Dear Pete, Laura and Petey-  July 1 2001

Thank you so much for helping to make our little getaway  perfect!  The guesthouse is wonderful!  You have done so much to make it comfortable.  We loved the beaches and picking cherries and Cranes. But we just loved hanging out and chasing bunnies and going through the cemetary.  And we really loved the gelato & sorbetto! WOW!

The girls say that this was the best part of the trip. Thanks for your warm hospitality in making us feel so welcome and your generosity in sharing your little house and a small piece of your days with us!

Love, George, Monique, Olivia, Emily, Sophia & #4 – Houston TX     

       Laura, Pete & Petey             7 . 22 . 01                                  

We had an awesome stay here, I am most certainly coming back! The house just screams with charm!

We wish you much success with your business, the lavender gelato rules #1

God Bless! Felipe Rosa, Angel Rivera, Pedro Hernandez, Michael Valdez

We had the most amazing weekend. I hope we did not scare you with the early morning party.  It was one of our best friend's birthday and we had to celebrate with a passion for life and love.

Michael Valdez  

Ahhh! Sanctuary in the middle of the night after a long drive from Detroit to Chicago, to here! I'm surprised I found it in the dark, but the guest house was a welcome sight after being on the road all day. David Bowie was fantastic, I'm so glad I went.  I'm looking forward to my Continued solitude here on the west coast.

Had a relaxing morning at the Pier Cove beach, (thanks Laura for the suggestion) and shopped my brains out treasure hunting for antiques.  Topped the day off by hanging out with you three, Jerry and Bubba on your porch. I know I keep saying it, but Petey is the cutest!!!  Off in search of more bounty on my way back to Detroit.

 Thanks for Everything!  I had a very pleasant stay. If you  find yourselves on the "East side' look me up. September through May you can contact me on-line at work: pmontgomery @…..

Pete, Laura, Petey,

Thank you so much, we needed this relaxing weekend. The west side of Michigan is awesome.  We had so much fun & a chance to see a lot of sights.  We went on the Kewadin tour, rode the Star of Saugatuck, ate at the Kalico Kitchen (great down home cookin')  The menu is so funny I had to take one back home to show all my hillbilly family.  Su Casa has the best mexican food I have ever had.  It was cool watchin Rick & Pat eat them oysters in a half shell. (thanx) Your fruit orchard is the bomb.  I love the old tree next to your house. All the history this place has is just so neat.  Your ice cream rocks.  Our stay here was perfect.  The gladiolas were a perfect touch.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Rick & Penny Wood  ChesterfieldTwp, MI

September 3, 2002

Thoughts as we're packing up to leave:  from Judy, Allen, Maria, Stan and Patricia – We had a great time here!  The cottage was very comfy, the gelato was great!  And the beach was good.  Just too bad there was an east wind for a couple days.

 Thanks for the a.c. unit, Pete – we used it one night when we were playing scrabble & it got hot.  Thanks Laura, for the lovely white gladiolas.  Everyone commented how beautiful they were.

 And Petey turned two while we were here – happy birthday, Petey!

 We'll head back to the city both relaxed and renewed. We hope to come again.

 Oh: the jacuzzi tub was a big hit too! Especially with Maria!!

 Thanks so much – Patricia & Stan (Grand Rapids, Mi)

Dear Pete & Laura & Petey,

Thank you for providing my daughter with a special "retro" place where they could surprise me on my 50^th birthday.  All four of us enjoyed the coziness.  We laughed and danced and talked till we were silly.  The fresh sunflowers on the kitchen table and the blackberries in the front yard were extra special.  The gelato was delicious!  Lindsay really had a great time planning this event.  God bless America!

 Julie Jarrett

                                                                 10th June 2003

It was a pleasure to meet you Laura, Pete and Petey! You've got heaven here, enjoy it!  Now we wait you in Italy as soon as possible!

Bye for now

Carlotta & Luciano

Dear Pete, Laura and Petey (too bad we didn't get to meet you too),

Thank you so much for making our weeekend in Michigan so great! Steve and I love everything, it was so homey and comfortable!  And our visits to Saugatuck, Douglas and Holland were wonderful shopping and dining (especially the blueberry strudel at Crane's - fantastic!)

Pete - thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to sit with us and answer all of our questions! Your gelato is out of this world and the cafe concepts you are offering are very exciting!  Thanks again for sending us home with a trunk full of samples - it was totally unexpected and we truly apppreciate it - we will enjoy every last bite!! Steve has some bread for you to enjoy!

Have a wonderful holiday season and we hope to talk to you again soon! Take care.

Sincerely, Steve DeCristo and Amy Winter

Why does vacation always go so fast?!  We had a wonderful time in the little retro guesthouse! Highly recommended and will be back!  Taking lots of info on Saugatuck back to family and friends in Detroit.  Thanks Laura for everything, we especially liked the antique show!  Look me up if you're ever on the East Side of the state.

Sincerely, Pat Montgomery

Hello! We had a great time. We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary.  Your cottage is great.  Very cozy, felt at home. Thank you. Will probably see you again.

Veronica and Mario San Chez

Laura & Pete,

Thank you for making our 2nd anniversary on New Year's Eve such a special occassion. The cottage is great, and Pete, the meal you cooked was outstanding! We enjoyed every bite. It was really romantic to be here in the cottage and have our meal specially prepared. When we were not relaxing in the cottage, we hung out in Saugatuck and Douglas.

Thanks again for your warm hopitality!

Maureen & Steve

January 2005

Thank you for allowing us into your home.  Richard and I had a wonderful time at Douglas and getting to know your family and friend.  Pete we love the gelato and would be proud to sell it in the Omaha area.  This trip has been helpful on getting us started on the business plan and coming up with the right product mix. Petey you are a cool little boy; we had fun watching you play and seeing your neat room! 

Kelly & Rich

February 1st-6th 2005

Sorry but I don't speak English and I don't write!!  Compliments to your family (all) and I hope to see you in Italy.  Roberto

February 1st-6th 2005

We are as at home. Our business trip has seemed shorter than usual and we have enjoyed each single day.  It has been fantastic feelings meeting all you from Palazzolo's and your friends! We hope to see you soon here or wherever, maybe in Italy and to spend more time together.

Big hugs to you...Ciao!  !Christiano!

03 Oct 2005          Dear Pete, Laura and Petey,

We are so glad to be able to stay at Maple Grove Guesthouse for the 3rd year  This is definately the best place to stay when visiting Saugatuck!

Our trip was extended an extra day due to car repair trouble - thank you so much for your hospitality!

We are glad you were able to meet our daughter Sophia (6 weeks old).  Petey has grown so much!  What a handsome little man!

We will make this our annual trip the first weekend of October (save it please)

Also planning to stay this summer with the kids. Off to go shopping in Saugatuck!

Amy, Mary, Sophia  Kristi & Gabriele

May 20 2006

How very fortunate we are that our paths have crossed with the Palazzolo's.  Your extraordinary warmth and hospitality is deeply appreciated and admired. I hope that we may have the occasion to visit you again in the near future and of course should your travels bring you close to southern Wisconsin you must let us return your generous favors.

We leave Maple Grove with many fond memories and best of all new friends.

Sincerely,

Kevin Karl, Stephen Bright and Libby Hall

08 . 24 . 06

Michele Antovski

Christian Unverzagt

&

John Comazzi

Gretchen Wilkins

(&Maggie too)

'til next time

Dear Pete and Laura,

Thank you so much for providing such a wonderful place for us to stay!  I loved the trip back to my childhood and the boys now think my era was pretty cool!

The cabin was wonderfully equipped, comfortable and so cute! The gelato was a real treat - delicious! You have a beautiful, quiet spot here and we enjoyed walking aroud the grounds.

Thanks again for your hospitality!

Connie Millar & sons Russ, Will & Patric

Dear Pete and Laura,                 May 21

I don't know if I can fully express our thanks and appreciation for you agreeably overwhelming hospitality. When we left for Michigan, I was steeling myself for what I thought was going to be a somewhat boring visit to Michigan - we only agreed to go as it was an oppurtunity to spend time with Libby.

What a complete and delightful surprise it was to meet clever, articulate, talented and passionate Palazzolo's. It was so, so kind of you , Pete, to take the time to drive us around the residential areas and give us an orientation and, Laura your personal touches in the guesthouse made it feel completely like home.

Thank you so much for dinner, libations and most of all the oppurtunity to get to know you.  We hope this visit was just the beginning of many more to come.

With fondest regards, Kevin Karl & Stephen Bright

Laura, Pete & Petey,

We had a great Parent getaway. Beautiful weather, beautiful city it was so relaxing. We picked cherrys-that was fun & we picked a lot!  We went to the shops in town, the Star of Saugatuck, went to eat at the Kaliko Kitchen they had good food, the menu was something we laughed about the whole time. But that Mexican placeSu Casa (something like that) is the best food around & cheap too, Unbelievably good for the shack that it's in, this is just an awesome place  Your ice cream is out of this world! I wish we could buy it back home!  You guys have the loveliest guest home, it has everything, I wouldn't change a thing!  Me & husband are so glad we came here it's a nice getaway from the 3 kids we have. I think we are going to try to make it a yearly thing We feel so good we deserve it. Thank you so much for letting us stay in your cozy little house we had such a great time!

God Bless! Pat & Michelle Kilian  Warren, MI

Dear Laura, Pete & Petey,

We arrived Detroit at the 24 of June. We stay there for only two nights. The next city we want to visit on our trip through Michigan was "Saugatuck".

 It was not easy to find a hotel or a bed & breakfast accommodation.  A very nice woman in a hotel said that she knows Pete and Laura and that they have a nice guesthouse.  She calls Pete and he picks us up and brings us to that really awesome place.  We saw it and we love it.

  At first we want to stay for 5 nights.  But we enjoy it so much and we stay for another couple days. 

We enjoy the surrounding and the silence and of course the hospitality from Laura and Pete.  We also enjoy a wonderful Mexican breakfast and a great dinner. Thank you again!!!

We love to relax in the wonderful great "garden", to walk to the beach, we enjoy the lake and the shops and the atmosphere in Saugatuck and the cities around.  Pete said, that we are the first international guests.  We come from Germany.  The reason we came here is the wedding of our cousin in Traverse City.  When we start our trip in Germany, we thought that this wedding would be the highlight of our vacation.

But just now we are sure that one of the best thing in the three weeks of our stay in Michigan was the fate to meet Laura, Pete and their really nice son, Petey.

 Sorry for our English, but we hope you understand the meaning of our written words.

 We really hope to stay in touch!

 God bless you all and thanks again!

Tanja & Jurgen bruek

Surderspick 27 47877 Willich Germany

 Please send email

PS  We love the "giscreme"  Ice cream

Lorrie & Ron Palm  ArlingtonHgts, Il

 Thank you for a hip place to stay – and thanks for being available when no one else is. 

Love the gelato!

Laura, Pete and Petey too -

Thanks for a lovely stay - we didn't use the pull-out sofa. but did use extra pillows in the closet.

The treats were wonderful - everyone enjoyed.

We'd like to come back again in the off-season when we're not so rushed. This was very relaxing.

Thanks again,  Lisa & Charles Ham

PS   Please don't do the rolos next time - they were too hard to resist! :)

To Pete & Laura,

Thanks for your hospitality, you kindness was sincerely appreciated.

Pete,

Thanks again for the wonderful meal and all the trouble you went to to make the night special for us.

Enjoy the dessert wine and please accept a litttle tip for the chef from us.

We'll be back! Cheers, Steve & Maureen

Pete, Laura & Petey,

Your cottage is so quaint and cozy.  The vintage decor is clean, unique and refreshing. Our stay here over the weekend let us recharge our batteries, enjoy our friends & see all the sights . We ewent to the wine tasting at Fennvalley (awesome!) the pie tasting at Cranes (delicious) and of course shopping in Saugatuck.

Thank you for all the gelato.  We enjoyed tasting the various flavors.

Hope you find homes for the 2 kittens. Petey is so cute.  I'm sure he'll learn lots more from the tooth fairy for proper brushing.

We plan on making this an annual vacation, so please keep the first weekend of October open for us. Also we'll be back with our family and friends over the summer.

Thanks, Amy, Mary, Kristi, Gabriel

To Laura, Pete and Petey too       August 2004    - our wonderful hosts -our many thanks for a grand time.  Our time here was the perfect antidote for the crazy busy time we've both had at work this summer - we caught up on reading aall the magazines that have been piling up at home, we walked through your lovely orchard and envied your wonderful life out here (!) we watched some of the olympics and now we head back to Chicago rested and renewed. So, thanks! (and special thanks for helping make Jasons 29th b-day a smash - he was so tickled by the card and yummy scones & arrangement - you guys are great!)

Happy birthdays and anniversary to you all! Jason Schrieber and Jason Loper

July 4th, 2005   Dear Laura, Pete and Petey,

I think Chafe said it best when he said, "Everything is great everywhere all the time."as we had dinner in the yard and I think it's fair to say we don't say things like that back at home.* Sitting at the kitchen table yesterday I too uttered such a sentiment - I said to Anne "Ithink we should come here for all vacations for the rest of our lives," & she agreed and from this point on over the weekend we just referred to your cottage as "Our vacation house." So - feel free to continue renting to other people but know that in our minds no such thing will be taking place.

Your gelato is rad

You kid is as sweet as your gelato, just about the most cute little man on the planet.  Petey rules.

Your cottage is overall chill and digable

"Everything is great everywhere, all the time"

We really couldn't have asked for a nicer weekend: berry picking, exploring, trampoline-ing, gelato eating, hangin' with Petey, it was just the best. That perfect weather deposit really paid off too! I would say we'll tell all of our friends about you, but that might impede our coming here whenever we want, so you're our little secret, ok?  Thanks for the incredible hospitality!

Anne, Chafe & Ruby Hensley Ben & Betsy Brandt   *well, not everyday,anyway

10 . 17 . 05

Michele Antovski

Christian Unverzagt

&

John Comazzi

Gretchen Wilkins

Tanti Auguri!  Ci Vedamo!

Pete, Laura & Petey, we can't thank you enough for allowing our family to stay in this wonderful cottage! The setup inside is so cozy and reminds me of much simpler days. We all had a very enjoyable time and wish we could extend our stay - but must return to Fla.  Thank you very much for everything (ice cream included)

Jim, Julie & Jimmy Fiske Katie, Jimmie & Jay Istill

PS Don't change a thing - your guesthouse is Perfect! A priceless memory makes!

We hope to see you again soon!

03 Oct 2004

Dear Pete, Laura & Petey,

Thank you once again for a wonderful relaxing weekend. The gelato & sorbetto were delicious!

Mary's son grew too quickly out of this cool tshirt & we thought Petey might like it.

Hope to see you again soon!  We've told several friends of your place, hope they call.

Love our weekend! Thanks, Mary & Amy

Pete & Laura - Thanks so much for the use of your guesthouse. We had a wonderful weekend! Talk to you soon.

Marty & Diane

Pete, Laura & Petey

We appreciate the kindness you showed in letting us stay at the guesthouse when our vehicle broke down.  You are truly wonderful.

Amy Lilliebridge & Mary Sykes

Hope this little token of appreciation will make Petey smile. Sorry it took so long it was on backorder. We will see you the 1st weekend in October, if not before...thanks for everything

Dear Pete, Laura & Petey

We can't thank you enough for letting us stay in your guesthouse over the 4th. The "cabin" as I call it was picture perfect!  It was so much more than we expected. - only wish we could have spent more time there in it.  I also want to thank you for allowing us to park the motorcycle and trailer near the house, that was super!

So, thanks again and we will contact you for our next trip.

Sincerely, Jim, Julie, Jimbo, Jimmy, Katie & Jay