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Dear Friends of Doe Bay,
Day and Night
A Kid Friendly Festival ------ The bands and guests alike brought their kids. The entire event was 100% kid-safe and kid-friendly. These pictures show that, before the bands could come near the stage, the kids were there checking them out! Also click below to see more of the kid in this month's masthead photo. (He was a second year attendee by the way!)
Click the Seattle Weekly says that Doe Bay Fest compares well to Sasquatch! Plans are in process for Doe Bay Fest 2010. Please watch this newsletter for announcements and for priority tickets. Finally, don’t be surprised to see various performers from Doe Bay Fest performing in person at the Doe Bay Café on Thursday open mic nights or Friday / Saturday night Doe Bay Café Concerts throughout the Fall, Winter and Spring. __________________________________________________________________ The Doe Bay Organic Garden and Orchard....and KID'S Education Center
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.
_______________________________________________________________________ Cornish "RETREATS" to Doe BayThe Northwest's Greatest Art School is a Friend of Doe BayWe quickly recovered from the big event and are back to “normal” at Doe Bay. Normal here means, daily hikes in Moran, kayaking the Peapods, camping on Meditation point and eating some of the best food on the planet at the Doe Bay Café. The day after Doe Bay Fest 09, we hosted the theater department from Cornish College of the Arts for, what Richard E.T. White, the department chair and my friend described as a transformative retreat. Richard said, "from the entire Theater faculty, please accept our thanks for making it possible for us to have three really transformative days up at Doe Bay. The quality of our discussions was amazing, abetted by the calm and beauty of the setting, and the wonderful food in the café." I have a personal connection with the college. Cornish allowed me to play with their Jazz Ensemble one summer in the 70's without paying tuition. I never forgot that and have now served on the Board of Trustees of the College for years. In recent years, I have also taught Ethics and Law for the Practicing Artist, a variation of the courses which I teach at the University of Washington. Watch for more collaboration between Doe Bay and Cornish. Remember, if you are on the faculty, staff or a student at Cornish, make your reservation online and then contact me at Joe@DoeBay.com to get the "Cornish Special". We always make special deals for our favorite non-profit groups who want to come to Doe Bay for a Retreat! If you are interested, contact Pliny. Pliny@DoeBay.com. We offer substantial discounts for retreats for Green businesses and for non-profits and educational institutions! _______________________________________________________________________ Get Married at Doe BayWeddings at Doe Bay Produce Longer and Happier MarriagesWe have some weddings scheduled in September and then we look forward to some restorative time of our own. However, if you met someone and fell in love at Doe Bay Fest, we will make room for your wedding in October; (not valid if you are already married to someone else). We only set aside a limited number of “Wedding Dates” each year and we will be active (at the Wedding show, etc...) this fall. So, if you have any inclination to get married at Doe Bay at any time in 2010, please inquire soon. Write directly to Maureen@DoeBay.com
As the photos above show, from left to right, our wedding catering often includes salmon cooked almost at your table. Our "chapel" is as beautiful as anything in Italy and the groom sometimes gets carried away at the reception party. _______________________________________________________________________ Breaking News!Sandman signs on for the HUGE Doe Bay New Years Celebration Click on the fireworks display from last year... very hard to listen to without laughing!
The Rappin Cowboy is Back!!!We just received a confirmation from The Rappin Cowboy that he will again entertain us at our New Years Party. Call for reservations now. There is no better place on earth to be for the last day of 2009 and the first day of 2010 than Doe Bay. Sandman will sing in the studio and then do cowboy ghetto poetry by the fires until sunrise!
_______________________________________________________________________ THANK YOUDoe 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,
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Doe Bay Wants to Be
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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. |
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Pizza Night and Open Mic is Every Thursday at the
Doe Bay Cafe
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| 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! |
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| The Maldives, one of the hottest bands in the Northwest and some of the nicest people we know, set up camp at Doe Bay Fest in what became known as Camp Maldive. It grew during the festival faster than Alaska in the goldrush.
Camp Maldives during the Festival But camping at Doe Bay more often includes waking up looking out at nature at it's best:
You may now let your friends know that camping at Doe Bay is one of Orcas Island's best kept secrets! It is a better deal than Moran or any other legal camping spot on the island and includes use of the spa, (tubs and sauna) as well as a shower house, the Library in Otter Lodge and a guest kitchen! The award winning Doe Bay Café is walking distance from every camp site! Still not convinced? Reference this newsletter when you reserve for two or more nights and your last night is free. This deal applies to ALL camping reservations after Labor Day!
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News from the Doe Bay Cafe!The Doe Bay Café is open 5 days a week all Year!*Thursday Pizza Night and Open Mic *Monday Artsmith Salon Reading Series starts 9/21” 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.
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Post-script: We also added a stage for Doe Bay Fest that we will keep in place for Live Autumn Music in the courtyard!
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WWoofers and Group Work Retreats - Bring your group to work in the Garden! |
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Our Wwoofers and staff also play on our intramural sports teams as shown here. <<<<<<<<<<<< Peter, your family is so proud! 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"
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Enjoy these Recent Videos from Doe Bay |
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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 Nudity at Doe Bay - PARENTAL WARNING- This is just a test to see if people are mostly driven by prurient interests. I am counting the number of Shakespeare hits versus nudity hits.., this is part of my Doctoral thesis work. I wanna be Ph.d, ABD. Actually, now that you saw Goldfinch at Doe Bay Fest, you may enjoy seeing way too much of them on this video. 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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Doe Bay Resort and Retreat is a unique alternative to the traditional destination resort. On over thirty-three acres of pristine waterfront property, we have a variety of accommodations in a rustic, down-to-earth environment.
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