Sleepy

I sure do look sleepy in this picture taken by a guest here at The Craftsman B&B. I was hanging out on the sun deck (click and drag for a 360º view, and can you find me in the picture?) as the guests were getting ready for their day out. I needed to get my ears cleaned and I think I got a "mickey" in my breakfast.

So this photo is a unique effect, no Photoshop.  Our guest has this slick lens, I'm not a professional photographer, but Mike worked in a photo studio for years, so I do know a little bit.  This lens lets you change the plane of the lens board.  Most cameras have the lens parallel to the film board, that give you distortion free shots.  This lens allows you to move the plane of the lens to get all sorts of effects but this one blurs the edges of the photo.

Remember the old style cameras with the photographer under the hood and the big bellows?  This lens lets the photographer pull off the same type of shots as those cameras.  Pretty cool!

Here is a picture of my feet.

Thanks to our guest Reid, for sharing the photo. If you have photos of me, our your trip to Pacific City and The Craftsman B&B, send me a link and I'll publish them on the blog. You can also upload photos to TripAdvisor here.

Number 1 on Trip Advisor

As a spoiled innkeepers dog, I do have some responsibilities around here.  I meet and greet all the guests.  I make sure they pass the scent test and show them to their rooms.  I am always at the door to welcome them back after their day out or returning from dinner.  I am also blogging about my life here at The Craftsman B&B and what there is to see and do around Pacific City.  Another thing I do is make sure our guests have had a great stay.  I log on to TripAdvisor.com, bedandbreakfast.com and bnbfinder.com to read reviews our guests have written to tell potential guest about their stay.

So today, I log on and find that we have become the number 1 B&B in Pacific City!  See for yourself here.  This is huge, we are the newest B&B in town and of course, we have always thought we were doing a good job.  It's simple really, we treat guest just as we would like to be treated when traveling.  Mike and Laura have stayed at 5 star hotels and other B&B's to gauge their service and accommodations.  They have taken what they liked and applied it to running the B&B.  They also make sure not to do things they have seen and didn't like.  You don't have to spend a bag full of money to get great service.  If you do spend that much, you should expect great, outstanding service.  When you don't, you may not be a happy guest.  The value isn't there.  Maybe the rate is higher for another reason.  Hotels will raise rates for events in town.  Other places add a list of packages for more profit, our packages save you money based on if you purchased the items separately.  It's about providing what guests want, not the till at the end of the day.

We know what most of our guests want.  How is that?  We ask.  We meet them and talk to them.  We learn from them.  We recommend restaurants to them based on what we think they will like.  We recommend sites to see based on what they have already seen and liked.  We visit the sites, hikes, restaurants.  When they return, we talk to them some more, ask what they thought, we learn.

So if you come and visit, are we going to talk your ear off?  No, you are here to relax, we are here to make sure you do.  We will ensure you have a great stay.

So number one,  yeah, we're excited.  We are going to do our very best to keep it that way.  Come discover the Oregon Coast to visit me and find out for yourself.  We are sure you will love our little town and your stay with us.  If you have stayed with us in the past and written a review online, we thank you.  If you haven't, we would love for you to share your experience.  Don't forget to say what a great dog I am.  Do they make those giant foam fingers for dogs?