The L&N Bed and Breakfast is a featured article in the Agritourism Monthly Magazine produced by Kentucky Proud Kentucky Department of Agriculture November 2014 issue.
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See the article on page 11 of this publication.
Yes, we are Kentucky Proud !
Last week we were proud to have Dr. James L. Rungee as our guest during the Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriters Festival. Dr. Rungee is an avid Bluegrass fan and bass fiddle, banjo, guitar and harmonica musician. He had nothing but outstanding remarks about being in Henderson KY. He called Henderson Kentucky his “home away from home”. We hope to have Dr. Rungee and his friends with us for many years to come for the Songwriters Festival. For 2014 he has already reserved the whole house.
Below is a reprint from The Gleaner Opinion Page article that appeared Saturday, August 10, 2013.
I have just returned from what can only be described as a magical week in Henderson, getting to learn about, listen to and converse with some of Music City’s royalty as part of the Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriters Festival. This was my first visit, but won’t be my last!
What wonderful ambassadors your town has in Mary Elizabeth and Norris Priest of the L&N Bed and Breakfast. A more welcoming and cordial couple you won’t find anywhere (if you haven’t experienced breakfast and magic with Norris, you’re missing out!). A shout out to Taunee and her smile at Stay Fit 24, who wouldn’t hear of charging me anything for the two days I used the superbly equipped exercise facility there. And also to Aaron, Cailee and Emily at CKB, whose smiles and warm conversation made it impossible not to return over and over there to eat from the restaurant’s superb menu. The chef there definitely has his kitchen switched to game on (and is why I had to go to Stay Fit 24)!
I know I speak for every festival attendee when I say this is one of the best tickets around!
I commented to someone after the first early session on Wednesday night that I couldn’t recall ever having seen more talent in one room at one time, a comment I would find myself repeating over and over with each session. The venues were all wonderful. The sound engineers did an over-the-top job.
I ate way too much popcorn at Rookies, and the intimate in-the-round setting at Delizio’s really made one feel as if they were sitting in one of the writer’s living rooms watching a song-jousting match with a bunch of his or her buddies!
Little did I realize last Wednesday as I pulled away from my house in Tennessee en route to Henderson that I was headed home.
No, I have never been to Henderson nor do I have kin there. But from the neighborly hellos and waves from folks in the downtown streets, to the friendly servers, bartenders and store owners in every downtown establishment that I patronized, to just random town residents expressing genuine concern that I was finding everything and confirming I had all I needed, I could not have been made to feel more like family!
This event is indeed worthy of at least equal billing as the established blues and bluegrass festivals hosted by Henderson. With loyal sons and daughters like Kerry Kurt Phillips and Susie Watkins, the festival’s destiny is certain and clear and could not better honor it’s namesake’s legacy. I was not surprised when I looked up home in the dictionary and found:
home [hohm] noun
1. A house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
2. The place in which one’s domestic affections are centered.
3. 42420
Thanks to a wonderful town for a GREAT week. I plan to be back next year if not sooner!
Jim Rungee is a resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
When you live next door to the train tracks that come through town -you never know what you might see.
Today around 1:55 pm we had the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train grace our side yard here at the Bed and Breakfast.
Tell us about your latest circus experience?
Mountain Workshops were in town last week and really made an impact on our community.
The collection of photographs and multimedia stories that they created about the lives of Henderson Kentucky people were absolutely incredible.
Below is a picture of Norris and his Bow Tie collection. The photo by Mountain Workshops participant and photojournalist Katherine McLean.
Here caption for the picture was:
Norris Priest displays a passion for life. “I have no complaints, honey,” he says. “I’ve been blessed with a wonderful life.” Norris owns more than 100 bow ties and has worn one everyday since high school graduation, he says. “It’s a gentleman who wears a bow tie,” he says. “Not a day goes by someone doesn’t comment on it. I guess it’s the entertainer in me that enjoys the attention.” In his free time, Norris rides his bike around downtown Henderson, often stopping to perform magic tricks. (Photo by Katherine McLean)
Be sure to see all the stories created by Mountain Workshops time in Henderson KY and the multimedia presentation below.
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Yes, we here at the L&N Bed and Breakfast in Henderson Kentucky believe we are a family kind of place. Make a reservation with us today!
Some pictures from our guest this past weekend. We were glad to host several attending the Bluegrass in the Park Festival in Henderson KY. We were sold out this weekend and Mary Elizabeth had a big birthday on Saturday (August 11).
Carl and Jodi Sellmyer of Bloomington, IL had this to say about their stay.
My wife and I had the good fortune to attend the Bluegrass In The Park Festival in Henderson this past weekend. We simply could not have had a better time. From the Thursday Del McCoury concert through the Friday and Saturday riverfront festival the air was filled with music. It was a really rich experience for us to enjoy all of the top quality music and to actually meet and visit with many of the performers. The festival volunteers were well organized and deserve the community’s thanks and respect for all their hard work. The Saturday breakfast was very good and I know that takes a lot of effort too. The food from the vendors was also very good. We appreciate all the improvements which have been done to the city and the riverfront. We stayed at the L&N Bed and Breakfast. Our hosts Norris and Mary Elizabeth Priest treated us like royalty. Everyone we met treated us as a friend and it really made our visit special. We offer your community a very sincere thanks!
Your Hosts Norris & Mary Elizabeth Priest
Yes, we are the Priest’s with the Vaughn Insurance Agency in Henderson KY and also own Henderson’s premier Bed and Breakfast the L&N Bed and Breakfast Ltd.
Thank you for coming by and seeing what we have to offer.
A few weeks ago we had the fortune to visit your town on our latest holiday to the U.S. We are gradually visiting all the states and this time John James Audubon brought us to Henderson, but what we found was much more.
We stayed at the very comfortable and hospitable L&N Bed & Breakfast with Mary Elizabeth and Norris Priest. Having found it by chance on the Internet, we were not prepared for the wonderful welcome we received and the excellent breakfast. Norris recommended Rookies for our evening meal, and we were pleased with the food and the service.
Rightly very proud of your town, Mary Elizabeth and Norris encouraged us to do more than just the sculpture walk before we headed onwards to the Audubon museum. What we found was a pleasant array of historic buildings and something familiar to us from home — a Carnegie library (Henderson County Public Library). Both of us work in libraries in the UK, so we made ourselves known to Director Donald Wathen, who was very welcoming and kindly gave us a tour of your interesting library. At a time when we are concerned about the drop in usage of libraries in the UK, it was heartening to see a thriving and busy library. We arrived just as Tai Chi was finishing and a genealogy class in progress. You also provide an amazing range of resources for the size of library.
How we wish we could have stayed longer, but the visit to the museum called and this completed our visit here. What a fantastic museum and the sculptures on the walk are such a wonderful idea.
I hope you print this to show how proud you should be of your hospitality and town and to thank those we met along the way who made our visit happy and memorable.
Julie and David Potton
United Kingdom
(See this letter to the Henderson KY newspaper as it appeared in the Henderson Gleaner on October 30, 2010)
John and Gill Clarke & Peter and Jenny Maynard talk about how much they enjoy Henderson KY and the Bluegrass in the Park festival held every August in Henderson KY.
From the Henderson KY Gleaner Newspaper September 11, 2010
See the red poppy’s that we have in full bloom! They are simply beautiful this year.
