Open House a Huge Success

On December 15th and 16th we held an open house to let our neighbors tour Jamul Haven. Marianne kept the pool pavilion stocked with delicious food throughout the entire weekend, even though more than 250 people signed in (and the actual number of visitors was even higher than that.) Every thirty minutes Marianne and I conducted tours of the facility to groups of between ten and twenty people. My only regret is that the number of people limited the time I could spend with each visitor, and I'm afraid that I came across more as a museum docent than as a gracious host.

After the dust had settled we held a drawing for door prizes from those who had signed in along with previous and future guests (basically, anyone that was on our initial newsletter subscriber list). The winners were:

Grand Prize, 1 free night at Jamul Haven: Lou Adzima

Second Place, free Roundtable Pizza and signed limited edition leather bound poetry book: Cipre Powell and Dan Seeman

Third Place, free audio CD, Poems of Romance: Karla Bayon, Joann Sanchez, Rick Griffin, Lorie Scurlock, Barry Rice, Deirdre Rose, John Watson, Maryann Williams, Ana Corella, Jayne Gentile.

Winners should contact me at william@jamulhaven.com to claim their prizes.

We'll be having another drawing for prizes for newsletter subscribers sometime later this year. If you have any friends who might be interested in keeping up with the news from Jamul Haven, please forward a copy of this newsletter to those friends so that they can subscribe as well. People can also sign up for the newsletter directly from our website at www.jamulhaven.com.

Jamul Haven History

Each month I'll be sharing a bit of history about Jamul Haven and the surrounding area. But for this first newsletter, I thought I'd ask for your help. The following people lived in Jamul Haven during the indicated time periods. If you have any information about any of these people or their descendants, I would appreciate your help.

Charles M. and Rachel Gifford, 1890-1906
Michael C. Pyplatz, 1906-1909
Charles B. Horrocki (aka Horrocks), 1909-1912
Robert P. and Daphne Cooper, 1912-1913
Robert and Jannete White plus George F. and Ella M. Barnard (or Barnhard), 1913-1914
N.H. and Susan McCuistion 1914-1917
F.W. and Sophia Schoenfeld, 1917-1923
Anton F. and Anna Bornschein, 1923-1930
Walter W. and Louise I. Scott, 1930-1941
Eugene E. (Bert) and Eldora (Ann) Abby (aka Aby), 1941-2005

Romantic Getaway #1

There's something romantic about antique cars, at least for some of us. Take a step back in time to the world of automobiles in the early 1900s. Visit thrift stores to put together an outfit that is appropriate to the time, then book your weekend at Jamul Haven.

During your time with us, visit the old car museum at Simpson's nursery in Jamul. Simpson's nursery has been a Jamul fixture since 1928, and they still give each visitor a free apple. Make a trip to the San Diego Automotive Museum in Balboa Park (25 miles from Jamul Haven). Between now and 3/26 you can also check out their display of Detroit concept cars.

End your day with a tour of San Diego and dinner in a chauffeur driven antique car (reservations from
http://www.lancedurant.com/about.html).

In This Issue:

Upcoming Local Events

Selected fun San Diego events that are worth a trip.

1/3-3/26 High Art: Concept Cars and Automobile Design, San Diego Automotive Museum in San Diego

4/26-4/27 Artwalk
http://www.artwalksandiego.org/

7/19-7/20 Gay Pride parade and festival
http://sandiegopride.org/

Jamul Haven Specials

We are continuing to offer our introductory rate special of $199 per night, which includes a hot breakfast for two cooked to order.

Innkeeper Update

Our daughter Elizabeth and her husband Daniel visited from Corpus Christi, Texas for the holidays. She is currently training to be a pilot in the Navy, and Daniel is a commercial pilot flying cargo.

Our daughter Regina just finished a successful run dancing as the Ice Princess at the show at Viejas. Crowds of up to 2,000 per night watched the special effects intensive show.

William just signed a deal with two movie producers to make a documentary film based on his play "Frost." The movie will show the process of taking a stage-play from page to stage, filming a local production company as they go through the entire process. If you are aware of a local theatre company that would be interested in participating, email william at william@jamulhaven.com.

In The News

During January we'll be working on a marketing plan, which we'll then execute during the remainder of 2008. I know that many of you have offered verbal suggestions for ways to market Jamul Haven. If you have the time, it would be great if you could email your ideas to william@jamulhaven.com. We are particularly interested in referrals to local magazines, newspapers, radio shows, and so on.