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AG Thomson House – #1 Bed and Breakfast in the United States!

February 6th, 2012 by Angie Allen

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Our guests are, without a doubt, some of the greatest in the world!! You have shared your experiences at the AG Thomson House with thousands and thousands of potential guests and travelers across the United States and the World by posting your review, experience, and memories at the AG Thomson House on Trip Advisor.

Each year Trip Advisor selects Travelers’ Choice Award winners in a number of different hospitality areas and destinations. Trip Advisor has become the most prestigious travel website offering travelers an honest, unbiased look into the potential destinations they may want to visit with reviews posted by you, the traveler or guest. Well, because of you, we could not be more proud to announce that the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast was selected by this prestigious organization as the #1 Bed and Breakfast in the United States for 2012!!!

We were, and still are, in absolute shock, and cannot thank all of you who felt your experience at our Duluth MN Bed and Breakfast was worth sharing with others. It means the world to us that you not only had a wonderful and memorable experience at our Bed and Breakfast, which is our ultimate goal for you when you walk through our doors, but that you felt others should know about it!

We are also deeply proud to represent our stunning port city of Duluth, but also the Bed and Breakfast industry in general. Bed and Breakfast’s across the country are still fighting many unfair stereotypes, and we are continually striving to “de-bunk” those stereotypes by providing guests at the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast with wonderfully comfortable modern amenities, while still providing the warmth, comfort, genuine hospitality, and privacy of a historic home that guests are looking for when choosing a Bed and Breakfast.

This #1 ranking also placed us as the #11 Bed and Breakfast in the World!! We are deeply grateful, and also very proud to represent not only the Bed and Breakfast industry, but our gorgeous port city of Duluth!!!

If you haven’t had a chance to share your experience yet, you can just click on this Trip Advisor review link and share your wonderful experience at our Duluth Bed and Breakfast with others!

Thank you, thank you, thank you ALL!!!

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Aaaahhh….summertime at our Duluth Bed and Breakfast!

July 9th, 2011 by Angie Allen

Summer has finally arrived in Duluth and at the A G Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast. The gardens and our vegetable and herb gardens are thriving! It was a very chilly, wet spring, but we have been reaping the benefits of the summer warm up for sure!

We wanted to share some of our garden photos with you on this quick post to give you an idea of what is in bloom. The lilacs have ended, but the peonies are in full bloom with the hydrangeas not far behind. And the many, many annuals that we have planted and potted are absolutely stunning on the grand veranda. The perfect place to enjoy a cup of coffee as the sun rises, or a glass of wine while the sun sets!

We are very excited to have been asked to be one of the gardens on 2011 Garden Tour put on by WDSE/WRPT local PBS station. We will be enjoying avid gardeners as they tour the grounds on July 17th. We hope to share with you some of the video that will be taken of the grounds and gardens while they visit.

A great summer continues at the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast, we will continue to share our gardens as they progress on our Facebook page, so be sure to sign up to “Like” us and join the over 1300 that already have. And we hope to see you on your next visit to Duluth!

Enjoy this little photo tour and then catch more photos on our Facebook page…

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On the Google Map!

May 6th, 2011 by Angie Allen

Ever since Duluth and the Twin Ports were highlighted on the Food Network and Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins” earlier this year, we have guests arrive with one of the highlighted restaurants on their “must do” list. So we decided that we wanted to pull together the addresses and provide our guests with a map to each of these places. After recently attending a Bed and Breakfast conference, I learned a very cool way of pulling together a Google Map for area attractions near the A G Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast. We are so close to many other sites and venues in Duluth, Canal Park, the North Shore of Lake Superior, and the Twin Ports region, that we think this will be a great tool and convenience for our guests.

I have just started working on these maps, and am happy to report that we now have a Google map for the Duluth and Twin Ports “Dives, Diners, and Drive-Ins”, as well as a Google map to the region’s colleges and universities. Both maps should be useful and convenient for guests looking for a “celebrity” restaurant and for parents whose kids are attending one of our local colleges. The A G Thomson House Bed and Breakfast is located near our two major schools; the University of Minnesota – Duluth and the College of St. Scholastica.

So to give you a preview of these cool maps, I have included the links in this blog post for you to take a look at. Spread the word, and look for more Google maps of area attractions in the future. My next project will be Canal Park, and some of our major and gorgeous North Shore sites!

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A birthday surprise!

April 29th, 2011 by Angie Allen

A very sweet note written in the journal of the amazing Lake Superior Suite this week. Ben and Jessica took a brief retreat for her birthday to visit their former city of Duluth, MN and to celebrate.

“Angie & Tim, Thank you so much for everything. It is obvious why you have such great ratings. We thoroughly enjoyed everything about our stay. You worked with Ben so well keeping this all a surprise. What a perfect birthday treat! The breakfast was scrumptious and service excellent. What for the senses! We appreciate all the extra added touches and will have great memories of our stay!!” (B & J, Little Falls, MN but formerly from Duluth!)

So if you are thinking of that perfect gift for your significant other, whether it’s a birthday, anniversary, or just because you deserve a quiet, peaceful, romantic getaway, do we have the room for you!

The spectacular Lake Superior Suite! The ideal room for your next retreat!

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A busy summer ahead for Duluth!

April 26th, 2011 by Angie Allen

Spring is in the air, and the sense of another wonderful Duluth summer is in the air too! As we approach the “blooming” month of May, after the April “rain/snow” showers, the veranda and patio furniture is in place. New window boxes have been ordered, and I can just picture the amazing floral display that will take place not only in the window boxes, but all around the grounds as well. We will be putting in 3 new raised beds for more herbs, veggies, and flowers this year (Tim facetiously calls it my “farm”). The flower pots have been dug out of storage, and the yard has been raked. Ah…it’s time to enjoy the beautiful season that is summer in gorgeous Duluth, Minnesota! Hopefully we will get time to enjoy a cup of coffee or a glass of wine with our guests amongst the blooms!

As always, Duluth will be full of attractions and events this year. A recent bit of great news is that a small group of Tall Ships will be once again gracing our port in July. It will not be on the grand scale of last summer, but will be a nice surprise for the season. This May the newly remodeled DECC will be hosting a couple of superstars, Elton John and Sheryl Crow. Then later this summer at Bayfront Park we will have the great honor of Willie Nelson performing.

The Visit Fleet will be setting sail and begin their dinner cruises on May 7^th with the regular sightseeing tours beginning May 13^th! The Glensheen Mansion will be opened daily (just weekends now) beginning on May 27^th, and the William A. Irvin has already begun limited tours.

Of course this is just a small sampling of the multitude of things to do in Duluth and along the North Shore. A favorite stop is always Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse, but don’t forget about Tettegouche State Park and Palisade Head further up the North Shore. Plus so much more! We have a ton of information for you and can always help you plan your stay.

Finally, we are very excited to start our summer with some great recognition from one of the Midwest’s premier magazines, Midwest Living. In April, we learned we were chosen as a “Best Bed and Breakfast” in the North Shore for the 2011 Midwest Living Travel Guide. This guide provides travelers a list of the very best places to stay. We were then incredibly honored to be chosen in their top 30 “Best B&B’s” in the May/June 2011 issue of Midwest Living. We are the only Bed and Breakfast chosen for our North Shore region, and quite honored to be selected when realizing that the magazine covers and includes an entire 12 state region. Midwest Living is also one of the rare publications that actually send its writers to stay at the places they endorse!

Thank you to the amazing travel writers and editors of Midwest Living magazine for taking time to visit us, and for choosing our Inn as a “Best B&B” in both issues! We’re looking forward to another great year in our gorgeous port city; and to welcoming old and new friends as we embark on the season that is THE reason we love Duluth!!

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An award winning year!

April 2nd, 2011 by Angie Allen

The seasons are once again changing in Duluth and the shipping season is already underway. It seems like it was just yesterday when the last ship came in for the winter layover, and here we are smiling as we look out at the Lake to see them once again making their way in and out of our beautiful port city of Duluth!

We have enjoyed an unusually busy year so far at our Duluth Bed and Breakfast. If the first quarter of 2011 is any indication of how the rest of the year will be, we better hold on tight! We are deeply grateful to all of our guests, past and future, for choosing to spend their valuable time and resources with us. We are excited to see many of you again, and look forward to making new friends!

We have managed to complete some projects we had planned; here is a quick update! Painting has been the project of the year so far with the grand entry way of the Inn getting a beautiful new color on its walls; a welcoming and warm Benjamin Moore “Mineral Alloy.” The dining room also has been updated, along with the Salyards Room. The entry way of the Carriage House has a new trim and wall color, and the North Shore Retreat is now complete with new trim and wall paint. Good thing Tim’s a very, very good painter!!

You can follow all of our projects, and get updates and photos by “Liking” us on Facebook and following us on Twitter too! We hope to complete a few more projects before the whirlwind of the season begins. We are very excited about some outdoor additions and changes we will be making once the weather allows! Keep posted!

We were incredibly excited to learn we were chosen for several prestigious awards and recognitions in 2011. We are grateful and humbled by the recognition, and know that we could not have accomplished what we have without the support of our wonderful guests, friends, family and colleagues! We love Duluth, and are very much aware of how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful destination area that allows us to share our home with you!

Here is a brief update of what your support has helped us realize this year:

LanierBB.com awarded the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast with the “Best Amenities” honor
iLoveInns.com selected the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast as a “Top Ten Romantic Inn in North America”
Duluth~Superior Magazine’s “Best of” poll for 2011 awarded the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast in five categories: “Best Bed and Breakfast” (second year in a row), “Best Amenities”, “Best Romantic Getaway”, “Best In-Room Dining” (second year in a row), and “Best Hotel Rooms” (second year in a row). And we came in second place for “Best Hotel.” Wow! We thank you all for taking the time to vote for us. We were told that over 700 votes came in for the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast! Simply amazing!
Midwest Living magazine puts out a Travel Guide each year and the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast was named a “Best of the Midwest” in their 2011 issue. We are the only Bed and Breakfast in our North Shore region to receive this honor.

We will continue to keep you updated via our Blog, Facebook, and Twitter so be sure to bookmark these pages. You can also become a subscriber to our You Tube channel, and check out our Flickr page. And don’t forget, to become a subscriber to our quarterly newsletter too!

Happy Spring to all of you!

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Elton John…Duluth…Valentine’s Day gift? What a great idea!!

February 9th, 2011 by Angie Allen

Have you heard yet?! It has just been announced that Elton John will be performing at our Amsoil Arena on Friday, May 6^th. With the new DECC (Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center) complete, this is just the beginning of what we hope will be a whirlwind of concerts and events coming to Duluth!

Tickets for the concert will be going on sale this Valentine’s Day, February 14^th, via Ticketmaster. So, what a great Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone who loves the legend that is Elton John. Purchase the tickets, and then book your weekend stay at the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast for a wonderful, fun-filled, romantic weekend in Duluth. With a city full of fantastic dining options, a great concert and concert venue, and the #1 Bed and Breakfast in Minnesota – it sounds like the perfect getaway!

I can remember attending an Elton John concert a very long time ago when he had multiple, spectacular wardrobe changes. It was a great concert then, and I can only imagine how wonderful it will be now!

So order your tickets, then book your stay at the AG Thomson House, a Duluth Bed and Breakfast, and look forward to spring, great music, and the warmth and comfort of our Inn!

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It’s “Honey do” time again…

January 31st, 2011 by Angie Allen

As I write this entry, we’ve just put the first of twelve months in 2011 behind us. I know it’s what people always say, but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly the time flies by – especially when keeping busy. It seems as though we were just putting up the holiday decorations, and then taking them down, and now we look forward to February, Super Bowl XVL (we are Wisconsin natives and pretty excited!) and the Valentine’s Day holiday.

If January is any indication of what the year ahead will bring, we are very excited about the experiences and people we will meet in 2011. This January has proven to be the best the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast has had since it’s opening in 2000; and more importantly since our caretaking began in 2007. We have started and completed projects on the “Honey do” list, we have more to work on, and then we will be back in the heart of our busy season before we know it.

The projects have been relatively mild so far; primarily painting updates for now. We have some greater ambitions in mind as we head toward the spring, but we will have to take it a project at a time! You can check out the changes going on at the Inn by going to the AG Thomson House Bed & Breakfast Facebook page and taking a look. Don’t forget to “like us” while you’re there, and post your comments and thoughts – we would love to hear from you! As always, we will continue to improve upon this spectacular home, and our efforts will be focused on making it an experience and environment where you, our guests, feel welcome, at home, comfortable, and rejuvenated.

We are also very proud to announce that the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast has been selected and awarded some very prestigious industry awards. We have been selected as a “Top Ten Romantic Inn” by the renowned Bed and Breakfast website iLoveInns.com. It is a great honor to be representing Duluth among other wonderful regions across North America, including Hawaii, British Columbia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and more! This selection comes from a choice of over 30,000 Inns across the United States and Canada. The AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast was carefully selected by iLoveInns.com for overall romantic attributes–scenic setting and location, interior beauty and design, heartfelt hospitality, pampering amenities and creative activities.

We also learned that we have been awarded “BEST AMENITIES” by LanierBB.com; one of the industry’s leading Bed and Breakfast websites. Winners of this prestigious award have been voted the best in their category by LanierBB online readers and voted for the AG Thomson House from a selection of over 8,500 Inns across the country. We are very proud; and very thankful to all of our guests who chose our Inn for this award! We continue to be grateful, humble and will never forget why we are here…for you!!

Finally, it is time once again to vote in the 2011 Duluth~Superior Magazine “Best Of” Poll in the Twin Ports area. Last year our guests helped us by voting the AG Thomson House the “Best Bed and Breakfast”, “Best Hotel Rooms”, and “Best In-room dining.” We would be most appreciative of your support in this years’ poll once again in some of the categories listed such as “Best Bed and Breakfast”, “Best Romantic Getaway”, “Best Breakfast”, “Best Rooms”, “Best Amenities”, etc. Just click on the link at the beginning of this paragraph, enter your email address (one vote per email address), enter your favorites in the categories listed, and then click “vote” after each entry. You don’t have to vote for every category, but chances are if you love Duluth, you have a few favorites you would like to help out in this year’s poll. We are always thankful for your support!

In this first blog entry of 2011, we want to wish you a very Happy New Year! We look forward to greeting old friends and making new. We take to heart the sign we have hanging in our living room…”Enter as strangers, leave as friends.” and we look forward to another fantastic year at the beautiful AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast!

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I Love my Kids, BUT…

December 28th, 2009 by Angie Allen

As relatively new “empty nesters”, and having experienced a few urgent phone calls home from our college freshman, a thought came to mind one day. How many parents out there; whether new, seasoned, or empty nesters, are constantly giving and giving to their kids – selflessly and without a second thought about themselves. We love and adore our children, and want to give them the very best as parents, and the best opportunities that we possibly can in today’s world. But we also need to take a step back on occasion, and put ourselves and our relationships first. We will be better people, better partners, and better parents for it. So as I hung up from the phone call from my fantastic child (we are very lucky parents), I said to myself…”I love my daughter, but…” and hence the new package addition!

Whether it’s this package, or any one of many others that we offer, we urge you to take time for yourselves and your relationships. A stay at the A G Thomson House in spectacular Duluth MN is a great way to start!

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AG Thomson House – #1 Bed and Breakfast in the United States!