On December 12, 2010, we’ll open the doors of our Duluth bed and breakfast for the annual Historic Inns Holiday Tour. Visitors are welcome to drop by between 1 and 5 p.m.

We’ll be decorated to the nines. Enjoy light refreshments, holiday music, and fine company.

Tickets to view all seven Duluth inns are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Please call for advance tickets: 877-727-0596.

We invite you to visit our Duluth Inn on December 12, during the Duluth Historic Inns Holiday Tour.

Participating historic Duluth inns:
A.G. Thomson
Cotton Mansion
Ellery House
Firelight Inn
Mathew S. Burrows
Olcott House
Solglimt

The holidays are fast approaching. This tends to be a busy time for many people. If you are hosting this year, friends and family will visit; the house must be cleaned, the pantry stocked, and meals prepared. If you are traveling this year, plans must be made: the car cleaned, tickets purchased, bags packed.

Those of you spending Thanksgiving in Duluth may choose to stay at our Lake Superior bed and breakfast. Staying at our inn rather than with family or friends has many benefits. You can visit the people you love for as long as you like, and then return to your own space. See each other when you’re at your best, and give each other just a little space. Of course you may spend as much or as little time as you like at the inn – you’ll feel good just knowing you can come here whenever you want.

Take a long walk on the beach before heading over to be with friends and family on Thanksgiving. Our Duluth bed and breakfast is in Canal Park, on the shores of Lake Superior; you can walk out the door and walk seven miles along the beach and walking trail to the end of the Park Point. It’s a wonderful way to stimulate the appetite and invigorate the senses. After such a morning, you’ll be ready to sit, give thanks, and enjoy a feast.

Our Duluth bed and breakfast on Lake Superior is a good place to sit and give thanks.

Truthfully, one of the best activities here at our Duluth bed and breakfast is simply taking in the view. We never tire of it. Lake Superior is constantly changing. In the winter, when skies can be gray and winds can be strong, there is no place we would rather be than curled up inside the inn, looking out of a window. The water can be blue, green, gray, white, or black. Light dances on the waves. Skies are blue, flecked with clouds, or hidden by fog – each day brings something different, and something new to appreciate.

Rainbow over Lake Superior.

It’s cozy warm in here when it’s cold outside, and cool during summer heat. We can venture out on the deck or down to the beach, or simply look out the window at Lake Superior, Duluth Harbor, or the Aerial Lift Bridge. We like to walk a seemingly endless stretch of beach, stroll through Canal Park, and head into the heart of downtown Duluth, minutes away. But when we can, we relax in our bed and breakfast Duluth. One evening, we were lucky to spot a rainbow over the lake, pictured above.

We’d like to take a moment to thank guests of our Duluth bed and breakfast. Without you, we’d be nothing. You are without a doubt the best part of our work – we meet people from all over the world and all walks of life, and we learn much from you. We also enjoy coming up with new recipes for you, providing a comfortable environment for you, and helping you experience the best of Duluth.

This summer, we were thrilled to find ourselves featured in the Chicago Tribune; journalist Mary Bergin wrote about our location (which we have to admit is pretty spectacular), our food, and our rooms. In her article, she acknowledged our efforts to be a green bed and breakfast Duluth, for which we are grateful. She also refers to some of the best places and activities in and around Duluth. Her article may be found at the Chicago Tribune.

Our Duluth bed and breakfast on Lake Superior.

The leaves may have peeked and the wind may be chilly, but Duluth is still a wonderful place to visit. Fall is a favorite time of ours: brisk walks and bike rides along Lake Superior are invigorating, and it feels just right to curl up with a book and a hot cup of coffee or tea. We invite you to come experience our town, our inn, and our hospitality.

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Our Duluth Minnesota bed and breakfast benefits from a fantastic location (if we do say so ourselves). Actually, the location is what first attracted us to this home, so many years ago. We loved that seven miles of sandy beach was steps away, and that we could walk to all the amenities of Canal Park. I guess that’s why we’re still here. (more…)

The view from our Lake Superior inn

As you can see, the ice is starting to break in front of our Lake Superior bed and breakfast. That’s good news for shipping, which resumes on the lake April 1.

You'll think you woke up in heaven...

Do you need another reason to drop everything, get in your car, and drive to our Duluth bed and breakfast? Just imagine tucking into these after a great night’s sleep.

We serve these tasty tidbits with coffee blended just for us by local coffee roaster Alakef.

See you soon!

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Being Green is important to us. Living where we do, on the shores of majestic Lake Superior, the impact of everyday decisions is clear to us. We don’t use chemical herbicides or pesticides that would run off our grounds into the water of the lake. The same goes for our cleaning products in the home – we want to be clean, but we strive to use products that are not harmful to our surroundings.

We walk and bike whenever we can, since it makes us feel better and it helps our air quality. Fortunately for us, we reside in an area where amenities are close at hand. We are happy to share favorite routes with guests of our Duluth lodging, though we certainly don’t begrudge anyone who prefers to drive.

Since our business is also our home, we feel that it is essential to incorporate green practices into our Duluth b&b as much as possible. We support other local businesses whenever possible; Minnesota may not have the longest growing season of the year, but if we can find fresh, preferably organic, locally grown food, we buy it. Then we prepare it ourselves, to ensure that when you stay at our Minnesota bed and breakfast, you are eating delicious, whole foods.

Our commitment to this issue is evidenced by the photo above: worms. Yes, we allow worms at the inn. They happily munch their way through (literally) our fruit and vegetable scraps, creating healthy compost as they go.

We know we aren’t alone out there – many, many of you travel green whenever you can. We hope you’ll stop by Duluth.

We had a great 2009. We survived renovations to our Duluth Inn, and came out the better for it. We enjoyed visiting with returning guests, and meeting new ones. We came up with new recipes, but didn’t forget old favorites.

The time has come to bid farewell to 2009, and we can’t let it go without saying thanks to all of you who supported Solglimt over the past twelve months.

Your Innkeepers, Brian and Mary

Happy New Year!

Our city really throws itself into the holidays, and so do we at our Lake Superior inn. We spend three days decorating the inn for the Christmas season, with two trees and strings of lights. It is hard not to feel all Christmassy when you arrive at the inn between Thanksgiving and New Years, and we like it that way.

Get into the holiday mood at our Lake Superior B&B.

This is the perfect place to stay when you come to Duluth to indulge in a little holiday shopping. It is our goal to help our guests leave holiday stress at the door of our Duluth bed and breakfast. Find a cozy chair next to a fireplace, curl up, and finish that knitting project in time for Christmas. Brace yourself for a day of shopping with a hearty breakfast prepared specially for you. Calm your nerves with a cup of tea after you return to the inn, parcels in hand. We are close to the downtown shops, making shopping excursions from the inn easy and convenient. (more…)