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Tall Ships in Duluth…Ahoy!

March 12th, 2013 by Angie Allen

Duluth Tall Ships

It is only March, and many of us still have a great deal of that “white” stuff still on the ground. But it is not too early to be making your plans for your summer visit to Duluth.  The time will soon have raced by, and your favorite room will have been booked!  In good conscience, we simply cannot let that happen to you! (;

Of the multitude of reasons to visit Duluth and our port city located ideally along the shores of magnificent Lake Superior, the Tall Ships event scheduled for this year will be one of the largest ever, and the perfect reason to make your plans now.  This stunning, beautiful, and majestic event will be including an armada of 8 Tall Sailing ships, with the possibility of more to be added.  It is difficult to really describe this event if you have not seen it, but it is truly spectacular.  It is also a rare chance to catch a glimpse; step aboard, and even set sail on some of the grandest ships of yesteryear.

In addition to being able to take on-board tours, visitors will be offered the opportunity to sail on Lake Superior aboard the Privateer Lynx, S/V Denis Sullivan and the Schooner Hindu. Each vessel will sail several times daily beginning Friday, July 26, providing not only an educational glimpse into daily life aboard a tall ship, but also the grandeur of experiencing Lake Superior under sail.  It is an experience like no other.

Tickets will be going on sale for this event beginning April 1st, 2013 beginning at 10:00 am and can be purchased online by going to www.visitduluth.com or calling 877-4FLY-TIX (435-9849).

Book your room at the AG Thomson House Duluth Bed and Breakfast; then order your tickets to take a tour!  Duluth is a very busy summer destination, and this event will be just one more excuse to treat yourself to a getaway of pure beauty and relaxation at our Inn! We have a handful of rooms still available for the week of the event, so check out our availability and let us help enhance what will be an already extraordinarily wonderful and unique experience in our Port City!

U S Brig Niagara   The HMS Bounty   Pride of Baltimore II

 

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Celebrate the Duluth Holiday Season along the Shores of Lake Superior!

November 13th, 2012 by Angie Allen

Peace, Love, Joy at the Duluth AG Thomson House

It is very cliché, but it is that time of year once again.  We enjoyed an incredibly fun and busy spring/summer season here at the AG Thomson House, and are now looking forward to celebrate the holiday season in Duluth; another favorite time of the year for us and our many phenomenal guests.
We have just begun the holiday decorating, getting into full swing this week and next with gorgeous exterior decorating and of course the multitude of trees and interior vignettes to put on display.  Our annual pilgrimage to Lambeau Field not only includes great football, but also includes some fun shopping, and awesome new finds to add to our holiday collection and décor. We have returned with some delightfully new ideas and inspiration for this year’s holiday décor around the Inn! Keep your eyes peeled to our Facebook page, Twitter and Pinterest feeds for updates!

Once again this year, our wonderful Duluth Bed and Breakfast Association will be hosting a fun-filled Holiday Tour.  The Tour will be held on December 9th, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  All seven of Duluth’s Bed and Breakfasts will be on holiday display offering visitors a tour of the Inn, light refreshments and beverages, holiday music, and the very best way to get in the mood for the season that is winter in Duluth!  Tickets are $25 in advance, and $30 at the door.  Call us at 218-341-0140 or send an email to info@thomsonhouse.biz.

As last year, our tour will be to help raise funds for our local Food Bank; Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank.  And here’s a fun and new surprise that we have added to this year’s tour – a raffle to win a FREE one night stay at any Duluth Bed and Breakfast of your choice, PLUS a $50 certificate to Blackwoods Restaurant or Lounge!  Here’s how it will work…with your purchase of a ticket to attend the Holiday tour, in advance or the day of the tour, we will be accepting a tax deductible contribution of $100 or more made directly to Second Harvest.  With this $100 or more donation to Second Harvest, your name will then be entered into a drawing to win a free stay at any one of our gorgeous Duluth Inns!  This is a phenomenal way to help Second Harvest and your odds will be VERY good to win a free one-night stay at any Inn.  Your donation will be tax deductible, you will be helping so many people, and best of all you will have a wonderful time!!!!

Other wonderful events happening in Duluth to get you in the mood include the Spirit of the North Parade taking place this Friday, November 16th, and of course, Bentleyville Tour of Lights.  The Nutcracker will be performed, Mannheim Steamroller will be getting us all in the mood with a concert performance, the Glensheen Mansion will be holding a Holiday Tea, and the Zinema 2 will be showing the classic holiday film, “Fanny and Alexander” along with serving a grand smorgasbord  during intermission!  This and so much more in our beautiful port city of Duluth is just a bonus reason to treat yourself to a Duluth visit and the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast! 

Get ready…get packed…and we will see you soon!!!!

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

February 6th, 2012 by Angie Allen

Duluth Bed and Breakfast Lake Superior Views

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

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 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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A birthday surprise!

April 29th, 2011 by Angie Allen

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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

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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 7th with the regular sightseeing tours beginning May 13th!  The Glensheen Mansion will be opened daily (just weekends now) beginning on May 27th, 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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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 6th.  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 14th, 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

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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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‘Tis the season to be “Green”!

November 30th, 2010 by Angie Allen

Yes, it’s here – the Holiday season (and winter) in Duluth, Minnesota!  Though not necessarily as snowy as our years spent in the Upper Peninsula on Lake Superior’s South Shore, it is nonetheless one of the most beautiful cities to live no matter what the season.  I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; Duluth is without a doubt…spectacular! 

The city of Duluth is alive with wonderful holiday events taking place; too numerous to mention in this post.  One event that must be mentioned is the participation of the AG Thomson House Bed and Breakfast and the six other Inns of Duluth, MN in the Historic Bed and Breakfast Inns of Duluth Holiday Tour!  All seven of the Duluth, MN Bed and Breakfast Inns are opening our doors on Sunday, December 12th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.  Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the door.  And to enhance the holiday season of giving, we will be collecting toys for the Salvation Army Toyland Express Toy Drive.  An unwrapped gift valued at $15 brought to any Inn will give you a chance to win a night’s stay at any one of our Inns!  For more great seasonal events, check out our Events page for a full list of ways to enjoy Duluth Minnesota this holiday season. 

In preparation for the Duluth MN Bed and Breakfast tour, the AG Thomson House has officially completed its holiday decorating; and there is a lot of it!  This year we are proud to have “greened” it up around the Inn.  We have converted our exterior C-9 lights to LED’s of the same size and it is gorgeous!  We could not be happier with the decision to convert on an aesthetic level, but are even happier with the environmental impact it will have.  Instead of using over 2975 watts of electricity on the illumination of the exterior, this conversion reduces our usage to just 79 watts!  Which encompasses lighting up the Main House, the Carriage House, and the garage (yes, we definitely deck the halls and even the garages at holiday time!)  This is a reduction in energy use by over 98%!  It’s gratifying on so many levels to be “green”; and an ongoing, day to day effort at our Inn! 

Finally, we are incredibly proud and honored to have been featured in the December/January issue of Lake Superior Magazine, this region’s premier magazine.  The article highlights the AG Thomson House Duluth MN Bed and Breakfast decked out for the holiday season, as well as some history behind the journey that we have been on to bring back the warmth and beauty of this incredible home.    Check out one of our accomplishments, the before and after of our kitchen – the heart and soul of a bed and breakfast! 

We thank all of our family, friends, past guests and future guests for the support you have offered us in this very speedy year of 2010, and we look forward to another successful and fun 2011!  Our best and warmest wishes to all of you during this holiday season and throughout the year!

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