I'm hoping that there can be more reviews than just once a year! We stayed at the Sweet Autumn Inn…read morelast night (October 11, 2012). We were only going to be in the area for one night, and I wanted to stay in a Bed & Breakfast instead of a cheap motel. We don't go away much, so I wanted to pamper ourselves a bit. I found the Sweet Autumn Inn on the web and thought it looked perfect. I was right!
The house is just lovely inside and out. There are many options for entertainment on the first floor: TV with videos and DVDs, games, books, and lots of neat antiques to look at! If it had been warmer, we could have visited the pond out back or sat on the front porch.
We stayed in the Everson room, and it was very comfortable. We checked in and rested a bit before going to the Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson to see "Hello Dolly" (If you can go to the Fireside GO - I'm probably going to write a review of that, too). We took the many throw pillows off of the bed and put them on the chair or bench. When we came back, Teri had come in and whisked them away, left us a plate of cookies, and turned the light on for us. There was also a pitcher of filtered water next to the cookies. The one thing I will say is that the feather comforter got to be a bit much during the night. There's one of those velour-type blankets as well, and we ended up taking the comforter off the bed after a while. That'll be nice and cozy in the winter. The bed was comfortable, and we both slept reasonably well (neither of us sleeps that well away from home, and I don't sleep well in general, but we both were happy with this bed). Oh - speaking of winter, there's a working fireplace, too!
Last year's review said that the bathroom was basic and "didn't really match the character of the rest of the room". Well, that suits me just fine. The one great thing about modern times is modern plumbing. Many B&Bs don't have private bathrooms (which I'm not all that fond of - it's just weird, and what do you do when you have to pee and some stranger is in the bathroom? Ack!), but this one does, and I'm very grateful. Ever stay in a hotel or B&B where the shower was just a trickle and not the right temperature? Not at Sweet Autumn! The shower was perfect, and there were plenty of towels and other amenities (Q-tips and the like). I'll take a great shower over a claw-foot tub any day.
Breakfast. Ahh, breakfast. Although the rest of the stay was nice, it was breakfast that drove me to write this review. For starters there were pumpkin scones. I've never really liked scones - they're always so dry. Teri's scones were MOIST and full of flavor! She had little bowls of butter for each of us, and that just made them taste even better. There were two for each of us, but we refrained from being little piggies and eating them all. She has a large array of tasty teas, and we each had a glass of ice water and orange juice (or we could have had cranberry pomegranate). After the scones, she brought out a plate with an orange slice, a small bunch of grapes, and a bowl of oatmeal. I've never had oatmeal like this before. My husband said there was some wild rice in there, but that can't be right. There were blueberries, other fruits, nuts? I don't know - there were so many things in there and topped with a tasty yogurt/creamy thing. She told us, but I was enjoying it too much to remember everything. AND! If that's not enough... large slices of candied bacon.
Needless to say, we stuffed ourselves. She let us take the scones home, and I'm looking forward to eating them tomorrow for breakfast.
This has gotten long - sorry about that. We just really enjoyed ourselves, and Teri is so nice and took such good care of us. If you're on the fence at all about staying here... candied bacon and moist scones. Just go - you won't be disappointed.
