| This 100 year old
villa offers something
unique: Women with women sharing stories, food, music and time. One woman's
vision born out of necessity and encouragement from others, one of them
her daughter! |
A note from Penny.
My family have been in the southern region of the South Island for one
hundred and fifty years; some of the earliest pioneering immigrants. The
earliest, being a women who left England with her five daughters, because
there was no future for her there. |
| Both of my grandmothers
cooked for and accommodated people, in hotels and boarding houses. Recently,
after some 20 years working in the hospitality industry, I realized how
good I am at this also. Some creative visualization followed, fuelled by
reading 'Women who run with the Wolves' (I highly recommend this book to
all women) and also conversations with dear friends. |
The vision...
to open my house to women from all over the world, and the ensuing encouragement
and comments like " Just do it! " bring me to this point. So here goes
WOMEN-FOLK! An invitation to experience ' southern hospitality ' with a
difference. An invitation to share some time at my kitchen table with us;
myself, my two children and other guests and friends |
| I have three beautiful
children, my eldest beauty, now a fine woman herself, has left the nest
and is at present back in England, five generations later. She may surprise
us one evening by joining us, and that would be a good reason for celebration.
I come from generations of predecessors celebrating life. Come celebrate
life with us. |
There has been some
travel in the past for me, and I will travel again. At present I am committed
to my children and 'home staying' with them. We have lived in this house
for almost twenty years and over the last three years have had boarders
from a variety of cultures. This experience was one of the inspirations
for this idea....until I can travel again. Why not bring the world to our
house? |
| So recently, I managed
a building project and had the one hundred year old basement converted
into a 'living' space. This
living space will accommodate four women. It has a separate bathroom, and
cooking facilities for convenience food. That translates to microwavable
food, tea and toast. |
I have been an owner
/ operator of a restaurant and will happily entertain you in my kitchen
and provide good food, fine wine, company and possibly even live music.
Let's see what we can create............ |
