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Photos by John Spaulding . RASPBERRY; COULIS: John MacPherson prepares a raspberry sauce in the Kitchen of the Foster Harris House Bed and Breakfast.

package, which - as if the tasteful rooms, expertly prepared breakfasts and local wine weren’t enough - also include cycling tours which they began offering in 2005.

John and Diane love to cycle - John raced competitively in California - and the roads here were perfect for it, he said,

John sees an expansion of that business - called Tour d’Epicure - to include local forms in addition to the rides to various local wineries. . i,

All of this sprang from a dinner conversation in January of 2004 at a B&B in Santa Barbara, Calif

Their careers had lost their luster, and “anyplace can feel like a gilded cage when one’s career becomes dissatisfying,” they say in the opening to their book.

“We should open up a bed and breakfast,” an idea that both said “hit them like a lightning bolt,” during dinner.

They both loved good food, good wine and escapes to' romantic B&Bs. “Why do what you love only on the weekends?” they both thought

Both gave up their day jobs - John as a fireplace design studio manager, Diane as a management consultant- - to move to Virginia and buy a bed and breakfast.

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