Women’s Weekend in Ellicottville and the Black Dog Lodge: Jewelry Making, Scottish tea and Cooking Classes
Attention mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends! We welcome you to stay at the Black Dog Lodge during this year’s Women’s Weekend in Ellicottville, beginning June 20th, and enjoy all the special festivities we have going on here at our cozy bed and breakfast.
Traditional Scottish Tea, Saturday, June 22
For starters, we’ll be holding a traditional Scottish tea the afternoon of Saturday, June 22. For those who haven’t experienced this Scottish tradition, the ‘high’ tea, as it’s called, is a Scottish innovation that began in the good old days when workers had to rise early for work. Because of their extraordinarily early breakfast, they often found hunger kicking in around 4 o’clock in the afternoon. They would therefore take their main meal around this time.
‘High’ was the term used to denote that the meal was being eaten at the main table and not at any small side table which might have been used for breakfast or a drink of tea. High tea was intended to be the main meal of the day in many houses in Scotland. In this it varied from the English high tea which is credited to Anna, Duchess of Bedford, who claimed she suffered from ‘a sinking feeling’ around late afternoon and started the fashion of snacking on tea, sandwiches and cakes.
Reservations and a small $10 fee are required to attend the tea.
Jewelry Making
Ever wanted to try and make your own jewelry? The Black Dog Lodge will be offering jewelry making classes during Ellicottville’s Women’s Weekend. Craft your own earrings to take home as a special memory or gift. Contact us to learn more.
Cooking Classes
Good food. Good friends. Good fun. Nothing goes better with a weekend with the girls than a good meal. We’ll be offering cooking classes for those of you interested in a little culinary experience.
To participate or learn more about these events, book your online reservation today or contact us at 716.699.6900 or info@blackdoglodge.com
Click here to learn more about Women’s Weekend and download a pdf of the schedule of events.