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Archive for January, 2010

guest baker, laura carey

Guest Baker, Laura Carey did an oustanding job in demonstrating the secrets in baking sour dough bread, 1/30/10, 2 – 4 p.m.

Queen Anne guests had the opportunity to enjoy scones, devonshire cream, jam and hot loose leaf tea, while watching Laura provide hints in baking successful bread.

It is obvious that Laura has a heart for baking bread and considers working with her hands, making a staple as a spiritual experience.

Everyone was treated to samples, at the demonstration and to take home.

Next baking/cooking demonstration, 3rd sat feb, 2/20/10, 2 p.m., with a repeat of The Art of Pie Making, by request of ‘09 attendees.

March demonstration proposed to be Italian cooking.

Reservations, 719 275-5354

Reservations: Phone/Text (719) 275-5354,

email: linda@thecanoncityqueenanne.com

Seating for thirty (30) in four themed tea rooms;
the Victorian, the Roman, the English and the Old Country.
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Option 1, Saturday night, February 13th
“Valentine High/6 course Dinner Tea Experience.”
MENU

5:00 P.M. or 7:30 P.M.

“All Teas” served on fine china, cloth napkins and include
freshly brewed loose leaf tea.

$34.99 per person – Entrée choice: Chicken Cordon Blue or Salmon

$44.99 per person – Entrée: Marinated, Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Shrimp

Complimentary Glass of Champagne.

Hot Beverages, Canon City Queen Anne House Tea or Starbucks Coffee.
Iced Beverage, Iced, Purified water.
Appetizer, Jumbo Shrimp with Cocktail sauce.
Scones & Tea, Fresh baked scones (chocolate chip, cinnamon, raspberry & white chocolate) with devonshire cream and jam.
Soups, Loaded Potato or Tomato Basil.
Salad, Baby Fresh Spinach with Strawberries & Almonds, poppy seed dressing or Cesar Salad.
Starches, Baked Potato with butter, sour cream or Rice.
Vegetables, Buttered Asparagus or Broccoli & Cheese.
Dessert, Valentine Specialty, to be announced.

Please advise, when making your reservation, any allergy, health need or alternative
menu needs. We want to make your Queen Anne Valentine experience a memory.

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Option 2, Sunday, February 14th
“Valentine Brunch”
MENU

11:00 A.M. or 2:00 P.M.

“All Teas” served on fine china, cloth napkins and include
freshly brewed loose leaf tea.

$39.99 per person; $29.99 per child, under 10 years old.

Complimentary Glass of Champagne.

Hot Beverages, Canon City Queen Anne House Tea or Starbucks Coffee.
Iced Beverage, Iced, Purified water, Orange Juice.
Scones & Tea, Fresh baked scones (chocolate chip, cinnamon, raspberry & white chocolate) with devonshire cream and jam.
Brunch Options, beef, ham, breakfast sausage; omelet with bacon, ham, cheese, onion;
quiche, meat and meatless; breakfast burrito with green chili; potato casserole; cold slaw salad; waffles with fruit, syrup.
Chocolate Fountain, cookies, fruit, marshmallows, etc.

Please advise, when making your reservation, any allergy, health need or alternative menu needs. We want to make your Queen Anne Valentine experience a memory.

I received a comment, question, from our blog of yesterday, where we were announcing our move to formalizing our story, the queen anne story, and making it available to others.  We were requested to define, “diversity.”

In our case we came to following this dream and desire to serve others from a background in corporate, then private business, focusing on construction, remodeling. We were use to having many choices in the trades, which came equipped to work. We had never operated a fine dining restaurant, however, linda did go to restaurant management school. And, we were pretty sure one of our roles was to be good servants as we were convinced the majority of our customers were not going to be faith based as we were.

Our immediate need for diversity was to arrive to find very few in the trades who were willing to work for us, and most having limited skill sets. In the majority of the cases the laborers who would work for us needed pretty close supervision and they did not have experience in many things.

Our next need for diversity was the openness to allow a man in the food service business to counsel us, as we wandered through things like health inspections, requirements, etc.

And, the majority of our customer base have been open in sharing their faith, which is great, but limiting our desire to work with those seeking a faith.

Finally, we were shocked in the diverse customer base that comes through the door on a daily basis. We know that some of them do not share our moral views, however, they are just as loving and respectful as our faith community. In fact, ‘09 brought diversity in customers that sweeten the business in that they are comfortable in who they are and that is much easier to deal with, than those on a campaign trail to make sure others know what they think, stand for.

Diversity in dealing with others has been a real blessing, it has grounded us, caused us to be more aware of others needs and to be flexible in serving customers.

Al

Al, Linda Ballard

Since we open the Canon City Queen Anne Tea House and Special Events Center, 12/10/07, we have been asked to share the story of our personal journey and the creation of the business/ministry of hospitality and encouragement.  Amazingly this journey has taught us more about accepting diversity in others, and how to cope with difficult times, than just serving fine dining.

We have decided to develop a 2-4 minute video of the structure changes and a 13-16 minute presentation of our personal journey which can be shared with churches, small groups, service clubs and the general public.  Once completed we will post on our website, make it available on DVD and offer our time to come and share with your group.

It is our intent to tell our story and share the many blessings in how we have been supported during the vision time, construction portion of the journey.  A huge portion of our story is how we have been taught to encourage a very diverse customer base coming for Afternoon/Lunch and High/5 course Dinner Teas.

Thank you, for being our friends during this last decade,
Al, Linda

(719) 275-5354

www.thecanoncityqueenanne.com

Rob and Leann, 2009

http://www.thecanoncityqueenanne.com/valentines2010.html

With three choices, two saturday night, february 13th, 5 and 7:30 p.m.

elegant dinners and one on sunday, february 14th, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., valentine

brunch,  a man can be a hero in his family.

He can take his sweetheart wife out for an elegant evening and his precious

mother, daughter/s wife out for a family brunch.

Very few times can a man be such a “Hero,” please call/text for reservations,

(719) 275-5354 or email: linda@thecanoncityqueenanne.com

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