Japanese Bistro Night is the best Japanese food in Vermont
Yukiyo Smith, a native of Tokyo Japan, serves up traditional Japanese food. Come to Highland Lodge for our exotic and delicious Japanese Bistro Night.

DATES: Mar 01, 2011
HOURS: 5:30 – 8pm
Highland Lodge Caspian Lake
1608 Craftsbury Road
Greensboro, VT 05841
(802)533-2647
www.highlandlodge.com

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2011 Vermont Flower Show
“Sweet Dreams”, the 2011 Vermont Flower Show, offers three days of spring the first weekend in March. Take a fantastical Medieval-inspired journey filled with flowers and fragrance. Walk through the woods, take in some magic, visit the castle, and dart through the rain reliving your childhood memories of fantasy and imagination. The garden is a mystical creation featuring the work of many artisans working with steel, stone, plants and water. Be delighted, be inspired, be enchanted!

DATES: Mar 04, 2011 – Mar 06, 2011
HOURS: Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-4pm
Champlain Valley Exposition
105 Pearl Street
Essex Jct, VT 05452
(888)518-6484
www.greenworksvermont.org

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Mardi Gras Dance and Wine Tasting Dinner
Hors do’oeuvres & Wine Tasting 6 pm-venison tartlets, crawfish quesadillas, assorted Vermont cheese tray, bacon Cajun shrimp brochette. Dinner-served msclun salad with house vinaigrette Entrée selections on buffet 7 pm – buccaneer talapia Ti Malice Sauce, potato crusted chicken with creamy Dijon sauce, roasted beef sirloin & horseradish jus, potato gratin & winter veggies. Mardi Gras Bugnes for Dessert w/ berries & cream.

DATES: Mar 04, 2011
HOURS: Friday, 6 pm – 11:30 pm
Old Lantern
Greenbush Road
Charlotte, VT 05445
(802)425-2120
www.oldlantern.com

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Wine & Cheese Snowshoe Tour at Grafton Ponds
Enjoy a guided snowshoe tour to our warming hut where you will enjoy sampling wine and Grafton Cheese. Reservations necessary. All levels welcome. $15 pp.

DATES: Mar 05, 2011
HOURS: 1 pm
Grafton Ponds Outdoor Center
783 Townshend Road
Grafton, VT 05146
(802)843-2400
www.graftonponds.com

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Vermont Special Olympics
Vermont Special Olympic Winter Games At Suicide Six Ski Area. Opening Ceremony on the Woodstock Village Green, Parade of Athletes, Governor of Vermont, and Fireworks

DATES: Mar 11, 2011 – Mar 13, 2011
Woodstock Village
(802)457-3555
www.woodstockvt.com
www.vtso.org

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Chocolate by the Pound & Silent Jewelry Auction
Come tantalize your taste buds were the fountain overflows with sumptuous chocolate. Guest will enjoy tasting and samples while experiencing a complete world of chocolate delights donated by our finest restaurants, local chocolatiers, Bakeries and volunteers. Bid on New and used donated Jewelry.Eat delicious chocolate and enjoy the live music ambiance of the “Fiddleheads”.

Tickets in advance $15.00 at the door $20.00

All Proceeds benefit the animals at the Franklin County Humane Society

DATES: Mar 12, 2011
HOURS: Saturday 2pm – 5pm
Saint Albans Historical Museum
Church Street
St.Albans, VT 05478
(802) 524-9650
www.fchspets.org

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Visit Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont. Book your stay and experience the beautiful winter of Vermont.

Vermont is giving away $100 in free gas every week! This awesome deal to help get you around on your winter vacations started February 4th. All you have to do is enter in the contest.

Vermont residents and non-residents can register to win and gas cards may be used at participating gas stations in Vermont. So play along and if you win, you’ll enjoy your Vermont vacation just a little bit more with some sweet road trip savings from us.

For Official Rules and Regulations, please click here.

For a list of participating fuel dealers in Vermont, please click here.

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Visit Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont. Book your stay and experience the beautiful winter of Vermont.

Take a step back in time and enjoy the nostalgia of old school memories. Book the Vermont Country Store Package at Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont.

At the Vermont Country Store in Rockingham, browse through memory lane; from the wooden toys and games you remember to the homemade fudge counter, you’ll be brought back to the way things were. Explore, reminisce and shop your nostalgic heart out with the $25 gift certificate you’ll receive upon check-in at the Holiday Inn Express, Springfield. Don’t forget to visit the Stone Grist Mill and Water Wheel (built 1810), the Covered Bridge (built 1872) and the nature trails.

Or call the hotel at (802) 885-4516 for more information or to reserve.

Vermont is full of many talented artists. A place to visit, that is only 20 minutes away from the Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont, is Simon Pearce’s Windsor workshop.

Image from Simon Pearce

You will surely find beautiful pieces of art just like these Whale Tails. Watch as teams of expert glassblowers create masterpieces. See pottery being shaped. Browse through all sorts of glass and earthenware creations by the renowned artist and his team.

Simon Pearce, who originates from County Cork Ireland and trained at the Royal College of Art in London, has created an empire of custom-made glass and pottery, with workshop facilities also located in Quechee, VT, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and retail stores scattered around the nation. The Quechee store also boasts his first restaurant, located in the Mill overlooking the Ottauqhechee River.

Location: 109 Park Road, Windsor, VT
Dates and Hours of Operation:
Glassblowing: 9am – 5pm, daily except for Sunday, 12pm – 5pm
Pottery: 9am – 3pm, Monday through Friday
Phone: (802) 674-6280
Distance from HI Express: 20 minutes (19 miles)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Join Okemo Mountain in their Valentines Day Heart Scavenger Hunt! It starts at 8am! Find the Liftie with a Heart Contest and Heart Scavenger Hunt. When kids find the lift attendant wearing a Valentine heart, they must get his name and report it to the Okemo Ski + Ride School desk for a special prize. Another ten hearts are hidden somewhere along Okemo’s trails. When kids find one and bring it back to the Okemo Ski + Ride School desk, they win a special prize bag filled with goodies! Confections provided by M&M Mars. Couples can celebrate romance with a cozy candlelight dinner at Coleman Brook Tavern.

Book your stay at Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont and take advantage of our Okemo Ski and Stay Package.

There are a lot of things going on at Bromley, Vermont’s Sun Mountain! Book your stay with Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont with our Bromley Mountain Ski and Stay Package.

Photo from Bromley

Join Bromley Mountain on February 12, 2011 for the Vermont Sugar House Event. The Sugar House will be on site with Vermont Food Specialty samplers including ample syrup on snow, cabot cheese, and more!

February 14, 2011. Make Bromley your Valentine’s Weekend spot! There will be a kissing booth and other fun tings for couples!

The Lovin’ Ludlow Winter Carnival in Ludlow, Vermont is only 25 minutes away from Holiday Inn Express in Springfield, Vermont. Book your stay and enjoy the local sites and carnival just in time for the Valentines Day Weekend.

The 2011 Lovin’ Ludlow Winter Carnival is all about good old fashion, free, FUN! Events include: Ice Bocce, Ski & Snowboard Fashion Show, scavenger hunt, Snowmobile Poker Run, cross country ski & snowshoe fun race, Fireworks, Parade and post Fireworks bonfire, just to name a few. Nightly “early bird” rates available at participating restaurants and nightly Apres Ski parties.

When: 02/10/11 to 02/13/11

Location: The Village of Ludlow, VT

Scavenger Hunt details:

• All day scavenger hunt around town on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
• Start at any participating business (list to be posted) or the Okemo Valley Chamber office to get your clue sheets and then follow the clues around town to get your sheet stamped.
• Turn in completed scavenger hunt sheets to the Okemo Valley Chamber office (in Clock Tower in The Okemo Market Place plaza across from the Okemo Mtn. access road) and the daily grand prize winner is drawn at 4pm!

Check out the Schedule of Fun for the weekend!

We are located 25 minutes from some of the best skiing in the East at Okemo Mountain, which features extensive and diverse trails, vertical drops, terrain parks and family programs. Guests are just 35 minutes from Bromley Mountain, a year-round family fun spot that’s home to both some of Southern Vermont’s best skiing and the incomparable Sun Mountain Adventure Park.

Take advantage of one of our amazing ski & stay packages this winter season, starting at ONLY $95.00 per person!*

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Okemo Mountain Ski Resort

“The big mountain that gets the little things right” is just one of the great things that are often said about Okemo Mountain. With varied terrain for all experience levels and a true commitment to excellence in snow quality and grooming, Okemo offers some of the best snow in the East! Great skiing at a great value and located only 25 minutes from our hotel! Your two night stay will include two adult 2-day lift tickets, free HOT breakfast buffet, use of our indoor pool, fitness center, free wireless access, guest laundry facilities and arcade game room. This amazing package is an excellent value for the price and cannot be beat at only $189.99 per night*!

Check out Okemo’s Event Calendar for upcoming festivities:
http://okemo.com/okemowinter/ourmountain/events/calendar.asp

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Bromley Mountain Ski Resort

Bromley Mountain is considered one of the friendliest mountains in Vermont with slopes for all levels and ages! With extreme southern exposure, Bromley is also considered Vermont’s Sun Mountain and is the classic Vermont Ski Resort. Your stay will include two adult 1-day lift tickets, a free HOT breakfast, use of our indoor pool, fitness center, free wireless access, guest laundry facilities and arcade game room. This amazing package is an excellent value for the price and cannot be beat at only $189.99 per night* with NO NIGHT MINIMUM! Book now to reserve your package!

Check out Bromley’s Event Calendar for upcoming festivities:
http://www.bromley.com/news/calendar

*Okemo Ski Packages Require a 2 night minimum stay
*All packages require double occupancy
*Packages are based on availability and restrictions may apply during holiday periods.