, all available for last minute shoppers. We will be in our full holiday attire with the funky white Christmas tree and elfin caps. This year in addition to our great participants, we will also offer a Wine Blowout! Get your favorites in time for the Holidays at 1/2 off per bottle and a 7.25% additional discount on a case (we will pick up the tax). Mix and Match. We will be well stocked up for the event!  Pre-orders accepted, just give a holler and we will have your case ready at your convenience. Support your local artisans, craft persons and such.

Next up... three nights, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 23, 24 &  25 of grand holiday celebrations where Victor has selected a handful of seasonal 3-course dinners (soup or salad, entree and dessert) starting with a traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings for $19.95, a 16oz porterhouse steak for $29.95, grilled sword fish with a tomato citrus salsa, $26.95 or his signature Lobster Ravioli dinner for $25.95. For those with personal favorites, selections from our regular menu will also be available.

The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner throughout the Holiday week between Christmas and New Years Eve when we will have a grand year end celebration on Saturday, December 31st, serving from 5:30 to 9pm. Again, choose from our regular menu or celebration menu with the addition of a lobster tail choice and more.

And don't forget, we offer an ALWAYS on 10% discount for lodging to our neighbors and their  family and friends. So do something special for your guests and your sanity... send them to us! 

We encourage you to reserve early, these special occasions have a way of filling up each year! 209-962-6455

Weekly Hotel Charlotte update

Hotel Charlotte Weekly Update
	www.HotelCharlotte.com 11/09/2011

Table of Contents Restaurant Hotel Out & About Subscriber Functions: Forward Subscribe Update Info Unsubscribe Contact Info: Hotel Charlotte PO BOX 787 18736 Main Str Groveland, CA 95321 HotelCharlotte@aol.com  Get Social with us! Facebook Pages we like: Hotel Charlotte Mayor Goose Groveland Yosemite Hwy 120

Weekly Update Re-Introduction In light of the PMLVoice.com shutting down this last month, I am reinstating the Hotel Charlotte weekly update. It will always be short and sweet, covering just what is happening this week. This email goes out to our neighbors and will not replace the monthly newsletter that goes to our world of travelers, friends & neighbors. You can easily unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of this email, or better yet, forward it to your friends!  Restaurant News Sunday: 1/2 price bottle night for any wine on the list Monday: Bottomless Soup & Salad   $10 Tuesday: 2-4, $24! Two 3-course dinners  $24 Choose: Chicken Argentine, Hanger Steak or Linguini Alfredo Wednesday: Meatloaf and Soup or Salad  $12 Thursday: Lobster Ravioli, Soup or Salad $15 Nightly: Split Plate Special, order one main course for two people and for $4 more, you can split it with a nearly full order of veggies and starch, and half order of the protein November:    Gift Certificate Redemption month. Redeem your Gift Certificates this month and receive an extra 5% value, up to the remaining balance on your bill. Sunday-Thursday nights. Not valid for lunch, special events or savings oupons.                          It pays to eat at the Charlotte!   Hotel Happenings Keep the Hotel Charlotte in mind for your over flow guests this holiday season. Locals and their friends and families always get a 10% discount on our lowest available rate. Out & About Thursday, 11/10 is our final Cabaret of the season and we have one single ticket available, obstructed, $53, give a call if you are sitting around with nothing to do. Please calendar 12/23 for the Oops! I need a gift fare at the Hotel Charlotte from noon to 4.

Copyright © 20011 - Hotel Charlotte, LLC.

                 

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Vets stay free!



Mayor Goose Welcomes Vets

In celebration of our 90th birthday, we are offering 90 vets & a guest a free night at the Hotel Charlotte on a first come first served basis. We will provide our two best available rooms for a veteran and guest for the following dates: Nov 1-3, Nov 6-10 and Nov 13-17, Nov 20-22, Nov 27-Dec 15, Jan 3-5, Jan 8-12 and Jan 17 & 18. Please book by phone, 209-962-6455. You will also receive a special VIP coupon package with valuable local discounts from participating merchants!
Sold out dates include: November 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 20, 28, Dec 9 & 10.
Dates fill fast as word gets out. Call for an update.

First come first served: "Card carrying" USA Vets—enjoy a room on us! We have made 2 rooms available for 45 nights, complimentary for 90 Yosemite bound Vets or just hang out in Groveland for the evening. Valid one night per vet guest in our best available room at point of of check in. Bring your family and we will deduct the 2 person room price from the family room price. Stay more than one night and receive an additional 10% discount on the second, non-Friday/Saturday night.

While the room with breakfast is 100% complimentary, all other policies are in effect. A credit card will be required to guarantee the room. Cancellation fees apply as well as full payment required for no shows. Please call us if you can't make it on your night. We are keeping a waiting list and will want to share our inn with another veteran if you are unable to join us. Reservations by telephone: 209-962-6455

Fall Follies at the Hotel Charlotte

This has been a busy fall already with our two Cabaret shows at the end of October, and we have another one scheduled for November 10th with a few tickets remaining, we hope you will join us. The remainder of the year looks to be shaping up for some fun nights and holiday festivities.

Restaurant News
Victor has designed a new special starting on October 24th. We hope you will join us for this fantastic value! 2-4, 24. That’s right, 2-three course dinners for $24. Choices include soup or salad, Linguini Alfredo, Hanger Steak or Chicken Argentine and a scoop of vanilla bean ice-cream for dessert. This special is available Sunday through Thursday, non-event/holiday evenings.  www.HotelCharlotte.com/restaurant.html

Halloween, 10/31
Our restaurant was built to host Halloween dining! We remove the table in the middle, fill a huge bucket with candy, bring in a real witch and lead all the kids around the two dining rooms in full costume. Dinner and cocktails add to the colorful trick-or-treaters. This dinner is done as a single seating, with your table available at 5pm as the kids start their candy tour of downtown. We have a second seating for Halloween workers and folks that want to join us after the kids have left, from 7:45 to 8:30. Call today! www.HotelCharlotte.com/halloween.html

Make Money Dining at the Hotel Charlotte!
Sounds crazy, but that's right. November is Gift Certificate Redemption month. Redeem your gift certificates this month and receive an extra 5% value. Valid only for remaining balance on dinner ticket (this means no cash will be returned to you.) Sunday through Thursday nights. Not valid for lunch or during special events. It pays to eat at the Charlotte!

Thanksgiving Weekend 11/23-27: We invite you to bring your friends and family to dinner on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening, we will be closed on Thursday to visit with our own families.

Christmas Dinners: We will be serving a traditional holiday dinner on both Christmas Eve and Christmas, but will not be open for lunch on Christmas day.

New Years Eve: This year the Hotel Charlotte will be serving a grand Year End Celebration Dinner with a special menu from 5:30 to 9:00 pm. The dining room and hotel is otherwise available for a private party for a mid-night celebration. Bundle this with an overnight package and take over the whole house! Let's make a deal! Please contact Lynn HotelCharlotte@aol.com if you are interested.

Lots of great stuff packed into the end of the year, we hope you will join us for some or all of our coming events. http://www.hotelcharlotte.com/ 

Oh, yes, and the mayor dog will perform nightly, or if asked, so don't be shy! Come say hi to that little mayor dog Goose!

Mayor Goose Photo Shoot

Mayor Goose spent time on Saturday working his first major photo shoot with Kris Corey of Yosemite Audio Adventures (http://www.yosemite-tours.org/)  Kris won this prestegious opportunity at the last Yosemite Chamber of Commerce mixer when Carolyn was the highest bidder for this personal endorsement press release in favor of a Chamber Business. Kris scripted the concept and set the scene and Goose put on his tuxedo and "went camping" in Yosemite with the aide of the audio adventure cd. Goose stirred the beans, set up the pup tent, lead the hike and herded the sheep from atop the stump.

Piano playing, hotel-dog named Mayor of Groveland, 2011-12

Meet the Mayor of Groveland


Okay, so it is purely an honorary title, but this little dog, named Goose, who is now starting his second non-consecutive term as Mayor, doesn’t know the difference! In his first year out, Goose, unlike most politicians, actually got something done for the town of Groveland having taken on the fundraising activities for the new dog park. This term’s “opus” remains undefined, but somehow a perfect project always seems to fall in our path.

Mayor Goose lives at the Hotel Charlotte in downtown Groveland where he welcomes visitors from around the world with a friendly bark “hello” and performs for them nightly, playing his favorite piano pieces with the aid of a delicious treat bandied about much like a conductor might wave his baton to the orchestra.

Goose’s hotel-home is a somewhat eclectic place with dozens of antique clocks all set at unique times, parasols hung upside down from the ceiling and a philodendron plant that nearly wraps around the dining room. In addition to the bevy of wonderments, this is a hotel filled with kindness and laughter—a place where visitors know they are always #1!

Guests to Goose’s hotel might be enjoying one of the traditional rooms, cozy, but with everything you need for a quick overnight into or out of Yosemite, or perhaps one of the family suites where parents and kids each have separate rooms with the bath between. There are a few larger, more amenity rich rooms to choose from for those who enjoy a touch more than the basics. Traveling with a group? Vacation rental houses are the way to go. Just two miles from the Hotel (inside the Pine Mountain Lake resort) where seven rental condos can host up to 50 people within one block. Perfect for reunions, golf tournaments, retreats or wedding parties.

A favorite of Goose’s and many of our locals and visitors alike is the food. Ah, Victor has really put together a sumptuous menu for both lunch & dinner. Goose wishes he could enjoy “people food” more often and thinks that the signature Chicken Jerusalem could be his favorite, but would also enjoy one of the perfectly prepared steaks. Check the menu online and let us know what your favorite might be.

Along with the entertaining dog, Hotel Charlotte is a center for events in the fall/winter season from our Cabaret Charlotte (October 20 & 23) to wine dinners, murder mystery plays and more. The Hotel Charlotte truly is where folks have fun—whether enjoying one of our programs or teaming with you for a private festive event from ladies get-away pajama parties to toga parties, a speak-easy or Hawaiian luau, or how about a costumed cowboy, country BBQ?

Did I mention how close Groveland is to everything? You already know we are 24 miles from Yosemite National Park, but also just seven miles from some of the best white water river rafting in the world on the Cherry and Tuolumne rivers. From here it is just a few minutes to boat, swim, fish, hike, golf, horseback ride, hunt and even pan for gold! For those who like to blend culture with their holidays, we have our local supported Groveland Museum, are fairly close to several wonderful theaters in Sonora, and if you like to shake it up a bit, there are two casinos 30-40 minutes away.

While “Mayor” Goose thinks Yosemite is the Cat’s Meow, he really does like just hanging out in Groveland, visiting Mountain Sage (the nursery, arts center, amphitheater and visitors center). Sometimes he heads down to Rainbow Pool (our secret swimming hole) to take a quick jump off a rock or slide over the water fall, conditions permitting of course. But best of all are all the happenings around Groveland—from flea markets to tuxedoed balls, festivals and farmers markets. Many of which are pet- friendly venues, though Goose would be hard pressed to admit to being anyones pet!

Goose hopes to welcome you to Groveland and Hotel Charlotte. With our new fall-winter , Oct 30-Mar 29, rates starting at $99, there is no reason not to. Did you know that Yosemite IS most stunning in the winter with the snow-kissed granite walls? YOU own Yosemite on winter visits. With Goose’s Mayoral winter-weather guarantee, you can’t go wrong. Plan ahead or be spontaneous. Hotel Charlotte cancellations fees are waived in the event snow tire chains are required to enter the park on Highway 120 on the day before or of your visit.

We invite you to come, sleep with the Mayor. http://www.hotelcharlotte.com/ 209.962.6455

It's been a year

It has truly been a year since my last post on this blog. So much has happened. Facebook has become a daily part of our program, posting Hotel Announcements and Specials on www.Facebook.com/CafeCharlotte. We also co-administer the Groveland page, www.Facebook.com/Groveland and Yosemite Page, www.Facebook.com/Yosemite120. That explains why this has slipped on priority list.

We just returned from our latest recipe research trip and are coming out with a new menu on Tuesday, March 1. It's very exciting, our most changes ever! I need to get the menu pdfed and on our website.

Things you can look forward to for March, 1/2 priced wine nights. ANY bottle of red on our list is half priced on Sundays, ANY bottle of white, half priced on Tuesdays. Cabaret Charlotte, Groveland's Annual Gala and a whole lot more are all just around the corner. www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html

Winter

Okay, such an odd year this is!

Victor and I have reviewed our schedule and looked at how busy we are (and sometimes aren't)and have decided that we won't open Mondays quite yet. Here's the new schedule:

Thursday-Sunday from 5:30 pm through March 21, then we add Monday 3/22.

Open 7 nights a week starting on March 25th through Monday, April 12th for Spring Break. Bring your friends and family any night of the week!

Thursday-Monday April 13th through May 10th

7 nights a week through the summer starting on Thursday, May 13th.

Check out out Trivia Schedule on the post before this one.
We are moving the Dinner with a Ghost Hunter to a new date, time and price, www.HotelCharlotte.com/ghosts.html

Wine dinner formulas will be changed the dates will remain the same, updates to follow as details are confirmed. March 21 and April 18.

How's that sound?

Mark your calendars so you don't forget!!!!

Weekly Trivia begins at the Charlotte

Weekly Trivia at the Charlotte Returns!
A 10 week series of Trivia with questions, riddles, pictures and puzzles. Prizes awarded weekly and a great evening of closing ceremonies recognizing highlights throughout the season with coupons, prizes and more.

Grand menu choices from $9.99

Opening Night, Thursday, March 4!

Thursdays, March 4, 11, & 18
Mondays, March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 26

Closing Ceremonies: Monday, May 3rd


Mark your calendars today! While reservations aren’t required, they do help us plan

A wise player could enjoy the whole series on us!
Giveaways in excess of $350

• Doors open at 5:30 pm. Choose to eat before, during or after the game.
• First question starts at 6:30. Trivia typically finishes in an hour and 20 minutes or so.
• Can’t make the for the whole series? It doesn’t matter! Prizes awarded weekly!
• Are you more of a voyeur? Come on down and watch!
• Teams of 4 welcome, (and encouraged!) to join us weekly for a chance at prizes valued at $25 and grand finale night worth over: $100
• Don’t have a team? Don’t despair! We will build teams from singles, couples or threes.
• You will meet new people and have fun!

Friends of Groveland Dog Park

Thank you! Thank you!

What a pleasure it was seeing so many folks behind the effort of the Groveland Dog Park on Saturday. We had waves of teams through out the morning join us with hoes, picks, wheel barrows and lawn mowers, weed wackers and the like. Everyone found a purpose. The transition from the morning to the afternoon was phenomenal. Thank you again.

The organizing group will meet in the next week or two to layout our next steps, pick the next work day and get us ready for grass, holes for posts, maybe some stump removal...and I will send out another email at that time, I just didn't want to wait another day to tell you all what a great job you all did and how much fun it seemed everyone was having getting this to pull together.

We love our dogs!

Lynn & Goose for
Friends of the Groveland Dog Park
www.MayorGoose.com

Hotel Dog Named Goose works for Groveland

Our Hotel Dog, Goose is a local celebrity and Mayor of Groveland, okay, Honorary Mayor. Between his duties of meeting and greeting Hotel and Restaurant guests he also has a very busy mayoral calendar filled with photo shoots, interviews and meetings. One of Goose's key causes right now is building a community Dog Park and working with our local politicians on getting everything passed and funds raised. Goose's website highlights his activities for this year.

www.MayorGoose.com. The dog park info is on www.MayorGoose.com/causes.html

If you would like to ask the mayor some direct questions, his email is Bark@MayorGoose.com

While originally the Honorary Mayor program was a fundraiser all in good fun coordinated by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce, www.Groveland.org, Goose has raised the bar and is an actual working Honorary Mayor, marketing Groveland and the surrounds and supporting important causes. Goose's sponsor is Camp Tuololumne Trails, a special place for kids and adults with special needs. www.TuolumneTrails.org. Goose's campaigns have raised nearly $5000 for scholarships and other programs for the camp.

Please contact: Mother Goose at: HotelCharlotte@aol.com for stock publicity photos, victory walk in the annual parade and one of his advertising posters for the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. We hope his little story makes the cut for any media story on pets in the news!

Lynn Upthagrove
"Mother Goose"
Hotel Charlotte
Groveland, on the way to Yosemite
www.HotelCharlotte.com
209-962-6455

Chains Required Winter Cancellation Policy

Winter Cancellation Policy: If you are coming for a Yosemite Visit and the weather is such that Chains are required ON YOUR TIRES (R1, R2, or R3) on the day of your visit, our cancellation fees will be waived. We can't guarantee when the weather will be good or bad, but we can adjust our policies such that you can book with confidence. If you want to cancel because you don't want to put chains on...we're okay with that. We don't like to put them on either.

(Most of the time this isn't even an issue, and, now you don't have to worry about it!)

Sommelier Hosted Wine Dinners

2010 WINE DINNERS at Hotel & Café Charlotte
We just love wine-dinners and this series is titled: Quaffing the Coast. In this series we pair owner-chef, Victor's great menus with our favorite Sommelier, Nicole Darracq's, top selections from each of five Coastal Counties: Mendocino, Sonoma, Santa Cruz Monterey and San Louis Obispo! Wines are available for post event purchase and favorites end up on our wine list and on rotation in our tasting room
Quaffing the Coast 3-dates remain, all The 3rd Sunday of the month
       Santa Cruz: February 21st
       Monterey: March 21st
       San Louis Obispo: April 18th
Because we are still early in the process of selecting wineries and wines for 2010 we do not have our menus prepared yet, but you can get an idea of what we did in with earlier menus:

SAMPLE MENU
Appetizer Skewers with Andouille Sausage, Grilled Assiago Cheese & Pear
      Paired with Pedroncelli Vineyards, Field Blend, Friends.Red
Harvest Soup: A pureed blend of home grown squash, pumpkins & spices with dollop of fresh cream
       Paired with Dry Creek Vineyards Fume Blanc
Spinach Salad with Hot Pancetta Dressing & Fried Goat Cheese
       Paired with Lake Sonoma Zinfandel
Lamb Loin sliced and topped with a port & black cherry reduction
       Paired with Geyser Peak Merlot
Dessert of a rich black chocolate brownie-cake, slivered almonds and whipped cream
       Paired with Valley of the Moon Cabernet Sauvignon

Priced at $64 inclusive to tax and tip, you will find these wine events rival the best of the best offered in SF or any of our California wine regions. Nicole is an entertaining and very knowledgable hostess. Add a room to any of these dinners for $89, including breakfast.  Purchase season tickets for all shows and receive a 12% discount.

Doors open at 6:00 and we start with a happy hour wine and appetizer followed by a sit down dinner hosted by Nicole Darracq.  Individual dinners are priced at $64 per person, inclusive of dinner, wines, tax and tip. Purchase Quaffing the Coast season tickets and receive a 12% discount when purchased together. Guests who also spend the evening with us receive our stay and play room pricing, $89 for a traditional room or 20% off larger rooms. 

We hope to see you here. You can call us to make reservations, 209-962-6455 or you can book online be sure to let us know in the comments section that you are joining us for the wine dinner package. See you soon!

3-day Writers Workshop

Writer’s Workshop March 23, 24 & 25 2010 at Hotel Charlotte.
The team at Hotel Charlotte in the Gold Rush era town of Groveland near Yosemite is absolutely thrilled to have Bill Manville on board to lead our 3-day Writers Workshop “Writing to get Published” on March 23, 24 & 25, 2010.

This is a three-day course, with a new lesson and writing assignment each night. The only prerequisite is a love of reading, a desire to write and get yourself published.

Bill is a former Village Voice columnist, editor for Helen Gurley Brown at Cosmo, author of six books, columnist for the New York Daily News, and now teaches writing for Temple University, Philadelphia. Program price includes 3 day workshop with a new lesson & writing assignment each night, Bill's guide “Writing to Get Published Student's Hand-book”, lunch daily, and a Welcome dinner Monday..

Pricing & Details:
$129 if you book by 12/31/2009 (includes welcome dinner)
$159 if you book 1/1/2010 or later (includes welcome dinner)
$49 per individual workshop day
$29 Welcome dinner only, per person with tax and tip included

Hotel Charlotte offers several room packages for participants.
$259 b&b 3 nights double occupancy
$199 b&b 3 nights single occupancy
$99 b&b per night 1 or 2 nights double occupancy
$79 b&b per night1 or 2 nights single occupancy
Extend your stay night before/after workshop $90 double, $70 single, includes breakfast

We hope to welcome writers of all levels.

Dinner with a Ghost Hunter

Dinner with a Ghost Hunter....The team at Hotel Charlotte is thrilled to have Jeff Dwyer on board to tell us about Ghosts of the Motherlode where he will share his research experiences from his newest book: Ghost Hunter's Guide to California's Gold Rush Country where the Hotel Charlotte is featured on page 172 with our "Tuck You in Ghost."

Doors will open at 6 pm on Sunday, March 7th, with a no host happy hour when guests will get to meet Jeff and enjoy an array of appetizers. We will sit at 6:30 for dinner and Jeff will make his presentations between courses with his final segment a question and answer period. The price for the 4-Course dinner is $34 pp inclusive of tax and tip.

This event qualifies for our Stay & Play Pricing, $89 additional for a traditional room or $114 for a large room. Stay with us both Sunday and Monday and we will include your Yosemite Pass also.

Hotel & Café Charlotte
18736 Main Street (Highway 120)
PO Box 787
Groveland, California  95321
Reservations: (209) 962-6455
Email: HotelCharlotte@aol.com

Mayor Goose and the Dog Park

Fundraising efforts for the Groveland Dog Park started this week with the GCSD announcement and subsequent article by Mike Morris of the Union Democrat, who we are please to say mentioned the Mayor's website in his article...(officially moving us out of the self published, vanity press genre!)

November 12: We received a $2500 matching funds annonymous donation. This is so exciting, Goose has never done anything like this before. Our first checks came in today and we received another paypal donation. We are 10% of the way to our matching goal!

November 9: At the GCSD Board meeting it was learned that GCSD was successful in their waiver request to Fish & Game to remove the $1993 fee for converting the idle land to a dog park. We now have a short waiting period before digging can commence.

The project has been broken down into the following steps (and in this order too!)

• Map out leach field (GCSD)
• Remove thistle plants (Community)
• Disk & Roll field (GCSD)
• Hand pickup rocks in field (Community)
• Put up fencing (Community, GCSD can auger the fence post holes)
• Dig trench for water line from restrooms (GCSD)
• Seed field (Community)
• Install poop bag stations and drinking fountain (Community, GCSD can auger the hole for the pole)
• Wait ‘til spring (everyone)

As we get closer to a work date, we will send an email seeking volunteers to meet at the designated Dog Park area, near the base ball field behind EV Free Church. We have many names already on our mailing list and welcome more. Interested in staying on top of this news? Write to Bark@MayorGoose.com.

Since we are so close to a move forward position, the group has agreed to start the fundraising efforts for the development of the park. There are two ways to donate:

Write tax deductible check to GAINS and mail it to

Hotel CharlotteC/O Friends of Groveland Dog Park

PO Box 787

Groveland, CA 95321
Folks can also PapPal their donation, but this option may not be tax deductible.

If you would like to join the Friends of the Groveland Dog Park mailing list, drop Goose an email Bark@MayorGoose.com with your name and phone number and we will get you all set up. We are looking forward to seeing you all on the team!