Abigail’s Hotel and Skanda have partnered to offer a rare and unique experience. Sign up for one of their dynamic jewelery making classes and receive special rates when you stay at Abigail’s.

Choose from a variety of precious and one of a kind gemstones to create that perfect piece. Skanda empowers you to discover your creative side. No matter what design you choose, you’ll shine with Skanda!

Visit www.skanda.ca/classes for class dates, prices and times. Skanda can book your room at Abigail’s for you or you are free to call us directly for room availability and prices.

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The Best Pork Chops Ever!

Ingredients:

5 kg of Pork Chops – bone in
4L ice water
3/4 cups of salt
2/3 cups of sugar
1 Carrot – chopped
1 Celery Stalk – chopped
1 Onion – chopped
10 Juniper Berries – bruised
1 tbsp whole Peppercorns
1 tbsp whole All-Spice
3 Bay Leaves
1 sprig of Thyme
3 sprigs of Parsley

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients (excluding the Pork) with the ice water. Make sure all the sugar and salt dissolve completely. Add the pork chops and let it brine for 1.5 days. Remove, pat dry and BBQ!

Enjoy!
Chef Matt McGinn

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Once again Abigail’s Hotel has been voted “Best Boutique Hotel” by Victoria residents.
Every year, readers of the local Black Press newspaper, Victoria News Group, vote for their favorite spots throughout the city in their “Best of the City” edition. Abigail’s has been the proud winner in both the “Bed and Breakfast” category (which was discontinued this year) for 8 years and “Boutique Hotel” for 3 years.
The voting starts in March and ends in April. Winners were announced at the gala event in June.

Thank you to everyone who voted for us this year!

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Summer is in full swing at Abigail’s, and although the weather has been slightly cooler than normal, we are enjoying a very busy season. Our little family has increased as we welcome some new faces to the team: Kelly Clark and Colleen Weaver have joined our Front Desk team while Alice Vinden, Kristi Leon, Matt Stanley and Felicia Cope have all joined us in Housekeeping. They couldn’t have joined us at a busier time and so far, all still have smiles on their faces and are doing a fabulous job!

We are also embarking on some very exciting changes. After 25 years of using our trademark water colour logo, we have decided it is time to refresh the look of Abigail’s to better reflect who we are and where we are heading. Over the last few months, we have been busy designing a new website, logo, photography and collateral which we hope will give us a new way to tell our story.

We are very excited about these upcoming changes and although things may look a little different, we remain true to the things which make Abigail’s so special and unique – our guests and providing first class service in an elegant yet comfortable surrounding.

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The busy summer season has begun at Abigail’s and we are all looking forward to a successful few months. There are some exciting changes in store for the hotel. Last month we had new photography taken of all the guestrooms, public spaces and exterior, by photographer Alec Watson. We are in the development stages of refreshing our brand, which will include a new logo, website and Marketing collateral, plus many technological improvements including a new website booking engine.

As Hotels tirelessly strive to gain new business, we at Abigail’s, would like to thank our past and repeat guests who have helped make Abigail’s what it is today. We’d like to celebrate these guests with a chance to win a 2 night stay in one of our Honeymoon Rooms! Tell us your most memorable experience while staying at Abigail’s and you will be entered into a draw. The winner will be announced in July.

Enter by fax, email or mail. All entries must be received by June 30, 2010.

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