07/20/2026
Hi everyone — it's been quiet here for a while, and that's on me. Between reopening the B&B and all the behind-the-scenes work that comes with it, posting kept sliding down the list. I'm going to try to do better about sharing what's happening at Woodruff Manor.
To start, I wrote something I've been wanting to write for a while: the story of how Javier and I actually found this house. It turns out he used to drive past it as a teenager, years before either of us knew it would be ours. There's also a little bit about the geography of this stretch between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes — why this particular sliver of land has been good for growing things since long before we got here.
If you're curious, I put it up on our new blog: https://woodruffmanorbnb.com/blog/2026-05-between-two-lakes.html
More to come — thank you for sticking with us. 🍇🏡
Some places choose you. I have loved the Finger Lakes since childhood — not in an abstract way, but in the specific, sensory way that stays with you. Camping at Buttermilk Falls and Robert Treman State Park with my family, hiking the gorges, the smell of water on wet rock and forest floor, the pin...
