The Week contest: Lighthouse B&B
This week's question: The federal government is giving away 10 free lighthouses it no longer needs, since GPS now helps keep ships from running aground. What would you call a lighthouse bed and breakfast?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Cheap wine
RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: "Seabnb"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
SECOND PLACE: "Rise 'n' Shine"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
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THIRD PLACE: "Crash Here!"
Stuart Gibson, Reston, Virginia
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Salty Towers"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Davy Jones's Penthouse"
Ted Burrowes, Lexington, Virginia
"Beacon and Eggs"
Hunter Burgan, Los Angeles, California
"Inn Candescent"
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
"Seabnb"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
"Light Sleeper"
Mary Oberfoell, Monticello, Iowa
"Keeper's Sleeper"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Winkin, Blinkin, and Nosh"
David Zolet, Columbia, Maryland
"Let the Light Inn"
Evelyn Eman Delmar, Northbrook, Illinois
"Airbnbeam"
Rivky Mayefsky, Brooklyn, New York
"The Fog Prince"
Bruce Frohman, Modesto, California
"Get Up and Glow"
Karen Dabney, State College, Pennsylvania
"Jim's Beam"
Barbara Hanson, Surfside Beach, South Carolina
"When My Ship Comes Inn"
Tomas Nakada, San Francisco, California
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