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May, 2009
In This Issue
Authors & Inns Tour
Memorial Weekend Special
Come See The Producers
Don't Forget Mother's Day
Historical Society House Tour
Black Trumpet Special
Lots to do in May & June
More About Authors & Inns
Quick Links
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Rates & Reservatons

Guest Testimonials

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Dear Guest,
 
Memorial Weekend is just around the corner...

We are getting out the beach towels and sand chairs.

You can also read more about:
  • 3rd Annual Authors & Inns Tour
  • June Vacation Special
  • 30th Annual Historical Society House Tour
  • Seafood Festival
Please feel free to forward this newsletter onto your family and friends:


 
Call 732-449-0211 to make your reservations.



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Hope Fox AUTHORS & INNS TOUR- May 16-17
The Historic Inns of Spring Lake are hosting their 3rd annual AUTHORS & INNS TOUR on May 16 and 17, 2009.  The tour of 11 inns features cookbooks by a star-studded celebrity list of chefs, restauranteurs and culinary TV/media personalities who will be personally signing and selling their books.
                                 
The White Lilac Inn will play host to Hope Fox, author of popular cookbook 'Impress for Less' and who has a new TV series that debuts June 6 in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Harrisburg to approximately 3.8 million viewers.  Two-Bald-Guys-with-HOPE offers valuable information on 3 kitchen-related topics - healthy food, kitchen design and homemaking tips - in a very enjoyable and entertaining format. Fox's book, featured during the AUTHORS & INNS TOUR in Spring Lake, presents 100+ recipes from legendary restaurants.  It includes the Top 10 restaurants in the Top 10 food cities across America - from Commander's Palace in New Orleans to Le Bec-Fin in Philadelphia.  Every recipe can be made from grocery store ingredients with including affordable wine pairings and a 'where to buy it' guide.

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According to Patti LaBelle "Her book will transform your kitchen into a 5-star restaurant". And Jean Georges Vongerichten confirms that the book has "Elegant tips, easy techniques and great recipes to create culinary masterpieces at home". Appearing in 1 of 5 private culinary demos on Saturday, May 16 - Hope Fox will be preparing Apple Chicken Calvados from New Orleans' Broussard's Restaurant.

You can read about all of other culinary authors at the bottom of this newsletter.

On Saturday, May 16, there will be a private event for Inn guests only who are invited to spend an hour with each of the following authors as they prepare a recipe from their book:
 
12:00pm               Suvir Saran - Pea Samosas from Dévi
1:00pm                 Patricia Mack - Trio of Cocktail Hour Tomatoes
2:00pm                 Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito - No-Bake Peanut Butter
                                 Pie and Root Beer Bundt Cake from Baked
3:00pm                 Belinda Hulin - Pizza for a Party
4:00pm                 Hope Fox - Broussard's Apple Chicken Calvados

ALL GUESTS OF THE WHITE LILAC INN THAT WEEKEND WILL RECEIVE:
  • Admission to the Private Culinary Demonstrations on Saturday, May 16th
  • Complimentary Tour Ticket on Sunday, May 17th
Call now to make your reservation as this event sells out every year!
 
**All Sunday Tour attendees will have an opportunity to win:
  1.  CHEF'S TASTING DINNER For 2 at Dévi, New York City- Win a 7-course Tasting Dinner paired with wines at the highly acclaimed Dévi. Called the "Best Indian Cuisine" by New York Magazine and "perhaps the city's best Indian restaurant" by The New York Times' Diner's Journal Value: $260 (excludes tax and gratuity).
  2. BAKED Gift Set Brownie 12 pack with 8" Platter: BAKED brownies are slightly fudgy and full of the finest quality dark chocolate. This brownie gift set comes with 12 assorted individually hand-wrapped brownies and a keepsake 8" square melamine tray. Value: $47.50 
If you show your tour ticket, you can save 20% off your lunch or dinner on Sunday May 17th at St. Stephen's Green Publick House, 732-449-2626

Want to see Elvis on Saturday night, May 16th?

At Allaire Village, Inc.
Farmingdale, NJ 07727
732.919.3500
Celebrating 50 Years of History
Friday May 15 and Saturday May 16 · 8:00 pm
Tickets $15 per person - Advance Purchase recommended

Hail to the King of Rock and Roll...Elvis Presley!

Allaire Village Inc proudly presents an all new concert this year, "A Tribute to Elvis Presley and his Music with "Chaz-E" in the Allaire Chapel.  With all the classics you know and love being sung, it will be step back in time to the era of early rock and roll.
Memorial Day Flag Memorial Weekend is just around the corner...
We are getting out the beach towels and sand chairs.

Beside the excitement of the 5k, this year it's a 2 day sidewalk event on Saturday and Sunday

Our farmer's market is back and we have some inviting new shops  

 
To SPRING LAKE 5K Runners5 Mile run
Friday Night Special call Innkeeper for details....732-974-0568


 Come See The Producers & Enjoy A Night Out on the Town

The Spring Lake Theatre presents The Producers.  Based on the Mel Brooks movie, this outrageous production comes to Spring Lake  May, 8, 9, 15, 16, 2009.
                                                                                                                     
DON"T MISS THIS...It was as if Broadway came to Spring Lake!

We also recommend a wonderful dinner theater special:

At the Island Palm Restaurant, 732-449-1909



Spring Lake TheatreThe Producers
A musical comedy by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
This history-making musical comedy won a record 12 Tony Awards when it premiered on Broadway in 2001. Based on the Mel Brooks movie, this outrageous production explores the wacky world of a crooked Broadway producer and mild-mannered accountant who wants more out of his career. In order to scam investors out of their money, the unlikely pair set out to produce the worst show in Broadway history, Springtime for Hitler!  But their plan backfires with uproarious results!  Hit songs include I Want to Be a Producer, Keep It Gay, When You Got It Flaunt It, Springtime for Hitler

Did you forget Mother's Day this past Sunday?

Want to make it up? Give Mom what she really wants...

A Gift Certificate to the White Lilac Inn. Let her choose the date(s) she would like to come and we can help plan her special getaway.
Car Annual Spring Lake Historical Society House Tour - Thursday, June 4th
  • Thursday 10am - 3pm
  • Tickets $30 or $35 day of tour
  • The White Lilac Inn is the featured Inn along with a tour of some of Spring Lake's Grand Homes.  We now have every deed to the Inn, the original blueprints from 1879 and some wonderful stories about the folks who have lived in this house...
Take a Mini Vacation Stay 3 nights at the White lilac Inn
  • Thursday, Friday & Saturday,  June 3,4 & 5    OR    
  • Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, June 4, 5, 6
  • We will include your tickets ($60 value)
  • We include Bicycles (ride from house to house and enjoy the scenery along the way)
  • Have a lunch or dinner at St.Stephen's Green Publick House and save 20% off your bill, 732-449-2626,  
The Black Trumpet Restaurant
. . . offers a special Guest Reward

Just a stone's throw from the beach is the Black Trumpet. In a town known for its casual elegance, Mark Mikolajczyk's award-winning restaurant mirrors this image with his commitment to culinary perfection. 

Chef Mark lives the Jersey Shore seafood distinction daily, creating dishes that have become famous for gastronomic authenticity - varying the features of local blue fish and jumbo prawns to scallops, crab and fluke. He recognizes that there ...."Really is a Jersey Shore style - we have a pride equaling New Orleans or San Francisco's magic. Boats go out every day catching fresh fish all your 'round. My fish isn't shipped in...my fish comes from the local 'day boat' fishermen which is what we proudly prepare for our guests.  It's Ultra Fresh - from the seafood to our Jersey produce".
 
Oh, the taste of Chef's exquisite bisques and tantalizing homemade pastas - to lump crab cakes and bistro steaks & chops; the Black Trumpet will not let you forget your dining experience.  Remember to save a little appetite for their masterpiece desserts!
 
SPECIAL GUEST REWARD: If you mention this e-letter, Chef Mark will prepare a complimentary dessert to accompany each entrée ordered. This will be honored until May 15, 2009.
7 Atlantic Avenue
732-449-4700
 More Things to Do in May & June

May. 9 Ocean Grove Music and Art Festival          

May. 9 Spring Crafters Market, Allaire Village - Farmingdale, NJ
 
May 13  7:30 PM  Spring Lake Library: Glenis Redmond, State Theatre's 2009 Artist-in-Residence. This North Carolina resident will bring her original poetry to life. This performance has been made possible by the generous support of the Horizon Foundation of New Jersey. Call to reserve a seat 732-449-6654

May. 17 Village Life at Howell Works, Allaire Village - Farmingdale, NJ

May. 23 The Spring Lake Five Mile Run, Downtown Spring Lake - Spring Lake, NJ

May 23 & 24 Shop Spring Lake Sidewalk Sales   

June 8   7:30 PM    Spring Lake Spring Lake Library: Essential Oils and the World of Aromatherapy.This program is presented by Monmouth Medical Center, Health Education Division. Call 732-449-6654

June 13-14  The 23rd Annual NJ Seafood Festival in Belmar - June 13th - 14th, 2009
Silver Lake Park Ocean Avenue between 5th & 6th Avenues.



June 28  Bar A in Lake Como (Belmar). Enjoy a fun filled afternoon for a wonderful cause...prizes, food and entertainment. The 2nd annual fund raiser sponsored by "The Carmie Brady Foundation".  All proceeds go to help local sick children.
Guests staying that Sunday night, We'll pay for your admission tickets.
Authors & Inns Tour Celebrity Authors
  • WHITE LILAC INN - Hope Fox - Philadelphia culinary diva and Entertaining Guru - Food and restaurants her specialty!  Let's try to Impress for Less!
  • VILLA PARK HOUSE - Barbara Kafka - renowned author/TV personality and honored with James Beard Foundation lifetime achievement. 'VEGETABLE LOVE: Vegetables delicious, alone or with pasta, seafood, poultry, meat and more is a NY Times Bestseller along with her collection of famous cookbooks
  • OCEAN HOUSE - Matt Lewis & Renato Poliafito - owners of BakedNYC and Baked Charleston and two of today's most popular national TV guests. February's O Magazine features 8 pages from their new cookbook "BAKED: New Frontiers in Baking" which was just named a 2009 IACP Cookbook Awards Finalist
  • SPRING LAKE INN - Suvir Saran - owner of NYC's Dévi Restaurant, award-winning cookbook author and popular national TV guest features 'Indian Home Cooking'
  • THE BREAKERS - Jeff  Nathan - Owner of Abigael's on Broadway Restaurant in Manhattan, his book 'Jeff Nathan's Family Suppers' appears on PBS - TV, the only Jewish cooking show on  PBS-TV
  • NORMANDY INN - Patricia Mack - Prominent National Food Editor/Author - panelist for James Beard Foundation and member of L'Dames de Escoffier shares secrets in 'Tomatoes'
  • CHATEAU INN - Marian Betancourt - Food/Travel Journalist - contributor to Woman's Day, Philadelphia Inquirer and American Heritage - The Texas Hill Cookbook: A Taste of Provence
  • ASHLING COTTAGE - Barbara Seelig Brown- TV host of 'Stress Free Cooking', food & wine spokesperson for Colavita Olive Oil and culinary educator
  • BEACON HOUSE - Belinda Hulin- Celebrated New Orleans/Florida food journalist; her 'Everything Pizza Cookbook' includes clever dessert pizzas & pizza canapés for entertaining
  • VICTORIA HOUSE - Lynne Kaplan- Co-author of 'Breakfast, Brunch & More', she is owner of Victoria House B&B and graduate of Institute for Culinary Education
  • SANDPIPER INN - Barbara Vogel- Innkeeper of award-winning historic inn in Spring Lake who compiled her best breakfast, tea and late night signature dishes in 'With Love from Sea Crest by the Sea'
 

White Lilac Inn | 411 Central Ave. | Spring Lake | NJ | 07762