Game Nights
The house keeps a library of more than two hundred board games, and game nights bring friends of the house to the table. Dates are announced to invited guests.
A game night is a table or two of friends, a stack of games and an evening with nowhere else to be. Some nights are a quick party game and lots of laughing; some are one long strategy game. Newcomers are taught, and nobody minds losing to a beginner.
The spirit of it
A game night is a good way to get to know the house and the people in it. It is a friendly table, not a tournament: the point is the company. If there is a game you love, say so when you write. If it is not on the shelves, bring it and teach it.
How to be invited
Game nights and the other gatherings at the house are by invitation. They are small, and the guests are friends of the house and people they introduce. There are no tickets, no sign-up page and no public dates: dates are announced to invited guests.
If you would like to be considered, write to us: tell us who you are, who introduced you or how you know the house, and which gatherings interest you. We keep a short list and send invitations as there is room at the table. We cannot answer every note, and an invitation to one evening is not a standing one.
House standards
- This is a private home, not a venue. Guests come as friends, by invitation, and the invitation names who is coming.
- Nothing is sold. No tickets, no cover charge, no meals or drinks for sale, and no donation asked as the price of a seat.
- Food is home cooking shared among friends. If you would like to bring something, bring a dish or a drink to share, homemade or bought; never something to sell.
- The household’s private rooms are off limits, and the people who live here are not photographed or posted without their say-so.
- Be gentle with the house and its furnishings; many of them are antiques and cannot be replaced.
- Arrive and leave at the times on the invitation, park on the street without blocking a neighbor’s driveway, and keep voices down outside after dark.
- If you drink, do not drive.
- Treat the games as you would a friend’s: sleeves stay on, pieces go back in the box, and drinks stay off the table.
More at the house
Halloween
The one night a year the castle is open to everyone: free, no tickets.
Friendsgiving
A Thanksgiving-season dinner for friends, especially those who are far from family or working the holiday.
Winter Holidays
The house dressed for the season, and the holidays marked with friends.
Dinner Parties
Dinners in the dining room for the household and its friends, cooked at home and shared.
Film & Photo Shoots
Short films and fashion shoots have been made here. Requests are considered case by case, through a request form.
Garden Photos
Special-occasion photos in front of the spring flowers: free by request, with a suggested contribution toward the garden’s upkeep.