Full Episode: Sister Bay, Wisconsin I Main Streets

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They did a 30 page article that had incredible images, they talked about the landscape, they talked about the people and it obviously sparked interest because that year they had over a million visitors and those visitors spent over 100 million dollars and I'm sure their county and its

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bay said thank you National Geographic. I love this place, it's called Churchill Inn. Well, the inn opened in 1985. Okay, and then I bought it. It was in 1997. The name itself causes some confusion Church Hill Inn. Some people say it's because of Winston Churchill and we have Winston Churchill memorabilia all over the hotel, but it's actually because we're on the top of a hill next to a church.

And of course, you know, we like to say that our slogan is the warmth of an inn in the charm of a bed and breakfast. How many suites do you have? 34 and each room has its own theme. Cameraman Jason. This is your room. Yeah, we want to see it, okay, sure, okay, the polo room, polo mallets, right, so this is cricket, the cricket paddles right here, hello, it's the croquet room, I love the themes, it's well, they are beauti

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y decorated, some people come here. they try different rooms each time, yes some people find a room they love and stick with it before 97 what were you doing?

I was in the ophthalmology field as a technician and before that I was a firefighter in the UK, what reason do you say? I have three careers in my life, right, yeah, this is my number three. I came and stayed as a guest. I loved. I mean, it was absolutely beautiful. I love Door County. And this is what I think I fell in love with the most. It was Door County. right, because Door County is, I mean, it's such a brilliant place, we love your place and we love seeing you and I'm sure when we leave you you'll love it, as they leave, good luck, we're out of Thursday , okay, yes.

I need to talk to my wife about the Jamaican door being a combination of the two of us. I am Jamaica. I was going to say it. So when I came here it was pretty hard to find something that was seasoned to my liking, you know? introduced him to jamaican sauce and then we decided well let's make it a business so jamaican door was born at that point and jamaican door deals with products um and they also deal with pop up kitchens is what I understand yeah and we happen. Being here that night where you have a pop-up kitchen.

Yes, tonight we will make roast chicken. I do all the manual work and make sure that, as much as he doesn't like it, I make sure the recipe is still authentic. And did your family have a recipe for this? Did you create a recipe? My brother-in-law is actually the chef of the family, so he's the one I call O'Neil. I need a recipe for this or that. Where are you? We get the stuff and well, sourcing wise, we get all of our pepper that comes from Georgina's uncle's farm in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica and you guys met here, you met on a dance floor, yeah, at the place corner, right at the end, I headed to the dance. floor and she was, you were impressed, I was impressed that these white guys were keeping up with us, you know, there were five of us Jamaican girls and it was impressive, this will attract people just because of the smell, noticing just the smell, yeah, yes, any day.

I'll hear people say oh I just followed my nose here, they say it like that too, that's their politeness with a white lady accent, he's a good man, he's a good mother, yeah, that was a big improvement. Cut the crap for me and then the magic, the cherry. Right there, oh that's good, yes master chef, thank you, yes, thank you, learn from the best that taught you, my beautiful wife, here we go, did you know that Door County has more miles of coastline, more rare plants and animals than any other county in the state of

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and you know you can experience all of that right here at the Three Springs Nature Preserve, it's in Sister Bay and it's off the beaten path.

We're here at a place called Hidden Acres Farm and we're here for a reason we never heard about Aronia Berry. of them, so they're native to North America, they're a super fruit, they don't taste any better on their own, they don't, they dry out your mouth, right, yeah, yeah, a lot of people call them uh, strangler berries, like that What do I mean, me. Get it, but when we mask them in a smoothie, baked good, sauce or syrup, we can make them taste delicious and they're actually good for you. What are your responsibilities? We have a big garden on top and that's where we do it. all our produce for our farm stand today we are harvesting shishito peppers eggplant no pasta those are look cabinets how beautiful are these are really nice and then we also service a dozen restaurants in the community this is our processing room in the La right half, everything that goes from the garden, comes into this clean and processed refrigerator or freezer, and on the left half is the event space, so we do a couple of different events throughout the season, in the underground door of the county, once a month.

They do farm-to-table dinners here. So the community garden has 26 beds, when someone signs up to water the gardens, they'll come and water, you know, all 26 beds and pick some, pick some, you'll see there's a couple of signs on each bed, like that bed. it says it's ready for pick up or some beds say wait a bit while I grew up in the city are you surprised? comes from the supermarket it's a store what seems like it's really so bad every community owes a debt of gratitude to its veterans we join the people of Door County in honoring and remembering all those who served have you ever been in that place that place where there is always something new to see where there is always something new to learn that place with so much beauty that fills you with joy that place that says what it thinks and its heart where inspiration feeds its soul and where the wonder of the natural world always growing rhyme and gardens at iowa state university this is that place john mcgivern main

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It's good to see that I can take a seat. He knows there are more mountains and more on the main streets. dot tv because we don't know when to say enough is enough hidden gem find me on social media or visit our website this is going to be fun im defending the old anderson house in the corners of the past museum this house was built in the 1870s in marinette

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i guess the andersons didn't want to live in marinette you know marinette is 138 miles from

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bay so they moved this thing yeah they didn't take it in land miles they pushed it through the ice in 1898 and that wasn't the end, so they had to transport it up the hill this is where it ended it's all about location, at least for the Andersons, that's how it was, we're into simple solutions, which is a consignment store.

I moved a little bit, they moved a little bit south between E-frame and Sister Bay, so this is not an antique store, that's how I didn't know about consignment until probably five or six years ago, you get some of the really old. of the really new, yes, something very contemporary industrial, look at this, take a look at this now, they're not for me, just so you know, but come on, where do you find this stuff? We have so much variety, so shipping means that someone brings is here and says, would you sell me this exact thing so they have a contract with you?

Yeah, so this is not all yours, nothing, nothing is mine here and those people want to get rid of this stuff, why are they downsizing. they're moving, someone passed away, sometimes they've been storing it for a long time, yeah their kids don't want anything so they bring it in, how do you know what will sell well? Sometimes we don't know what will sell and sometimes it's just waiting for the right person somewhere, the genuine party is four dollars, which is stupid, so I'm going to buy this, so I always find something. You are literally in the heart of downtown Sister Bay.

You couldn't be. This is. we have a bonfire we have some games like ping pong and of course cornhole which has become a Wisconsin staple yeah we've been here for a few days and over the course of the night you drive by and these people are how to look for it, yes the place is packed and they are having a great time, let's talk about this project and how it happened and how it's going, yes there was a hotel here in sister bay that was demolished about 10 years ago. ago and there were 50 rooms there to make way for the public beach, so there was always a hotel that was going to be rebuilt, but it was who was going to do it, where was it going to go, how were we going to make this happen and when?

You walk in from the parking lot, you walk right into our bar, which is also our check-in station. What a beautiful lobby you are. We are standing on what the idea of ​​this design was. There is certainly a nod to our Scandinavian heritage. At Door County we just wanted to bring it modern, so this is definitely an exclusive experience, yes, but this is something that people have been waiting for for a long time. How many rooms do you like? We're almost at 50, so 47 total, oh. very well disappointed yes we can use them too trust me who could you?

Yes, come here, spread out, have fun, watch the game, celebrate a birthday, each suite has a bedroom with a king size bed, a lovely bar, but of course this is the star, this is picture perfect. Yes, when you look out from your balconies, it gives you this really peaceful feeling and it certainly also respects the community to have all this green space in front of you. There is nothing better than this. Yes, Sister Bay Wisconsin. Main street and that bay, talk to me, but you'd have to be a diver, see, freedom girl, oh, what's going on here, oh, join me, I'm buying cakes, you're nice, don't shoot us.