The kids are back at school, it’s still beach weather, the nights are cooler, the days are warm: Adult Summer! a/k/a September. It’s another season in Saugatuck. Ok, maybe its a micro-season. It’s the bridge between full on summer and fall, July/August and October. It’s the sweet spot of all micro-seasons. The seventeen restaurants within…
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Hello Spring!
The long cold winter just makes that first fifty degree day (sixty this weekend!) that much sweeter. The days are longer, the birds are back and hungry, the crocuses are up, and its the perfect time for a weekend getaway to Saugatuck. Events this weekend March 22 & 23 Mountainfilm on Tour returns to the…
Spring Food & Wine Weekends
Spring is just around the corner…March 20th! Celebrate the Vernal Equinox in Saugatuck, stay at our beautifully restored historic and luxurious bed and breakfast. Relax, enjoy great food and wine, repeat. March 16-April 30, 2018. Friday evening start off your weekend with wine and hand crafted artisan cheeses from Evergreen Lane Creamery, http://www.evergreenlanefarm.com/ our local…
Celebrate your love at the Inn
February is all about romance and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Surprise your sweetheart with the perfect romantic getaway at our beautiful Saugatuck Michigan Bed & Breakfast. Stay in one of our luxurious and charming guest rooms and enjoy a gourmet breakfast each morning. Add our Valentine’s package to you stay and we’ll…
Saugatuck. We Do Winter!
When I was living in the city (Chicago for me, Evanston for Steve), I lived for a winter escape to the Caribbean for a break from the cold and slush; a few days of warmth, sun and sand to get through the dark days. But then we moved here and opened the inn. Yes, I…
Reservations open for October onward!
Welcome to our Inn! Reservations are now open for October 2017 onward. We will add room photos as soon as decorating is finished. As we complete the finishing touches on the restoration we will open up reservations for September and late August (hopefully!) The resurrection and renovation of the inn has been a labor of…
The Home Stretch
One year later we are finally in the home stretch of the restoration of our historic home and preparing to welcome guests to the Inn this summer. It has truly been a labor of love; hard labor and true love. The transformation from neglected eyesore to jewel of Saugatuck has been dramatic. At the start of the…
Going Local: The Bubble
It’s nice when something you believe in becomes almost cliché: going local. And should we add, Michigan made? Yes! Since our adventure began last fall we’ve often marveled that everything has fallen into place. And so much of that has been local, within what we affectionately call “the bubble”. We’re not certain of the exact perimeter of the…
About
The Judson Heath Colonial Inn was originally built by Elnathan Judson in Gull Prairie Michigan in 1835 along with the now attached coachhouse which was originally a separate tavern. In 1854 Judson … Source: About
By George!
This is George P. Heath, half of our namesake. He was a millwright by trade (millwrights calculated rpms, designed and built all of a mill’s giant gears). He made beau-coup ka-ching supplying lumber to rebuild Chicago in the years after the great fire. He also had a ship, the G.P.Heath… unfortunately that wasn’t included in…