We had the BEST weekend! Saturday we had the immense privilege of having James and Dorothy Best stay with us here at the Taylor Home Inn, and no preconcieved idea that I had could ever measure up to the real event - James and Dorothy could not have been any nicer or more accommodating than they were, and it was a real treat to be able to celebrate his birthday a couple of days early by having a few friends and fans of his over for a cookout. We were able to take photos of Jimmy and his beautiful wife with each of the other attendees, and they had some merchandise we could purchase. I bought his book, a print of his wonderful painting of the squad car at Myer's Lake with Mt. Pilot in the distance, and a couple of autographed photos. What a thrill to have him hand me his book in person! One of the highlights for me, though, occurred when it was time for him to leave (he had some fishing he needed to get caught up on) - not because he had to leave, but because he put his arms around me, gave me a big ol' bear hug, and smooched me on the forehead!
After he left with my friend who took him fishing, Dorothy stayed at the inn for awhile and she, Ken and Linda Anderson and I all sat around and chit-chatted. (Apparently she doesn't hate chit-chatting or ordinary conversation...) I didn't know until then that she has quite an actor's resume' herself! She was in an episode of "Leave It To Beaver" as the Beaver's girlfriend. In fact, her parents were vaudevillian performers so she's been in show business since she was around 5 years old, she said. You couldn't meet a more personable person than Dorothy, and my only regret was that it ended far too soon. Thank you, Jim Clark, for telling them about our place, and thanks to everyone for letting me gush about my weekend. I'm still floating about 3 feet above the ground... I will post pix on the Facebook page for the inn, so if you want to see some of them, look for the fan page for "Taylor Home Inn". The Bests are going to post a pic of them with our little Miss Ellie Walker (our miniature schnauzer) on the pets page of their website. Ellie took to Dorothy like a duck to water; she knows a nice person when she sees one! --Marsha Scheuermann _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
