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  Manager Lisa Mears
 

Lisa is a world traveler and a multi-linguist fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French. She has spent considerable time in the Amazon region of South America and has explored the southern the jungles of India.

  When not managing The Whistler's Inn she substitute teaches at local high schools. She is a professional artist and photographer and enjoys cooking the many dishes of which are served to our guests at The Whistler's Inn.

 

     
  Owners Joan & Richard Mears
 

Joan and Richard Mears, a Renaissance couple, are world travelers, writers, artists and bon vivants. The couple met in 1962 at J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in New York City where Richard was a T.V. producer and Joan worked in copywriting. Richard is retired from his investment firm in San Francisco, and Joan from teaching high school English and art in Marin County, California

Their love of the arts, music and literature is reflected in the eclectic decor of their inn. Richard is a published writer (Ebb of the River, Simon & Schuster) and has recently completed a science fiction novel, Anubis Rex. Joan has just completed her first novel, a historical fiction, For God, Honor and Country.

Their love of books is reflected in their library where they have in excess of 4000 volumns throughout the house.The music room features a Steinway grand where sometimes guests and musician friends give impromptu concerts. A display of the couple's travel photographs, paintings and artifacts collected from around the world add a personal touch to this home of a creative family. The Mears family have received guests at Whistler's Inn for over 27 years, the longest operating inn in Lenox. When asked about their success in a business where a norm of attrition is seven years, they say"It's the people - the people we meet from around the world. Where else can you meet 30 or more people on a given day with so much knowledge, experience and wisdom? At breakfast it's like a classroom of scholars enjoying the morning and discussing every topic imaginable."