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What to do in Harwich on a beautiful Cape Cod day

Shawn Gilmore -

Cape Cod Getaway

Harwich | America’s #2 Happiest Seaside Town   Harwich is a welcoming seaside village in central Cape Cod.  Beaches, Nature, and Cranberry bogs define the town.  Coastal Magazine voted Harwich as America’s #2 Happiest Seaside town and Country Living Magazine listed Harwich as one of the Top 25 Main Streets in the USA…for a reason. … [ READ MORE ]

Cape Cod Rainy Day Activities

Shawn Gilmore -

Cape Cod Rainy Day Activities

There is nothing like a rainy day on Cape Cod.  The smell of the sea, a little fog blowing in to soften the edges,  a cup of coffee next to a fire to start your day…for a rainy day it does not get much better.  Are you looking to stroll and shop or is a… [ READ MORE ]

Best Cape Cod Inn – The Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn’s Vote

Simon Hunton -

As September’s end approaches and we bid adieu to Cape Cod’s peak season, it seems not out of place to reflect briefly on the inaugural year for The Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn. The summer has flashed by with Usain Bolt-like speed in a blur of wonderful guests who have come from all points of the… [ READ MORE ]

Inn Keeping at a Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast

Simon Hunton -

So last week I finally shuffled off the corporate coil and dived headlong into the world of inn-keeping at our Cape Cod Inn, The Platinum Pebble Boutique Inn. No more driving into the office and wondering whether I would have to endure another round of either Frank from Accounting bragging about the size of his… [ READ MORE ]

A Cape Cod Thanksgiving

Simon Hunton -

Last week Annabelle and I celebrated our first Thanksgiving on Cape Cod, a mere 20 minutes from the original Plymouth MA site. The Pilgrims sailing on The Mayflower arrived in Plymouth in 1620 and faced a devastatingly harsh first winter that resulted in almost half of them perishing. When the harvest of the following year… [ READ MORE ]

Our Cape Cod Estate Sale

Simon Hunton -

We’ve made another step in preparation for the renovation work at The Platinum Pebble Inn. As we would be totally refurbishing the décor and furnishings at the inn it was suggested to us that we hold an “Estate Sale”. Our experiences back in England being limited to “Jumble Sales”, organized by Scout troops and held… [ READ MORE ]

Before The Beginning in Cape Cod

Simon Hunton -

And so the day arrived, the 15th July. Not that it hadn’t been expected given that the previous day had been the 14th but still, for Annabelle and I it was to be the day that we embarked on “something completely different”, an exciting new voyage. A lot was happening on July 15th; in Canada… [ READ MORE ]