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Cinnamon Mornings and Savory Nights
Whether you're hosting a formal get-together or need a quick brunch idea, this book will spark your imagination and your appetite.
Innkeeper's Story
presenting
Col (Ret) John & Julie Rolsen
from Garth Woodside Mansion Inn
John and I met in 1976 when he was on a temporary duty (TDY) trip with the Air Force in Grand Rapids, Michigan, near my hometown. A few years later I took John to Reno and before he knew it we were married. Thereafter each time we moved to another assignment with the Air Force relatives and friends came to visit. I loved having company, and John loved me cleaning the house before they arrived. I hate housework with a passion (this is great being here with a super staff to pick up behind me!). Over the years we moved around the country to Sacramento, Albuquerque (yes, it is spelled correctly), Dayton, Washington D.C. area, and back to Dayton. By the late 1990’s we realized it was getting close to finding a place to retire and staying put, whatever that meant. We liked that ‘company thing’ going on; having guests all the time was allot of fun. We discussed for years the ideas of running a Bed and Breakfast. So we started seriously searching for a B&B. There are enough on each coast and we wanted to be different. (Not to say we weren’t already!) We love the Midwest and looked real hard for one in Cincinnati to be close to family and friends. We found Garth and fell in love with it. It has all the things we love in an inn, and what it didn’t already have, we added.
John is from Cincinnati, OH. I am from Caledonia, MI. We have two boys together; Jeff, 30, an Officer/Graduate of the United Stated Air Force Academy married to Kera, also an AF Officer, and Sean who is 26, married to Sheena his kindergarten sweetheart, Sheena. Jeff & Kera are now stationed at Minot AFB, and Sean and Sheena live here in Hannibal. Sheena runs the Main Street Kitchen Store for us downtown Hannibal.
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Garth Woodside Mansion
Innkeeper(s):Col (Ret) John & Julie Rolsen
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11069 New London Rd
Hannibal, MO 63401
Phone: 573-221-2789
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