Halsey House Bed & Breakfast

02/16/2025

What a fantastic idea for your next party. A silhouette artist to create a treasured memento of the occasion. These were made of The Davids last night on Valentine's Day during the cocktail hour before a dinner.

09/28/2022

The foliage change is just beginning. Happy Autumn Equinox! Here is a sneak peek of what's to come later this season.
Photo credit

06/29/2021

"The Davids" are deeply humbled and tremendously honored to have been nominated for the Good Morning America Inspiration List during Pride Month by 6-ABC Philadelphia meteorologist Adam Joseph ...

To see the full list and read the stories, visit goodmorningamerica.com

04/24/2020

To all our wonderful friends and guests who've enjoyed time in Trumansburg with us at Halsey House, you know of our love of Hazelnut Kitchen. If you stayed with us at Halsey House, you most likely dined there too. Please read the post below and consider a donation during these unusual times .... The Davids and the Hazelnuts, thank you.

12/25/2019

A snowman appeared as the snow was melting at Taughannock Falls

Frosty the snowman has a great view of Taughannock Falls. Photo by Peter Lechowsky‎, New York Nature Lovers.

08/01/2019

Cayuga Lake at sunset from our good friends at Bright Leaf Vineyard, a new Vineyard producing some excellent wines. .

A beautiful ending to our Wednesday night concert 😊 Come by and see the best sunset view on the east side of the lake!

07/06/2019

Paleontological Research Institution publishes “Smith Woods: The Environmental History of an Old Growth Forest Remnant in Central New York State.”

02/26/2019

Why, oh why, didn't we have this enlarged and on the wall at Halsey House from Day 1. Great fun.

Dave Blake learned to make the most divine gluten-free muffins because when we started out, we bought them and they were as hard as any baseball. Dreadfully dry, without taste. His became somewhat "famous" and even people who weren't gluten-free adored them.

01/11/2019

In the past weeks, we have thought a lot about you, the lovely people who have been guests in our home; especially those who’ve returned time and again and become our friends. We hope you had a joyous holiday season and will have a happy and healthy new year.

As 2018 began to wrap up, The Davids also began to think about our years at Halsey House and what the future might hold. The realization that “we aren’t getting any younger,” has become all too evident.

And, although we’ve loved every moment of living at Halsey House, and opening our home to you, there is a downside.

By way of examples, we have two adorable grandchildren; one born in July and the other in September. As a result, July and September being busy months during “the season” in the Finger Lakes, we’ve missed every birthday.

As avid kayakers, one would think, living less than two miles from Cayuga Lake, we’d be enjoying it regularly. Alas, since operating a bed and breakfast, there has simply been no time. Not once have our kayaks hit the water. Such is the life of an innkeeper.

With the success of David Wren’s book, "Ardrossan: The Last Great Estate on the Philadelphia Main Line," published in 2017 by Bauer and Dean, and the new offers he is getting … and David Blake yearning to have greater expression in the culinary arts, we find ourselves at a stalemate and have decided it is time to chart a different course.

Indeed, it is bittersweet to be making this decision. We have enjoyed every minute of our time here, and as you are aware, we know how to throw a good party … but the day has come to close the business.

Please stay in touch by following us on Facebook. We are keeping both pages – “Halsey House Bed & Breakfast” and “The Davids” – up and active.

Look for news of our big new adventure soon. Until then, stay happy and healthy and know that you make up some of our fondest memories.

The Davids, Blake and Wren

12/31/2018

Need time away? Always stay at a true B&B for a relaxing good time and great food and note, most AirB&Bs are not true B&Bs.

12/25/2018

Halsey House and the Davids wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays...may the new year bring you peace and daily joy