Fed Cup Update

The weekend of July 14-15 is the Fed Cup. Stowe is buzzing, tennis stadium is about finished, all tickets are sold out but some are available through eBay plus some hotel packages are still available.

Even if you don't have tickets to the matches it will be a great weekend to be in Stowe, lots of events surrounding the tournament. Also many volunteers are needed to make this work and you can volunteer and likely get to see some tennis. If you want more information click the Fed Cup link on our rental web site at www.StoweRealtyRentals.com.

Stowe's New Brickhouse Studios Gallery

We'd like to extend a welcome to Stowe's new Brickhouse Studios Gallery, located in the Gracie's Building on the Mountain Road. Photographer and owner John Churchman's work is featured, along with many other talented photographers, including Peter Miller.

Stop by after a meal at Gracies and browse the collection. This is a great place to pick up a souvenier of your trip to Vermont. For more information contact john@brickhousestudios.com or call (802)253-2100.

While you're at it, visit Vermont Fine Arts Gallery in the Gale Farm Shopping Center to see Carolyn Walton's painting which is featured on the cover of the current issue of Stowe Magazine. You'll be pleasantly surprised to see the whole thing (it's a horizontal painting, but is croppped for the cover). The gallery features work by several Vermont artists, including Elizabeth Allen, Carolyn Walton and Peter Miller (the painter, not the photographer). For information visit http://www.vermontfineartgallery.com/ or call Elizabeth Prior at (802)253-9653.

Stowe Vacation Story 1

A Stowe Vacation Story from the O'Connells of Ivyland, PA - Guests at Ginger House during the now famous Valentine's Day Storm of 2007.

We'd like to tell you about the best vacation ever. Of course, it was in Stowe. We came the second week of February 2007 to enjoy cross country skiing and snowshoeing. We went to Trapp and skied through some of the most beautiful woodland scenes we could have imagined. We snowshoed the Recreation Path, all 5.5 miles of it.

Then, we were lucky enough to be snowed in on Valentine's Day in a romantic log cabin. That was the day of the blizzard, the second largest snowfall in Stowe history!! You can bet we'll be back for more next year!
Susan and Bill O'Connell
Ivyland, PA

Fed Cup Housing

The Fed Cup is set to go on July 13 & 14. Housing is quickly becoming desired and many hotels are already showing as sold out between the Fed Cup and other normal summer activities, weddings & etc.

Stowe Realty has a number of private homes, condos and etc which are available but we also have experienced a higher than normal request rate for July so if you are interested in seeing the Williams sisters represent the USA against the best players Russia has to offer please make your reservations ASAP. You can view properties available on our web site at www.StoweRealtyRentals.com.

Hope to see you in Stowe in July.

World Class Tennis Returns to Stowe

See article below from the Burlington Free Press, make plans and call for us to assist you with rental space.

World-class tennis returns to Stowe
Published: Wednesday, May 16, 2007By Ted RyanFree Press Staff Writer

Several of the world's finest women's tennis players will put their skills on display in Vermont when the United States and Russia compete in a Federation Cup semifinal at Topnotch Resort and Spa in Stowe on July 14-15. The United States Tennis Association made the announcement Tuesday, marking the return of elite tennis to Stowe for the first time since the 1980s, when the Head Classic men's tournament brought such stars as Jimmy Connors, Ille Nastase and Ivan Lendl to the Green Mountains. The competition's rosters could include Venus and Serena Williams and reigning U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova.

This is a major event which will set the tone for the summer. Rooms will go fast so don't wait.
Ken Libby

End of Ski Season

The Stowe Mountain Resort confirmed this afternoon that Sunday the 29th of April will be the last day for the lifts to run. Snow is still deep on the mountain but with about 5 days over 50 of which two exceeded 75 degrees this week the snow is melting quickly. The forecast for this weekend is cloudy with few showers and temps in the high 50's to low 60's. This means early morning will be the best time to ski and ride, unless you like real soft snow.
Either way skiing should be excellent early each day. this past weekend it was OUTSTANDING. I skiied Thursday, Friday & Sunday and each day just got better.
At this time the golf course is scheduled to open May 5. The time between seasons this year will be short as it should be. Golf in the early part of the year is great, no one on the course so you can try a redo if you wish most of the time.