Back from the covid fog......
Long ago and far away, I was writing on this blog to keep in touch with past guests and to let potential guests glean an understanding...
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- Jan 16, 2020
Coming soon: our first Gufler Mansion baby......
Stephanie and Caleb Brooks were the first couple courageous enough to book a wedding at the Gufler Mansion during the summer of 2017. We...
Gufler Mansion
- Nov 30, 2019
Talent from San Francisco visits Emporia
Robin and Carlos were performing in Tulsa and made a small detour to visit Ross at the Cross House in Emporia as they traveled to...
Gufler Mansion
- Nov 30, 2019
Friendsgiving...
Hope for the future has a friendsgiving at the Gufler Mansion! Polite, thoughtful, communicative, energetic and hungry these five young...
Gufler Mansion
- Nov 11, 2019
'51 Panhead comes for an overnight
We had a recent "empty nester" couple come to Emporia from Johnson County to visit their daughter who is attending ESU and they arrived...
Gufler Mansion
- Oct 2, 2019
Growing bananas in Kansas
Banana trees grew very well this past summer-the neighbors tell me better than most years and as a result, we have some baby bananas...
Gufler Mansion
- Sep 19, 2019
Women's bike camp
For the second year, we have the privilege of hosting many of the participants of the DK Women's Bike Camp. The women's camp has been...
Gufler Mansion
- Sep 12, 2019
Roots....
Sometime in the first year of our ownership of the mansion, Betty Stevens contacted us. Betty is one of the few remaining grandchildren...
Gufler Mansion
- Sep 6, 2019
Help arrives.....
One of the joys of our Gufler Mansion experience is our interaction with college students as workers in the mansion. After over three...
Gufler Mansion
- Sep 5, 2019
No Coast Film Festival in Emporia!
This past weekend, the Gufler Mansion hosted Tim DeZarn, lead actor in Buckshot, a movie written and directed by Josh Smith, one of...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 27, 2019
Help continued..
As I mentioned in the July 3 post, we have had a number of talented ESU students help us with all the work the mansion demands. We were...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 27, 2019
Wedding style......
Over the last three years, the mansion has hosted everything from a wedding proposal through all the usual pre-wedding events, the actual...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 26, 2019
Gufler Mansion hosts our 1st Quinceanera!
Perla is such a delightful young woman as she seems to light up every room she enters and is so excited about her life. For her 15th...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 19, 2019
Sunken garden at the wedding reception
I wanted to show where the wedding reception was to be held in the courtyard east of the mansion and somehow the sunken garden just...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 19, 2019
Wedding on the front lawn
Our first wedding on the front lawn took place this weekend. The bride was able to get dressed and "decorated?" (I believe that...
Gufler Mansion
- Aug 6, 2019
Food.....
Last week Susan gave a talk at ESU on food literacy. Her background in nutrition and years of working with food in various capacities...
Gufler Mansion
- Jul 9, 2019
Athletic success!
We have had the pleasure of hosting a number of top athletes at our mansion and have been surprised at the seemingly steady flow of...
Gufler Mansion
- Jul 3, 2019
Help!?
One of the realities that greeted us soon after starting the Gufler Mansion business was the work, the never ending work. Yes, we...
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