Breakfast， lunch， dinner， Sunday<br >LI license. Elevator， sauna， exercise room， ten-<br >jogging track， billiard room， bicycles， three<br >， rooms. Lake nearby. All major credit cards<br >1776-1778 were the beginning of the Inn at<br >，f course， John B. Parmelee who owned the<br >[ no idea that 200 years later it would become<br >nn.<br >;st accommodations are lovely. They were dee-<br >. who is an author herself and a fine one. She<br >Jan brochures. Some of the rooms have sitting<br >?our have fireplaces. There is an elevator to<br >Chester， Connecticut<br >take you up and down from your room. This is a Ir good inn<br >for the handicapped. Twenty-six rooms are equipped for<br >handicapped guests.<br > During the warm months the outside terrace is a perfect<br >spot to enjoy fine dining or a cocktail. There are three private<br >dining rooms and three that are open to the public. The larg-<br >est dining room is in what was once a barn， a fantastic， high-<br >ceflinged room with dark wood and a huge fireplace. A small<br >greenhouse is attached to it. This makes a magnificent set-<br >ring for the marvelous food.<br > An interesting breakfast selection is W" Bircher Muesli，<br >a hearty alpine favorite made of oats， hazelnuts， and fresh<br >fruits. My favorite lunch choice is the really good black bean<br >soup with the proper accompaniments of chopped egg，<br >minced onions， and sherry. At dinnertime the rooms are<br >candlelit. For a starter， try the Mushroom Strudel. It is pure<br >ambrosia. The inn also serves Rack of Lamb for one， which is<br >done to perfection. The Pork with Plums also is outstanding.<br >Leave some space for dessert; all of them are made here and<br >each one is divine.<br > The inn has piano music seven nights a week， and on<br >special holidays an a cappella choir sings from the balcony in<br >the main dir~. g room.<br > There are large and small conference rooms， a billiard<br >room with a fireplace， and an exercise room. Have a massage<br >or take a sauna. It s all right here for you.<br >How to get there: Take Exit 6 off Route 9 and turn west on<br >Route 148. Go 3.2 miles to the inn. In a private plane， fly in to<br >the Chester Airport.<br >E:<br >Elise and I are both cat happy. She has a Burmese<br >named Arthur， a name I happen to love， and a flat-<br >coated retriever called Raffles.<br ><br > <br ><br >