Hotel Charlotte weekly update 6/17

Hello Friends!

Busy little week last week with the Quilt Festival—how very lovely the town looked. I would really enjoy some good photos of the Charlotte and all the festival if any one took any they would like to share with me.... :)

Goose has taken over management of our calendar, www.HotelCharlotte.com/calendar.html and wants you to know about some of the things going on this weekend: (more listings online!)

6/21 Father's Day Dinner Hotel Charlotte Delicious treats this week for Father's Day: Ribs by the slab and Lobster stuffed ravioli, either choice: $19.95 along with our traditional favorites! Special night, regular prices.

Yosemite Chamber of Commerce Monthly Mixer on Thursday, June 25th at the NEW YCC offices at Mountain Sage. All are welcome! Tour the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce at their new setting inside Mountain Sage with visitor Information center. Free program starts at 5:30 and there will be a band!

Goose for Mayor! For Information go to our web site, http://www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html Bribes bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte. Come down and vote for the dog! Fundraiser for Camp Tuolumne Trails. www.tuolumnetrails.org

Daily Wine Tasting From 11:30. Wine Tasting until 5:00 daily, and Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In addition to our new lunch hours with the Café Lunch Menu we are now serving from our traditional menu 7-nights a week.

See you soon!

Lunch Menu now online!

It was startling to hear from so very many folks at the quilt festival yesterday that they didn't know we were open for lunch. I am seriously rethinking our paid advertising


Today's Café Menu
· Ham & cheese panini with a side $10.95
garden salad
· Filet mignon tip sandwich served $12.95
with a side garden salad
· A selection of cheeses served $11.95
French fashion with hunks of mixed cheese, crusty bread and sliced apple
· A bowl of award winning Chili or $7.95
Soup of the day, served with bread
· Caesar Salad or Greek Salad $7.95
Add grilled chicken breast $3.00

Homemade desserts $5.95
Homemade Ice-cream $3.95

Soda, Tea, Coffee, Beer, Wine, Cocktails & more!

Enjoy!

Groveland this week: 6/12

Additional details www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html
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6/12 & 13 Live at the Door: James Faifua & the Jukes www.iron-door-saloon.com 209.962.8904
6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 400 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. Antique and especially delicate quilts will hang inside the Hotel Charlotte.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Open Season 2 Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park $3 for adults. info@groveland.org Jackie 209.962.0429 Weekly movies in the park is sponsored by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. Great family movies, bring a picnic & blanket!
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National Parks free entry for 3 weekends

Earlier this week, the National Parks Service has announced that all NPS sites that charge an entry fee will be free of charge on the following weekend dates: June 20 & 21, July 18 & 19, and August 15 & 16. This would include our Yosemite National Park.

Good news if you have already made your plans to join us in the Seirra this summer, great news if you were still just thinking about it. Make some reservations today!

Also, there are oodles of neat-o things going around in the surrounding communties that will enhance your experience, check out www.HotelCharlotte.com/events.html for a listing of cool things to do around Groveland for your dates of travel.

See you Soon!
Lynn & Victor

May Newsletter

Our monthly newsletter goes out at the end of every month and is available for viewing online also with photos and a bit more detail: www.HotelCharlotte.com/newsletters/05-09news.html

Dear Friends and Guests,
Summer is here, Tioga Pass through Yosemite is open and the waterfalls are crashing down for a few more weeks. Make your plans for a visit today!

New stuff from the Charlotte: These last few weeks we have added some new pages to the website. Visitors can now find out about our community park with world class skate boarding, and excellent bird watching. With so many new questions this year, we have added a section on Hetch Hetchy and the city and family camps on the way to Yosemite. Summer Events in Groveland! 6/1 Honorary Mayor Race kick off at the Groveland Hotel patio at 5:30. Come be the first to get your bribes registered. Goose for Mayor! ww.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html If you can't make the kickoff, bribes are bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte through September 17th. Come down and make history with us--vote for the dog!

6/6 Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Faire Mountain Sage Mostly Free mtnsage.com This annual event is a huge draw in Groveland for locals and visitors a like. Information from Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest and more. Good music & food all day long.

6/7 Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show Mary Laveroni Community Park Free www.Groveland.org This annual car show brings over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Mayoral candidates will also be strutting their stuff! Car buffs will love this one!

6/8 Garden Club Tour at select locations throughout Groveland, including Hotel Charlotte $15 floreszone@mlode.com Tony 209.962.0824 A great annual event, different gardens each year. This year somehow, we got selected for the tour. Had to bring in my parents to get the garden looking good too! Hard to do when you have only 2 feet by 150 feet!

6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 100 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. The Hotel Charlotte will host the antique and delicate quilts, others are hung outside.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Saturday evenings throughout the summer starting at dusk and just a pittance. A great family event every Saturday through the summer. Have dinner at the Charlotte, take a blanket down to the park to have a serine finish to your evening.

Hotel Charlotte serves dinner 7 nights a week: Okay, you said it was great that we were open 7 nights a week, but now you have asked for our regular menu for the new nights instead of the lite bites menu...Okay we gotcha! Seven nights a week with our regular styled menu, steaks, chickens, pastas...Yum!

Serving lunch too: We are now open daily from 11:30 am with a nice little lunch menu and wine tasting. Our menus include grilled sandwiches, salads, soup, chilli, cheeses and more. We hope you will join us. www.HotelCharlotte.com/winetasting.html.

Group travel couldn't be easier! We have long managed a few vacation rental units, andthis summer just brought on three brand new houses, a triplex with 3x3-bedroom houses all togeter able to sleep up to 22 people. Need even more space, this unit is one lot away from the duplex which can sleep another 16. Walk the other way a block and you are at the condo which can sleep 9. So if you are planning a retreat, family reunion or big party needing lots of space, give us a call. Vacation rentals can be one night or many--convenient for whatever your holiday plans allow. www.YosemiteRegion.com

Reservations: 209-962-6455

Having ourselves traveled many of the freeways, byways and out-of-the-ways in and beyond Groveland, we are well prepared to help plan your trip to our little town and points beyond. Feel free to browse our handy Itineraries to get you started

We look forward to welcoming you (Again!)

Lynn & VictorHotel Charlotte
209-962-6455
www.HotelCharlotte.com

PS: We twitter at www.Twitter.com/HotelCharlotte and Goose twitters once a day at www.Twitter.com/GooseforMayor. Join us online in this lively forum!

Groveland this Week

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6/5 & 6/6 Live at the Door: Spellbound Iron Door Saloon, www.iron-door-saloon.com Chris 209.962.8904 Live music on the weekends at the Iron Door.

6/5 Yosemite Courtyard Theatre: Hale Baskin Evening of Jazz The Groveland Hotel at Yosemite National Park $20 guestservices@groveland.com Peggy 209.962.4000 A fantastic performer! This show was a favorite last year and promises to be just as good this year.

6/6 Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Fair Mountain Sage Free mtnsage@mlode.com www.mtnsage.com Robb 209.962.4686. This annual event is a huge draw in Groveland for locals and visitors a like. Information from Yosemite National Park, Stanislaus National Forest and oodles more. Good music & food all day long.

6/7 Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show Mary Laveroni Community Park Free info@groveland.org www.Groveland.org Jackie 209-962-0429 This annual car show brings in over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Car buffs will love this one!

6/8 Garden Club Tour All around Groveland, including Hotel Charlotte $15 floreszone@mlode.com Tony 209.962.0824. A great annual event, different gardens each year.

6/13 Groveland Quilt Show Downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning event. The ladies hang over 100 original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too.

6/13 Movies in the Park: Open Season 2 Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park a pittance www.Groveland.org Jackie 209.962.0429 Weekly movies in the park is sponsored by the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. Great family movies, bring a picnic and blanket!

Don't forget the dog running for Mayor! www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html. Now accepting Paypal for donations.

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Groveland this week 5/25-6/1

Groveland this week 5/25-6/15/29 & 30
Live at the Door: Jake Mackey & the Muddy Suns Iron Door Saloonwww.iron-door-saloon.com Chris 209.962.8904

5/30 Wine & Dine on the Lake fundraising cruise for Southern TuolumneCounty Historical Society $45 www.grovelandmuseum.org 209-962-0300. This isthe 5th time around for this fantastic fundraiser. Participants are ferried from house to house around Pine Mountain Lake where they enjoy a differentrestaurant and winery serving from 7 locations. Desserts at the Lake Lodge following. 4:00-7:30

6/1 Honorary Mayor Race kick off: Goose for Mayor! Hotel Charlottehttp://www.HotelCharlotte.com/goose.html Lynn 209.962.6455 Kick off for the mayor race. Bribes bought and sold from the Hotel Charlotte. Come down andvote for the dog!

6/1-6/6 Plein-Air Workshops: Yosemite & Scenic Sierras (Jim Salchak)Groveland based, painting regionally cbieler623@aol.com Corawww.myyosemitearttours.com. Daily plein-air excursions to various sitesincluding Yosemite and some hidden wonders. Each program is lead by arecognized professional providing guidance and instruction throughout theweek. (HotelCharlotte - 5/26/09)

See you around town!
Lynn & Victor

What's coming up in Groveland

Last month Carolyn Botel shared with you some stories on who was visiting the Hotel Charlotte and where we were. This month I want to tell you about the neat Groveland things we are looking forward to.

My very favorite of all events is just around the corner, May 14th the Rotary presents another Night at the Races. I like to think of this as Bay Meadows East with six races, full bar, snacks and tons of fun! Parlay your winnings into more bets and then into raffle tickets for great prizes! Gates open at 5pm, first race at 6. $25 contact Jim 209.962.7161.

Then of course the very famous Strawberry Music Festival throughout Memorial Day weekend up at Camp Mather, near the Hetch Hetchy entrance to Yosemite National Park.

Next weekend is the May 30th, STCHS wine and foods cruise on Pine Mountain Lake, an annual fundraiser for our Historical Society. Participants are ferried from house to house around Pine Mountain Lake where they enjoy a different restaurant and winery offerings from 7 locations. The Hotel Charlotte will be at the Baker's house again and Linda Struhm and her husband Rich will be serving filet mignon tips with a cajun dip and artichoke crostini. Desserts at the Lake Lodge following. 4:00-7:30. For more information or tickets: 209-962-0300 www.grovelandmuseum.org

Next up is the June 1st kickoff for the Honorary Mayor Race at 6pm at the Groveland Hotel. Goose, the Hotel Dog is making another try this year and continues to represent Camp Tuolumne Trails. This fundraiser benefits both the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce and their marketing efforts for Groveland and Camp Tuolumne Trails. To participate as a candidate, and there is room at the top for more of us, contact James Nagle, 209-962-1122. To donate to Goose's mayoral effort, come on in with your check, cash or credit cards and place lots of bribes!

Our next event is wonderully social as we head out to Mountain Sage for teh Sierra Earthfest, Herb & Mountain Craft Fair on June 6th. For more information on this fun way to spend a day contact Robb, 209-962-4686 or visit their website: www.mtnsage.com Good music & food all day long

The next day we will enjoy one of our favorite annual to-do's, the Where the Hell is Groveland Car Show on Sunday, June 7th in Mary Laveroni Community Park. This car show brings in over 150 unique and antique cars to our little park. The all day event includes raffles, food, auctions and is a fund raiser for Groveland area schools. Car buffs and just the curious will love this one!

The next weekend is one we have waited two years for! The Groveland Quilt Show on Saturday, June 13th throughout downtown Groveland & Mary Laveroni Park Free This is an absolutely stunning summer event. The ladies hang seemingly 100s of original quilts throughout all of downtown. Some are for sale too. Inside the Hotel Charlotte we will be hosting the antique quilts and those that need a little more care and less of the elements. We will also be serving our Cafe Menu and offering Wine Tasting on this day, so plan on a whole afternoon in downtown Groveland.

That same night, June 13th, is the grand opening of Movies in the Park with Open Season 2. Follow the families down to Lower Mary Laveroni Community Park. The price is a pittance. For more info and a full schedule of movies, contact Jackie at the Yosemite Chamber of Commerce. 209.962.0429 These weekly showings are great family movies, bring a picnic, blanket & popcorn!

Okay, that sums up what we are doing in the next couple of weeks and we hope to be doing many of these events with you!