Day 95: Baldpate 100th Birthday News!

With just seven days in our countdown to cornbread opening, thought we should give you the latest update on our 100^th birthday special plans.  Hopefully you have enjoyed our somewhat erratic preparatory journey through Baldpate’s Key moments over the past 100 years. And now for the partying!

You are all cordially invited to our Party Celebration on Saturday June 17^th, from 2 Pm until 5 PM in the Key Room. Have a glass of sparkly and some cake, we won’t make you sing!

Tickets for our live stage play, Seven Keys to Baldpate, will go on sale June 1^st on our website. Plan now which performance you prefer to attend, we anticipate having a sellout crowd.

Think about making it a special weekend with one of our Stay Play & Dine Theater Packages.

And bug those former employee friends to get on the books for a reunion weekend!  You know you want to do it!

Check our website often to see what’s new and if you can’t personally get back, order one of our new Birthday limited edition mugs in our online store available beginning June 1^st.

Written by Lois Smith

Day 5: World famous Baldpate Inn

Even though we’ve been in the same place for 100 years, often we are told that guests that have lived in Colorado ‘forever’ have just discovered us.
What amazes me are the news reports and guest register listings about some of our earliest guests: July 1920 guest from Russia, August 1920 guests from France, June 1922 guests from Netherlands. How ever did these folks know about The Baldpate Inn before the world wide web?  Sure, we have had some rather prestigious feature stories and features over the years, but still!

Love our most recent Key Room story in the January edition of 5280, Denver’s premier lifestyle magazine, and looking back we’ve been pretty blessed in our coverage. We have been featured in Country Living, Forbes, Independence, Historic Traveler, Great Town in America, Diversion, Country Inns, Taste of Home, Bon Appetit, Woman’s Day, Great Inns of America, Frommers, Antiques & Collecting, Motorhome, Inflight GO, USA today, Readers Digest and probably some that I missed.

Before that were years of mentions in Duncan Hines Cookbooks, and perhaps the first big significant 1933 article in Hotel Management! (See article below.)

Then you must still consider the Paramount Pictures newsreel in 1943, Universal Studios “Strange as it seems,” along with more recent Discover Channel features.

Let’s face it, we are SPECIAL!

Written by Lois Smith