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BOSTON HARBOR HOTEL | WINTER 2012 NEWSLETTER

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Boston Harbor Hotel Winter 2012
In This Issue
A Letter from Jonathan Crellin
Valentine's Weekend Events
   »  Valentine's Escape Package
   »  Valentine's Dinner Dance
   »  Valentine's Brunch
   »  Valentine's Tea
Boston Wine Festival
The Spa at Rowes Wharf
   »  Chardonnay Treatments
Rowes Wharf Sea Grille
   »  This Month's Recipe: Chocolate Bread Pudding
Wrap Up Your Day or Start Your Evening at the Rowes Wharf Bar
Fairy Tale Weddings at the Boston Harbor Hotel
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Valentine's Escape Package

Valentine's Escape

Make your special someone blissful with a sweetheart of a package this Valentine's Day.

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Boston Wine Festival

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The Boston Harbor Hotel proudly celebrates the 23rd annual Boston Wine Festival.

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A Letter From Jonathan Crellin

The New Year is here, welcoming a fresh start with lots of exciting happenings here at the Boston Harbor Hotel. We look forward to the opportunities of 2012 and have much to share with you. This winter, we have already begun to celebrate the 23rd annual Boston Wine Festival. Chef Daniel Bruce, founder of the Boston Wine Festival, continues to offer guests exclusive, intimate dinners with renowned winemakers from across the globe. The dinners, seminars and events that are part of this 23rd anniversary season are sure to be unforgettable and will run through March with the Closing Reception on March 30th. We do hope you can join us.

On behalf of the hotel and me, we would like to wish you happiness in the New Year. I hope you will join us for some winter fun and festivities or just a nice relaxing visit.

Sincerely,

Jonathan D. Crellin
General Manager
 
 
 

Valentine's Escape

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» Package is available from February 9, 2012 through February 19, 2012
» Packages and rates are subject to availability
» May not be combined with existing reservations
» May not be used on group or corporate negotiated rates

Celebrate Valentine's Weekend at the Boston Harbor Hotel

Valentine's Escape Package

Special Valentine's Promotion

Make your special someone blissful with a sweetheart of a package this Valentine’s Day. Rekindle your romance as you cozy up in a picturesque guestroom with enchanting views of the moonlit waterfront or shimmering cityscape. Bask in the luxuries of our award winning hotel as you enjoy Champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries delivered upon arrival. Sleep in late and linger over a scrumptious breakfast in bed as the perfect ending for your holiday getaway. Packages are available from February 9, 2012 through February 19, 2012.

This romantic package includes:

» Luxurious overnight accommodations
» A bottle of Champagne with chocolate covered strawberries
» Breakfast for two, available either through In-Room Dining or the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille
» Complimentary valet parking
» A pair of monogrammed bathrobes

*Please click here to book online or call the hotel direct at 1-800-752-7077 to secure the Valentine's Escape package.

Valentine's Dinner Dance

A Special Dinner Event

Champagne is for more than just toasting! Chef Daniel Bruce once again shows his rare talents with his perfectly matched, all-Champagne dinner featuring wines from Charles Heidsieck, including their signature 2002 Rare Millésime. This is a perfect opportunity to share a romantic evening of live music and dancing, coupled with incredible wine and food.

» Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
» Time: Dinner at 7:00 p.m. at the Wharf Room
» Price: $195

Valentine's Brunch

A Special Brunch Event

Join us at our beautiful waterfront location for a fantastic finale to our Valentine's weekend. Enjoy our favorite Piper Heidsieck Champagne and the view of Boston Harbor, while listening to live piano music and savoring the extensive buffet offerings of Chef Daniel Bruce.

» Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012
» Time: Brunch reservations between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m at the Atlantic Room
» Price: $75
 

Valentine's Tea

» Please call the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille to make reservations at 617-856-7744

Valentine's Tea at the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille

A Special Event

Snuggle up with a loved one in the luxurious setting of the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille for a romantic, afternoon Valentine’s Tea. Enjoy this exquisite celebration featuring premier Champagne, savory miniature sandwiches and decadent petit fours. Relax to musical selections by a harpist as you gaze upon the Harbor.

» Dates: February 11th & 12th and 18th & 19th, 2012
» Time: Served Daily 2:30pm - 4:30pm
» Price: Adults $45.00 | Children (under 10) $25.00

Please call the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille to make reservations at 617-856-7744 or online at OpenTable.com

 
 
 

23rd Annual Boston Wine Festival

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23rd Annual Boston Wine Festival

A Special Event

The Boston Harbor Hotel proudly celebrates the 23rd annual Boston Wine Festival.

Chef Daniel Bruce, founder of the nation's longest running wine and food series, continues the tradition of presenting exceptional food and wine pairings as we continue the Festival's third decade in our luxurious waterfront setting. For tickets and a schedule of wine festival events, please visit www.bostonwinefestival.net.

 
 
 

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The Spa at Rowes Wharf

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The Spa at Rowes Wharf invites guests to experience a complete range of services at one of the most luxurious health and fitness centers in New England, where state-of-the-art facilities, innovative treatments, and pampering service converge. The Spa offers a host of natural treatments including massage, facials, body treatments, manicure and pedicure. We also provide a variety of fitness programming and personal training in a facility that is furnished with the latest in exercise equipment. The Spa includes a full sized, mineral-based lap pool and oversized whirlpool. Whether you aim to enhance the body or soothe the mind, the Spa at Rowes Wharf is designed to accommodate your every wish.

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Chardonnay Treatments

To commemorate the nation's longest running wine and food series, The Spa at Rowes Wharf is celebrating with two indulgent Chardonnay treatments.

Treat yourself to a luxurious Chardonnay Body Wrap. This serene and revitalizing treatment begins with a Chardonnay Sugar Scrub – a blend of cane sugar and shea butter. This all natural scrub exfoliates while nourishing and protecting the skin. The scrub is gently removed by a warm Vichy shower followed by a soothing Chardonnay body butter massage. The Chardonnay, lavender and rosemary increase skin hydration, leaving you with a natural glow.

» 50 minutes $150

The refreshing Chardonnay Massage melts away stress, reviving and nourishing dry winter skin using Chardonnay massage oil. Grape seed extract, jojoba, macadamia nut, avocado and coconut oils combine to help smooth, moisturize, and hydrate your skin, leaving you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

» 50 minutes $130
 
 
 

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Rowes Wharf Sea Grille

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Rowes Wharf Sea Grille

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Inventive cuisine, nautically-influenced design, and a vibrant harbor setting creates an unparalleled dining experience at the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille. The restaurant celebrates the hotel's unrivaled waterfront location. Chef Daniel Bruce, executive chef at the Boston Harbor Hotel for more than twenty years, has created a menu that features the freshest seafood, simply but artfully prepared. The harbor directly outside the windows of the Rowes Wharf Sea Grille leads to some of the richest fishing regions in the world. The menu changes frequently to reflect the best of the local catch as well as a selection of meat and vegetarian dishes.

Chocolate Bread Pudding

A Recipe from Chef Daniel Bruce - Yield: 10 ea.

For Pudding
Ingredients
1 pt. Milk
½ cup Heavy Cream
½ cup Sugar (granulated)
3 ea. Whole eggs
2 ea. Egg yolks
½ tsp. Vanilla
½ cup Melted semi-sweet chocolate (Valrona or High Quality)
Procedure
In saucepan, scald milk, add cream, remove and cool until warm.
Whisk in milk to chocolate until smooth.
In bowl, beat together eggs and sugar.
Stir in chocolate mixture and reserve.
For Chocolate Bread
Ingredients
2¼ cup Bread flour
⅓ cup Cocoa powder
¼ oz. Yeast (compressed or 1 pkg. dry)
3 tbsp. Brown sugar
3 tbsp. Granulated Sugar
¾ tsp. Salt
5 oz. Water
5 oz. Milk
3 tbsp. Butter
4 ea. Egg yolks
Procedure
On bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
Dissolve yeast in water warmed to 110º (not too hot as it will kill yeast).
Add in all ingredients and develop dough by hand or on dough hook for 6 minutes.
Cover bowl and let double in size.
Remove from bowl, shape into loaf and place into buttered loaf pan.
Cover in warm area until dough has risen to 2½ times in size.
Place into 350º oven and bake approximately 25 minutes until light brown.
Remove, place on rack and cool. (Yield 1 loaf)
For Sauce
Ingredients
1 cup Heavy cream
⅓ cup Semi-sweet chocolate
Procedure
In pan, bring cream to boil slightly in bowl and pour over chocolate stirring constantly until smooth. Cool.
To Assemble
Lightly butter 10 ea. ovenproof 5 oz. ramekins or soufflé molds.
Slice bread ¼ inch thick. Cut into circles large enough to cover bottom of the molds.
Pour pudding mix over bread to ¼ from top of mold.
Place onto cookie sheet with ¼ inch of water on sheet to form a water bath.
Bake at 340º until pudding is set, approximately 35 minutes.
Remove and cool.
To serve, unmold onto plate; ladle on sauce around pudding and garnish with shaved chocolate.
Note: pudding can also be served warm.
 
 
 

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Rowes Wharf Bar

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Wrap Up Your Day or Start Your Evening

General Information about the Rowes Wharf Bar

Located on the first floor of the Boston Harbor Hotel with direct access to the streets of Boston, the Rowes Wharf Bar is a casual yet refined retreat for sophisticated travelers and Boston’s professional and social sets. Its dark wood interior and classical music selections create a relaxing atmosphere perfect for wrapping up the day’s schedule or commencing the night’s festivities. Home of Boston’s most extensive selection of fine Scotches, the Rowes Wharf Bar is stocked with more than forty different varieties, both blended and single malt alike.

 
 
 

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Fairy Tale Weddings

Celebrate at the Boston Harbor Hotel

Create memories to last a lifetime. The Boston Harbor Hotel can offer it all for your special day. Every season of the year, there is no more scenic locale: The Boston Harbor Hotel can create a celebration for you that captures your sense of style whether it's city chic or seaside casual. Every detail can be crafted to reflect your dreams for your wedding day.

To speak with one of our wedding specialists, please email catering@bhh.com or call 617-439-7000, extension 5200.

 
 
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About the Boston Harbor Hotel
The Boston Harbor Hotel is Boston’s landmark waterfront hotel. Located at historic Rowes Wharf, the building features a dramatic archway and domed rotunda. The building is considered an architectural treasure and is one of the most photographed buildings in New England. The hotel is the recipient of the Forbes Travel Guide Five Star Award. It is a member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts, as part of the luxury international collection. For additional information, please visit our website at www.bhh.com.

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About Pyramid Hotel Group
The Boston Harbor Hotel is managed by Pyramid Hotel Group LLC. Founded in 1999, this Boston-based, full-service hotel company develops, manages and owns a collection of landmark properties throughout the United States. For more information about Pyramid Hotel Group and its affiliates, please visit the company’s website, www.pyramidhotelgroup.com.

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