In Easton, a pear of an inn
Considering the name (Bartlett Pear Inn), the decor (pear-shaped sculptures, baubles and squeezy toys) and the menu (pear salad, pear-spiced mayo), I assumed that the B&B’s owners seriously fancied the fruit. But when I asked Jordan Lloyd whether he and his wife had named their Easton, Md. , place after their favorite produce, he replied with an answer far sweeter.
“I told my wife, ‘I’d like the chance to give you your name back,’ ” said the professional chef who runs the nearly two-year-old inn and restaurant with his missus, Alice. “Bartlett was her maiden name.”
All together now: awwww .
“Pear is like pair,” he continued, “the two of us.” Somewhere in the heavens, cupid is spit-shining his bow and arrow.
The romantic thread continues throughout the inn, running from the pink brick exterior of the 220-year-old edifice, up to the O-Romeo veranda, and down into the garden, where tiny white lights twinkle, knockout roses bloom and a stone cherub frolics in a fountain.
The Bartlett Pear Inn inhabits the same space as the nearly foreclosed Inn at Easton, a casualty of divorce. To exorcise the ill-fated union, Alice invited a feng shui expert to purify the building. In accordance with the Eastern practice, the Lloyds removed all the hard edges (see, for instance, the curved bar and circular stools) and painted the kitchen green, to encourage wealth and prosperity. In the back right corner, which spatially represents love and marriage, Alice colored the office walls the hue of a Valentine’s Day card.
Each of the seven rooms is named after a specific variety, creating a feng shui-pear mash. I stayed in the Starkrimson Pear, a summer crop that ripens to a bold red. With its cloud-white bedding and startling blue walls illuminated by sconces, I felt as if I were sleeping in a tranquil moonlit field. Adding to the sense of comfort: Per feng-shui principles, neither twin bed faced the door, so I didn’t have to worry about an evil spirit dragging me out by my feet mid-dream.
In the airy L-shaped bathroom, the glass-enclosed shower provided surprisingly pleasant seating, where I paused my daily ablutions to read the labels of the L’Occitane toiletries (how fresh — verbana leaves). Another interesting feng-shui touch: Staff makes sure that toilet lids are always down, performing the action not for gender equality but to prevent the inn’s wealth from being flushed away.
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In the back right corner, which spatially represents love and marriage, Alice colored the office walls the hue of a Valentine's Day card. Each of the seven rooms is named after a specific variety, creating a feng shui-pear mash.
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