by Luis Guadron | Oct 9, 2021 | News
I quietly stepped up to the small, screened window allowing me a direct view into the eagle house. He was perched in full view, his female companion Hyacinth closeby. Humpty, who did, indeed, have a great (and near fatal) fall from the nest, is now a perfectly...
by Luis Guadron | Mar 4, 2020 | News
When I see snow on the mountain peaks, I pine for an escape to Mt. Washington. I mean really, how lucky are we to have such a fantastic place so close by and where there is so much to do. While downhill skiing is my number one craving, I also have a strong...
by Luis Guadron | Dec 4, 2019 | News
It is 100% true, the only place on Vancouver Island where you can ski, beachcomb, golf, bike and be an urban explorer in the same place, is right here in the Comox Valley. It’s amazing really, to think that you can wake up at the Old House Hotel and, less than one...
by Luis Guadron | Sep 12, 2019 | News
I am on my way to a way-too-hot destination in the U.S, and I’ve just opened West Jet Magazine. An article catches my eye because it reads like our Old House newsletter subject line: Extend Your Summer on Vancouver Island. “Ah, great, I think to myself, let’s see what...
by Daniel Vasquez | Jun 7, 2019 | News
There for a while, when our kids were small and we were choosing a hotel, we’d search for the ones with a free breakfast. At first glance, those spreads looked scrumptious. But once they got to my fork, the cold scrambled eggs, processed syrup, tasteless melon and...
by Luis Guadron | Mar 5, 2019 | News
Maybe our Outside the Old House Front Door blog should be renamed “Inside” the Old House Front Door, because this adventure doesn’t require you to leave the Hotel at all. It starts “inside” at Ohspa, with my first and completely...