country inn

Rockville, Maryland-based Choice operates nearly 7,500 hotels in 46 countries, including brands such as Radisson, Country Inn & Suites, and Cambria Hotels.

"You only had to stay at the bar until late at night or stop at a country inn to hear about so-and-so who'd uncovered a Villanovan tomb with his tractor."

There, she taught adult writing courses and took odd jobs, including pouring tea for guests at a country inn.

For 30+ years, her 1992 cookbook from the Arkansas country inn has shared the spirit and flavors of the old farmhouse in Eureka Springs, the town dubbed “Where the Misfit Fits.”

A contemporary take on the old-school country inn, Blue Rock emerged in October from a year-and-a-half-long, $2 million makeover.