Cole Porter's Birthplace Now a B & B

We are still reading my Travel Journal and will go back to Peru, Indiana. When there last September, we discovered the picturesque home of Cole Porter.

WHAT? Way out here?

Where did I imagine a talent would emerge? Now, being here, one can understand how his creativity could grow and be inspired by the surrounding clam.

The next house is the ouse he built for his Mother.


An "Old Fashioned Garden"

From the other side of the Wabash river we saw an amazing sight. These perfect columns were cut by the river.

In the residentual section of Peru we found the his birthplace. It opened to the public as a B&B only two weeks before we were there this year.

I LOVE B&B's with style...and they all have a story to tell.

They have his cradle... and much more.

Decorated in his memory~

Music, music, music everywhere~

Look at the bathroom...this could be a photo of the bathroom in the house where I grew up.

I LOVE his dash....his panache, his flare.


Of course, being a grandmother of 8, I notice no evidence of children that would have torn the place down and driven him nuts.
Know what I mean?

A cafe in town was a natural place for perfect lunch.

Look at the creative Cole Porter Sont Titles on menu ~ Remember any of these?

I had the "Kise Me Kate on Wheat."

Delicious! Have to say it was a very interesting small town, USA.

The Miami County Museum on their Main Street was worth my time. Will go there next blog.