B&B BASICS : B&B INNS OFFER SKIING, COOKING GETAWAYS.Byline: Bobbi Zane Special to the Daily News Truffles is one of several Big Bear bed-and-breakfast inns that offer special winter packages to lure skiers. One of the newest b&bs in the mountain resort, Truffles is in the quiet Moonridge residential area not far from Bear Mountain Ski Resort. Non-skiing guests can watch skiers navigating trails right through the windows from the inn's spacious family room. And for skiers, innkeeper An individual who, as a regular business, provides accommodations for guests in exchange for reasonable compensation. An inn is defined as a place where lodgings are made available to the public for a charge, such as a hotel, motel, hostel, or guest house. Marilyn Kane has two-for-the-price-of-one lift tickets for Bear Mountain. Two people can ski all day at the resort for just $40, which is added to the price of the room, which runs from $115 to $140 per night. ``There are no restrictions on these tickets,'' Kane said. ``They can be used on weekends and holidays.'' Kane opened Truffles, a sprawling open-floor-plan contemporary home, about two years ago. There are six rooms with private baths, some with private entrances. Decor reflects Kane's interest in things English: one room has a hunt theme and others pay homage homage: see feudalism. to the royal family. For those who like to stay inside, Sally and Edd Guishard, owners of the Brookside Farm 60 miles east of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. along the Mexican border, have come up with a cook-it-yourself getaway to lure guests. Edd, an accomplished chef, now invites guests into his kitchen to help learn culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n techniques and help prepare meals for what he calls Gourmet Weekends. The weekends, available all year, consist of two nights at the inn, breakfast each morning and dinner each night, plus cooking instruction. The inn offers light suppers Sunday through Thursday, and Edd pulls out all the stops for multicourse dinners on weekends. A one-time dairy farm, Brookside has nine rooms in the main house and a converted barrel-roofed stone barn. Rooms have fireplaces, private porches or decks, some wet bars and oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. bathrooms. A year-round creek runs through the property, which has many secluded se·clud·ed adj. 1. Removed or remote from others; solitary. 2. Screened from view; sequestered. se·clud nooks. Most interesting, however, is the ever-changing population of farm animals: pigs, goats, ducks, chickens, peacocks, doves and quail quail, common name for a variety of small game birds related to the partridge, pheasant, and more distantly to the grouse. There are three subfamilies in the quail family: the New World quails; the Old World quails and partridges; and the true pheasants and seafowls. . The animals are raised for food, and a garden on the property supplies vegetables and food. Regular room rates at Brookside run from $80 to $115 per night; gourmet weekends are $220 to $290 for two nights. Resources: Truffles Bed and Breakfast, (909) 585-2772; Brookside Farm, (619) 468-3043. |
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