Amelia Payson House blog..........Salem, MA.

If it hadn't been for the quick response of civilians in the crowd with some basic skills in emergency medical training on that tragic day in Tucson, January 8th, lives would not have been sav...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/save-life-saturdayand-be-prepared.html

Aprox. 130 miles southeast of Tucson there is a “Wonderland of Rocks” that is known as Chiricahua (cheri-cow-wa) National Monument, where along 8-miles of a paved scenic drive and 17-miles...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/chiricahua-national-monument.html

This weekend the 53rd Annual Heard Museum celebrates the rich art and heritage of the Natives peoples from across the American continent at the Indian Fair and Market in Phoenix, Az. The fair ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/heard-museum-indian-art-fair.html

The 86th annual LA FIESTA DE LOS VAQUEROS, Arizona’s "Celebration of the Cowboy", is centered on the Tucson Rodeo for nine days this month. It's one of the top 25 professional rodeo events ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/yeeeeee-haaaaaaa.html

We arrived in Las Vegas under sunny warm skies on Thursday, amidst a whole host of low flying planes coming into McCarran Airport in rapid succession. Its Super Bowl weekend and the Las Vegas ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/road-trip-part-2-las-vegas.html

Leaving Tucson and heading west through the Sonoran Desert,  passing through Gila Bend, Buckeye and so many other towns, small and all so similar, we are working our way to Quartzite, Arizona; ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/02/road-trip-part-1-tucson-to-palm-springs.html

Trail bait........ The pride of the Sonoran Desert, the DESERT MUSEUM is is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden all in one place; where wild animals roam and plant...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/walk-on-wild-side.html

Hubbell Trading Post One of the most amazing places in Arizona is Hubbell Trading Post, located in Ganado Arizona, about 400 miles north in the snow country of Arizona. While traveling there ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/need-rughubbell-trading-post.html

January 1, 2011 Such a great New Year's gift..... Talked about by many, for so many years, and even a Boston Globe article this past fall highlighted the need for Salem to have a Museum dedicat...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/salem-is-getting-new-museum-that-is-all.html

From a different place…far, far away, reminders of home and family are with us today. And while we enjoy a different Christmas experience in the Southwest pole of Tucson, it cannot compare wit...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/12/wishing-you-all-merry-christmas.html

What's your gelato flavor? You have about 50 choices here. Translated from Italian, gelato (jeh-lot-o) literally means frozen. Although gelato is a frozen dessert, the word does not begin...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/12/at-gelateria.html

Where Nature, Art & Culture Connect! Nestled between Oracle Road and La Cañada lies a 40 acre oasis. An outdoor museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the vegetation of the Sonoran Des...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/12/tohono-chul-park.html

This year's selected poster artist is Linda Pirri expressionist prints on silk..... www.lindapirri.com The 4th Avenue Street Fair is held twice a year; once in the spring and once in Decemb...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/12/4-th-avenue-street-fair-is-held-twice.html

Teresa's Mosaic Cafe Opened in 1984, the Matias family has been cooking up great Mexican food at Teresa's Mosaic Cafe. A place on the hill that has been around for as long as we have had the B&B...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-first-mexican-food-adventure-since.html

Lower Broadway, home to the honky-tonks where many country singers hone their skills at places like The Stage and Tootsies, and where visitors gather every evening when the sun goes down to wit...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/nashville-tn-lower-broadway-where.html

Ada enjoys a nice lunch today with Meghann, Jason, Kim & Jen. As the B&B season comes to a close and we head off to enjoy our western lives for a while, Ada will certainly miss her Girl Thursd...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-whole-lot-of-work-going-on-here.html

Only Donald can talk a guest into doing his job.....thanks Carl (big bad grandmother wolf.) It's a brisk evening, but they're still coming and in greater numbers than we ever expected. Hope we...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/trick-or-treating-on-winter-street-2010.html

happy staff at Custom House Rotisserie.... Three weeks young, Custom House Rotisserie owner Bill Van Loon and chef Denis Griswold are serving up their “taste of home, not far from home” far...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/now-open.html

October has arrived............and to welcome the new Halloween season, Salem Trolley is selling two-for-one tickets for shows (tours?!) on October 1, 2, and 3rd. Dusk transforms the city of S...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-for-our-guests-tonight.html

Mornings at the Amelia Payson House are most often an international event and today we welcome visitors from Switzerland and England to our breakfast table. It's so common this time of year to ...

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Ok, when you don’t have a local election (so glad) there’s always another candidate that could use your help. Today, when most folks were out picking apples or just enjoying a great fall da...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/political-junkies.html

New England was very fortunate that hurricane Earl decided to take a more easterly tack on Friday, and while we had our concerns about possible power outages that might affect the operation an...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-hurricane.html

Tonight, we're hosting a special couple spending their 22nd Anniversary at the Amelia Payson House. Like all busy business owners, special celebrations can take second stage, but as a surprise ...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/08/felice-anniversario-paula-giovanni.html

IT'S NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE GOVERNOR. HE WAS HERE TO SIGN A BILL DISTINGUISHING SALEM AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. I JUST HAPPEN TO BE WALKING INTO C...

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This weekend we hosted Ali and Terry, and few of their friends from New York, and along with Jen and Natalie, we picked the winner of a Two Night Getaway to the Amelia Payson House from all...

http://ameliapaysonhouse.blogspot.com/2010/07/and-winner-is.html