and get a little oil.
Take a little wire,
and make a little coil.
Get a little piece of tin,
and get a little board.
Put them together,
and you have a little Ford."
Look who stopped by Rosario Resort yesterday – The Three Rivers Model T Club for the Tri-Cities. They look right at home in front of the Moran Mansion!
A 1915 Model T "Touring" model. 
A 1926 Model T.FAREWELL TO OUR 2010 MARINA STAFF! Pictured with General Manager Christopher Peacock are Erik Hansen, Harbormaster Terry Jones, Kelsea Barto, Cara Peacock, Cody Smith, Matt Morrish, Noam Elkayam and Resident Manager Jolene Versailles. Jenole Peacock is pictured with her pet starfish. THANK YOU!
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It is with great sadness to report that the Horse Chestnut Tree in the Mansion Circle entrance fell over this past week. Combine 80 years, branches full of leaves and full grown chestnuts, add weight from rainwater and wind from the east against a mostly rotted trunk and you unfortunately get a tree on the ground. Several local craftsman gathered up the wood for future bowls and musical instruments!
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Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is celebrating its 13th season this year and recently held a reception at Rosario Resort & Spa. The two-week summer Chamber Music Festival features internationally renowned musicians, many of whom are drawn to return to perform with Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann and Artistic Advisor Jon Kimura Parker.
It was a gorgeous day as guests entered along the mansion waterfront promenade, past the mansion pool to arrive at the pool lawn event. General Manager Christopher Peacock greets Jon Kimura Parker, internationally acclaimed concert pianist who has performed with orchestras all over the world and delighted Orcas Island audiences for years.
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Rosario Resort recently hosted the Rosario Property Owners Association and a presentation by member Mark Thompson, who presented "Galileo 1610," a living history production; a dramatic, musical and comical odyssey back to the life and times of Galileo Galilei, the famous 17th century Italian scientist and philosopher. It commemorates the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s discoveries with his telescope in 1610.
Dressed in authentic Renaissance attire as Galileo, Mark Thompson, a cantorial soloist and amateur astronomer, tells the fascinating story of “The Father of Modern Science,” drawing from the actual correspondence and writings of Galileo, as well as those of his many biographers. His performance at Rosario also coincided with the height of the Perseid Meteor Showers, which were very visible later in the evening here on Orcas Island.
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What a treat that the MV Olympus sailed into the Rosario Marina on Orcas Island! 
The yacht was launched on May 14, 1929 at the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company yard in Morris Heights, New York. George Callendine Heck, who commissioned the yacht to be the largest ever built by the yard, was a partner in a Wall Street investment firm. During the glamorous 1920's, Mr. Heck used the yacht to commute from his two estates on Long Island to Wall Street, requiring her low profile design in order to avoid having the bridges opened during his commute to work. At the time of her launching, her original name was"Junaluska" in honor of the lake in North Carolina contained within the vast land holdings where Heck spent his childhood summers. 
The yacht was purchased by George Converse (Converse Shoes) and his beautiful wife, silent film star Mary Stuart. Both experienced and able yachters, they bring the yacht on her own hull from the east coast, through the Panama Canal to her new home in Southern California. The yacht stayed busy in the Southern California social scene, as George Converse serves as Commodore of the Newport Harbor Yacht Club in 1940. She also picks up several movie roles including use as a prop in the Shirley Temple movie "Captain January" and the Claudette Colbert/Rudy Vallee movie "The Palm Beach Story." She travels back and forth between Long Beach, Los Angeles and Catalina Island. The busy social scene of the late 1930's and early 1940's is abruptly interrupted by World War II and the yacht is conscripted into service as a Navy Patrol vessel.
My favorite part of weddings is checking out how the wedding planner has designed the reception space. Here is another fabulous Leslie Ginnes design (Patina Floral and Design) transforming the waterfront Discovery House into a magic forest... under the Orcas Island Sun!
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We have featured the schooner Zodiac on this blog before, but is always a treat to see her sailing by Rosario Resort.
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We have many beautiful weddings at Rosario Resort. Yesterday, Matt Marsik arrived on horseback at the marina and met his lovely bride Kelly, who arrived by boat.
The entire wedding party than walked to the Point Lawn for the ceremony. As you can see by the photos, Orcas Island offers some great opportunities for destination weddings.
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It's official... summer is here! Blue skies, warm weather, and the mansion swimming pool at Rosario Resort is officially open. Located dramatically on the shoreline of Orcas Island, the mansion pool is definitely the place to relax this summer.
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Chef Madden of our new restaurant "The Quilted Pig" at Rosario Resort enjoys putting fun twists on classic dishes as well as creating innovative new cuisine ideas using locally grown, seasonal foods. “Working closely with local farmers is paramount to my business. It insures that we are using goods produced organically, sustainably, safely and humanly. The products raised and grown in the San Juan Islands are world class in quality and we are lucky to have them available right next door.”
Here's a sneak peak at some of his recent appetizers, small plates, large plates and desserts...
Beef Shortrib
Slow cooked Black Dog Farm beef shortrib with local turnips, carrots, onions, snow peas & Chimichurri sauce
Goat Cheese & Potato Ravioli
QQuail Croft goat cheese, & local new potato ravioli with Black Dog Farm broccoli, local duck egg & citrus vinaigrette
Duck Breast
Roasted Magret Duck Breast with La Campesina cardoons, barley, sweet onions, & Blue Moon Farm Arugula
Ahi Tartare
Diced ahi tuna with sesame yuzu dressing, sriracha crema, ocean salad, wasabi caviar and nori crisp
Smoked Scallop Brandade
House smoked scallop brandade with arugula brioche & black truffle vinaigrette
Wild Sturgeon
Columbia River Sturgeon with homemade fettuccine, local spinach, island grown scallions, sea beans & shiitake mushrooms
Apple Empanada
Fried granny smith apple empanada with maple caramel & homemade pecan ice cream
Coconut Cream Puff Pastry
Coconut Cream filled homemade puff pastry with banana brulée & cashews
Delicious!!!
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