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107 Doe Bay Road
Olga, WA 98279
office: 360-376-2291
cafe: 360-376-8059
office@doebay.com

Doe Bay Newsletter
December 2009 Issue

SSeriously... this newsletter is easier to read and more complete on the web, so start by Clicking Here to read it!

The Doe Bay Christmas 2009 Newsletter

“I am Dreaming of a White Christmas, just like the ones I used to know.” ~ Irving Berlin

Did you think we forgot you?

Doe Bay is OPEN!

All Year Round,

except

Doe Bay will be

CLOSED FOR REPAIRS to upgrade our wonderful soaking tubs, January 5-14, 2010

Not everyone knows that Doe Bay is open all year round and not everyone believes that Doe Bay may be at its very best in the “off-season”, but both are true! Our weekends are getting booked well in advance all year, so please plan your time sooner rather than later if you can. That said, if you get a last minute urge to head for Orcas, call us and we will always try to accommodate you.

If you haven’t experienced a holiday at Doe Bay, you should consider it. Starting with Labor Day, we have special events planned for the rest of the year, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Please call the front desk to get your holiday cabin reserved.

Call

(360) 376-2291

or e-mail

Office@DoeBay.com

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ARTSMITH SALON SERIES

The very popular Series will return on January 18th

OrcasArtsmith.org

 

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TRANSPORTATION TO DOE BAY

It takes some time to get to Doe Bay but is worth it. It's sometimes challenging location is part of the reason it is pristine, quiet and private. Getting here can be half the fun. The ferries work but they require some planning and often some patience. Get the schedule and get there early!

If you lack patience, try Kenmore Air. We are pleased to be in partnership with them this month to bring people to our island paradise by seaplane or traditional aircraft. CLICK for Kenmore Air! You will see some impressive views on both ends of your journey! Yes, that is the Space Needle framed by the plane's props.

If you want to come by water, another great option is the water taxi. Call our desk for information. (360) 376-2291. Below is a photo of a Doe Bay Fest group landing at our beach:

So again, The ferries work but require planning and often involve waiting for the next boat. If you plan for this, it is not bad, but missing a boat is never fun. If you have a carload of people or you need a car or need lot’s of stuff for your visit, the ferries are probably the best choice.

As a regular commuter, I can say that over half of my trips involve the two best alternatives; the water taxi (to Lieberhaven or, subject to tides, directly at our beach at Doe Bay ) or Kenmore Air (by seaplanes to Rosario or wheeled planes to Eastsound ). These modes are a little more expensive, but not outrageously so. Make your reservations directly with Kenmore www.kenmoreair.com or www.islandexpresscharters.com for water taxi.

Then call our front desk (360) 376-2291 to arrange pick up.

 

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Kid’s Welcome at Doe Bay!!!

Kids are welcome at the Doe Bay Café… Dine with us and bring them along!

Check out the kid's menu > >

 

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Doe Bay Shuttle Service!

We are offering a new shuttle service for our guests. The shuttle can be chartered by arrangement with the front desk for trips to the ferry, the airports or foot ferry landingd as well as runs to the top of Mount Constitution or any other location of your choice.

The van shown above is actually from the theatre group Island Stage Left which produced "As You Like It" on our stage this summer. Doe Bay's new 15 passenger van is much more traditional.

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Travel Photo Contest!
This may be the easiest contest in the world. We will even accept a picture of you in Doe Bay wear Photoshopped into an exotic location! All submissions are winners!

 

Travel Contest Winner!

No prize will be awarded to Maureen from Africa... she looks like she is already having enough fun!

 

Send your travel photos in showing you at an exotic location or virtually any Doe Bay related photo and we will consider publishing it here and making you famous, like Winifred.

Joe@DoeBay.com.

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Ride your bike to Doe Bay!
Our low carbon footprint discount applies!

Moran State Park has some of the finest hiking and biking trails in the Northwest. Even during the Summer, many are reserved for bikers!

 

Bike rack

We always offer a $10.00 per night discount to anyone who arrives by bicycle.

Come mountain biking now and bring a copy of this newsletter or arrive by foot or kayak and you will get this deal. $10 off per night for each person that arrives by bike or kayak to Doe Bay, so couples get $20 off a night and big groups could get a real deal! It’s called the Human-Powered Discount.


The Community Fire Pit - While we were at it, we improved your pit... again!

One of our favorite events at Doe Bay is an evening campfire. They are great in the Summer but truly memorable in the colder times of year.

We have a safe burn pit designed for fires for groups of 5 to 25. As you can see, the fire pit was used at Doe Bay fest for a great after festival gathering and will be cooking after midnight on New Years!.


Tell Your Friends! ... and follow us on Twitter or join us on facebook.

LIKE US? TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

  1. Write a review on Yelp!
  2. Tell your story on Trip Advisor!
  3. Become a Fan on Facebook!
  4. Send us Feedback so we can know what to do better and what you love the most!
  5. TWITTER that says it all!

COME BACK! We love having you here.

We don't advertise in any traditional sense. We hold to the belief (naive as it may be) that, if you create a great product, people will find it. Right or wrong, we have hopefully saved lots of trees. Word of mouth is our standard promotional device so we ask you to use technology to tell the Doe Bay story to one and all!

Brother, Can You Spare a Job? .... Not really any more!

If you would like to work at Doe Bay, please look at our employment opportunities page on our website. It is a unique place to work, and for the right person, it is incredible.

 

Thank you for subscribing to and reading the Doe Bay Newsletter! We hope to see you soon at Doe Bay!

Help Wanted

We need your help with word of mouth advertising. We have the words and you have the mouths, so please tell your friends about Doe Bay!

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Final Word

for

Brides & Grooms

We are almost sold out for all Summer Wedding Dates 2010

Contact us Now!

Joe
The Proprietor

Dear Friends of Doe Bay,


Our Doe Bay Newsletter editor is undependable and unmanageable. We would let him go, but he owns the place. It has been two months since we have written to you, so we will share what we know and try to be brief: First, two events in non-chronological order,

THERE ARE STILL CABINS AVAILABLE FOR THE NEW YEARS CELEBRATION AT DOE BAY

(Featuring Free Champagne at Midnight and the Music of Dana Lyons!)

New Years Eve is Pizza Night, and Fabrice, the Flying Dutchman, will be hosting an all-star Open Mic from 7-10pm, THEN Dana Lyons from 10-Midnight

3 night minimum stay New Years Weekend - But you won't lack for entertainment - Friday Night it's the "Hair of the Dog Jazz All-Stars" and our Sunday night movie is "Say Anything" the first in our John Cusack Film Series, Sunday has Free Popcorn and 1/2 Price bottles of wine!

Dana Lyons will be entertaining us and I will be there and if you tell me that you read this and decided to join us, I will drink champagne with you, glass for glass, from 2009 all the way to 2010! The following video is not my proudest moment, but it was exceptional!

Click Here to see a video of Last Year's Doe Bay Welcome 2009 with Fireworks!!

Don't Miss Seeing Doe Bay Welcome 2010!!! Reserve Now!!

and

We Still have ROOM at the INN on CHRISTMAS!

Doe Bay is the mellowest nicest, least commercial place to be to celebrate your holiday! Get away from the City. The only Christmas Lights you will see at Doe Bay are the ones shown below! Call now for Reservations!

Second, Let us do your Christmas Shopping! Give the Gift of Doe Bay!

Cool Clothes ---- With Doe Bay Logos (almost out of pink sweatpants)

Call us right now at (360) 376-2291. Have the names and addresses and sizes of each of your gift recipients and we will help you pick out Doe Bay Clothing for each of them. We will package and send them to wherever you designate. We have hoodies, zippered hoodies, t-shirts, lush bathrobes and more. We will be your personal shopper while you are on the phone!

Gift Certificates ---- All Denominations Available Right Now!

Call us right now at (360) 376-2291. Have the names and the e-mail and mailing addresses of anyone and everyone on your list. We will send out beautiful certificates in the amount of your choice. Or, we will send an e-mail to the lucky recipient on the 14th of December.These do not ever expire and can be used for anything at Doe Bay, including glorious fresh organic gourmet meals in the Doe Bay Cafe, accomodations at Doe Bay, Tickets to Doe Bay Fest 03 (August 13, 14 and 15), Doe Bay clothes, Massage, Yoga Classes... the list goes on!

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It is also time to start thinking about Valentine's day at Doe Bay!! We will be fully booked for this romantic holiday!

Don't forget that Every Week:

Thursdays - Open Mic and Pizza and Beer and Wine! This time of year we have some fascinating entertainers show up. If you are planning a weekend visit, try to get up Thursday afternoon so you can attend. If you have any talent or, absent talent how about an inclination, please put yourself in front of the microphone and share. It seems that when the beer flows, the entertainment improves! To put some muscle behind my invitation, if you bring a printout of this portion of the newsletter and you are staying for Friday and Saturday, THURSDAY night is FREE!

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The Doe Bay Organic Garden and Orchard

....and KID'S Education Center

Update - We are still seeking wwoofers

(Read below)

I am guessing that I am not the only person who is concerned that our kids think that food grows at Safeway. The Doe Bay Garden reaches out to kids whenever they are on the property. Our Garden Manager, Heather Watts regularly takes kids into the garden to harvest some food. It is a thrill later to hear a kid in the Doe Bay Cafe telling a parent that she picked the broccoli that they are eating with the salmon. Please bring your kids and let them experience this.

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THANK YOU Again!

Doe Bay - The Greatest Hobby in the World!

While Doe Bay is still more of an avocation than a vocation, we are having tremendous success and making some financial progress, even in a tough market for hospitality businesses. It is working because we have the greatest people working at Doe Bay and great leadership of Pliny Keep, our General Manager. If you like Doe Bay, you can help to ensure its continued existence by coming back and by sending your friends to see us.

See you on the island!

Until next month (Year),
I am Wishing you Health, Peace and Prosperity…


Joe
The Proprietor & Newsletter Editor
Joe@DoeBay.com

Joe Bay Smiling

 

Post-script: Is There Anything fun to do at Doe Bay in the Fall?

Ongoing Events at Doe Bay - Besides hiking, biking, soaking in the tubs, swimming in the Bay, heating up in the Sauna, sleeping on the beach:

Yoga Classes: Call for Schedule, drop-in, $10 fee

Garden Tours: FREE, reserve 1 day in advance

Kayaking: ONLY to Mid-September! $60 3 hr guided trips leaving @ 10am & 2pm, must reserve in advance (Back in the Spring, although you are welcome to bring your own Kayak and to enjoy our waters, weather permitting)

Open Mic & Pizza Night: THURSDAYS, gourmet seasonal pizzas and fresh local talent

Mountain Biking: Orcas Island has some of the best trails in the Northwest.

Movie Night: Free movie, truffle oil popcorn, and 1/2 price bottles of wine in the Doe Bay Café every Sunday night!

Artsmith Writer’s Series: Featuring invited authors Monday evenings beginning 9/21/09 in the Doe Bay Café.

 

Doe Bay Wants to Be Affordable for YOU!

Special Mid-week pricing for Newsletter Readers Only!

For the rest of the year, come and stay with us and we will take 25% off of your bill for any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday. The middle of the week is quieter and a great time to relax at Doe Bay. To take advantage of this offer, please print out this newlsetter (or at least this section) and present it at check-in.

 

Pizza Night and Open Mic is Every Thursday at the Doe Bay Cafe
Doe Bay is Having Fun and Supporting Our Community

Join the Doe Bay Café for outstanding pizza and live entertainment every Thursday from 5-10pm at Pizza, Beer, and Open Mic Night! Eat, drink, and be merry while supporting a local non-profit at the same time! Each week, one dollar from every pizza sold is donated to an organization doing important work in our local community

It’s an honor and pleasure to be able to give back to the community that gives us so much! Come be part of the fun and put your money where your mouth is?! Even though we managed to lose money in the Beer Garden at Doe Bay Fest, we were able to donate $1000.00 to our local Montessori School! Thanks to the Montessori parents for helping out!

 

News from the Doe Bay Cafe!

The Doe Bay Café is open 5 days a week all Year!

*Thursday Pizza Night and Open Mic
*Friday live music and Dinner
*Saturday Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
*Sunday B/L/D, ½ Price Wine & Movie Night

Monday The Salon Dinner Series!

*Monday Artsmith Salon Reading Series We are so excited about this. We believe that Monday nights at the Doe Bay Café may be the hottest ticket in town all year. For more information, contact Pliny@DoeBay.com.

 

Abigael Cooking!

The Cafe is Open 5 Days a Week

All Year Long

Post-script: We also added a stage for Doe Bay Fest that we will keep in place for Live Autumn Music in the courtyard!

 

WWOOFING is a Hit at Doe Bay

WWoofers and Group Work Retreats - Bring your group to work in the Garden! We invite WWoofers all year round!

Our Wwoofers and staff live work and learn together!

<<<<<<<<<<<< A Wwoof lecture in the garden!

Wwoofers come to Doe Bay for three to six week visits. Another volunteer option is to come up for a weekend with a group of able bodied folks. We tailor each visit, but the general idea is that we exchange a two-night / three-day stay for you and your group for a half day of work in the garden or on the grounds.

The particular jobs are season dependant as well as a function of what the property needs. They may include pure organic gardening, trail or brush clearing, cleaning or painting or even brainstorming. If you are interested, please contact us by writing to Doe Bay Volunteer Coordinator. Our volunteer coordinator (who is also a volunteer) will get right back to you.

We also have an "invitation only Tom Sawyer work weekend" every Easter! Write to Joe@DoeBay.com.

 

Enjoy these Recent Videos from Doe Bay

Next Year

Aug 13 14 15!!!!

Please post your Doe Bay videos to YouTube or the Server of your choice and let us know about them. We will link them in our newsletter. Here are two of my favorites:

The French Love Doe Bay -The impromptu cafe scene in Paris shows that Doe Bay is a Universal Brand

Send photos and movies and links to Joe@DoeBay.com.

 

When you have a moment, go to YouTube and enter Doe Bay to see lots of videos from guests and staff!

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