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Dear Mary Lee, You’ve been working much too hard lately, don’t you think? I’d like to propose a three day getaway for the two of us---and maybe our husbands as well. The occasion? A conference sponsored by the North Carolina Bed & Breakfast Association. Friends of ours---Barbara, Gerry, and Ryan---tell me that the conference is designed to appeal not only to perspiring innkeepers (those who are currently doing it) and expiring innkeepers (those who want to get out from under), but also to aspiring innkeepers (namely, you and me). The conference formally begins on Saturday, February 24 at 4 p.m., and it runs until 12:30 p.m. on Monday, the 26th. If we register for only one days series of meetings, the fee is $75; for all three days $125. It sounds a little crazy I know, but you and I are always talking about how much fun it would be to move away from Washington D.C. and set ourselves up as country innkeepers. Even if the idea is only a pipe dream right now and can’t be seriously pursued for another thirty years, it would still be a lot of fun to find out what’s involved from people who really know. The location of the conference alone makes the trip worthwhile---the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The Biltmore house itself is a national treasure, I’m told. Commissioned in 1887 by George Vanderbilt and molded after elegant French chateaus, it remains the largest private home in this country today with its 35 guest rooms, its banquet hall and library, its handsome collection of sculpture and paintings, and its extensive grounds. It will take us from 6 to 8 hours to get there, depending on which of us does most of the driving. All the meetings will be held right on the grounds of the estate but there will be time each day to work in as much exploring and sightseeing as we like. It may help you to know that if we register by January 15, we can be sure of getting attractive accommodations at one of the local inns, for only $50 a night. The