It was a fantastic weekend! Amazing weather and we came back with 4 dozen bagels.
Friday night was Burke Mountain Hotel in VT. Beautiful room with a phenomenal view, downside was they use two twin mattresses over a king box spring so you sink into the middle. We made note of that on departure and apparently everyone complains about it. Won't stay again unless they have a different bed.
Stayed at the Hotel Le Dauphin Saturday night. Either recently remodeled or they have the best cleaning staff imaginable. Room was spotless new, excellent firm memory foam bed but it was the shower that we could have stayed under for hours. I have to get some kind of pressure pump to get the same standing under a waterfall feeling. Hotel location is excellent.
We went to Gaspar Brasserie for dinner, sat outside in perfect warm/cool evening weather and were blessed with a phenomenal server who let us stay for 3 full hours over 5 courses, the last being dessert in an elegant lounge where we laid back on a sumptuous couch with flourless chocolate cake and ice cream.
We started with cocktails and as dinner progressed, Dominic chose different wines by the glass for each course. I could go into detail on how and why he was an excellent server but will just say he was truly a professional who at times anticipated our wants/needs, other times just let us be. Highly recommended for the service alone, have the octopus, it was excellent.
