WowiZowi goes to the Guidry Estate in Luisiana.

We sure found out why Innkeepers Lyn and Ken Guidry named their Louisiana bed and breakfast 'Maison D' Memoire', because this place will surely make for some amazing memories, indeed. Thier huge, multi-acre grounds are gorgeously landscaped complete with a private lake with a bridge crossing over it, and many gardens. We told Ken he should put in a golf course around the lake as there is so much open area of fresh mown lawns.

We strolled around the lake and crossed the bridge at sunset and the sweet smell of the many trees filled the air... we sat there on the bridge, such a romantic place to be.

It's the porches that we really loved, every cottage has it's own where you can sit and have your breakfast, prepared fresh daily by Lyn herself, and gaze across the grounds. Or just sit there and enjoy a quiet glass of wine in the evening... so nice!

Along with the really cool porches, the cottages are large and comfortable with kitchens in every one. Below is the Autumn Cottage kitchen, very large with everything you'd need. All the windows have views of the gardens, lawns, forest and lake. So relaxing!

We really enjoyed getting to know Ken and Lyn, whom we met for the first time at a PAII conference at Disneyland in California. Maison D' Memoire in Rayne, Luisiana, a very special place with very special Innkeepers, Lyn and Ken, we so look forward to a time to visit them without our camera gear and just enjoy the place and the innkeepers.

WowiZowi Photo team heads to Napa to the Beazley's BnB

WowiZowi had the great honor to go to the Beazley House in Napa to photograph their rooms for their updated website being built by their son-in law. It was great to get to spend some time with Jim and Carol whom we met years ago at CABBI. They are truely awesome people and their inn is a work of art, the rooms are simply amazing.
Their 11 rooms offer everything you might need, super clean and spacious with all the great amenities... and just a minute's stroll into downtown Napa.

Shooting the rooms was a real treat, Jim and Carol we're right there to help us with whatever we needed to get the great shots. Their breakfasts are huge and delicious... so no one goes away hungry. Wine and cheese in the front room in the evening was a real treat, too, and we met some real fun folks who were staying there for their yearly visit to the Wine Country, all the way from Florida.

Jim and Carol's daughter, Sonja, was right there at the door when we arrived and she took great care of us the entire time, we surely fell in love with this family and will be looking forward to returning someday soon!

Whenever in the Napa Valley area, be sure to stop in at the Beazely House, you'll be glad you did! We thank everyone there for the extreme hospitality and their generous nature and can't wait to see them again soon!

Wowi Zowi returns to Ferndale to photograph the new VI Restaurant

The WowiZowi Photography team is at it again! This time up in Ferndale where we get to visit our good friends Lowell and Jenny who recently took over and rebuilt the restaurant which resides inside their Victorian Inn. Previously Curleys, Lowell and Jenny have put their talents together and the new revised restaurant is better than ever. It is now the VI Restaurant and it's beautiful and the food is outstanding!

We were treated like royalty and we ate at the new restaurant for every meal we were up there and we can't say enough about the chef and his amazing creations. The new dining room is elegant and spacious and the service is spot on!
The dessert creations not only taste great but look incredible as well. It was great to shoot these beautiful sweet treats because we get to eat them as well! MMMMMMM, just look at these guys!

The menu has got something for everyone's palate, so if you're ever in the area, stop in for a great meal and stay there at the Inn, it is quite a treat!

Great steaks, chicken, veal, seafood, vegetable dishes, we had them all, they are really going all out to satisfy. Yum, we're gonna need to come back soon to visit Lowell and Jenny and the rest of the VI crew and sit down to some fabulous food! Be sure to check out their new restaurant website at http://virestaurant.com/ and say hello!