¡Laura and Steve te da la bienvenida!
The Shackteau is named for the concept of a grand gathering space with fabulous food and wine, nestled into rustic Maine charm. We are your hosts, Laura & Steve Bowden. We are a straight couple with many friends and family in the LGBTQ+BIPOC community.
As with so many of us, the pandemic inspired us to transform "things we want to do someday" into "things we will do right now." Because life is short.
We both spent over 20 years in corporate America before semi-retiring. With The Shackteau, we are laying the foundation for a post-retirement career more aligned with our values and interests - and hopefully putting some good into the world while we’re at it! In 2017 we purchased 6 acres on a lake in Maine with the idea of turning it into a family camp. We thought “someday” we might run a hospitality business which would allow us to retire with a different kind of lifestyle: Hosting in the warm months and traveling in the cold months.
It’s been a rollercoaster getting to this point. Two kids graduated from college. A daughter got married and moved to Freeport area in Maine; we were nearly scammed out of our house budget by an an unscrupulous builder; couldn’t get a new builder for over a year; our pre-covid request to adopt 2 miniature horses came through in the middle of covid and we didn’t have a barn; and of course the Pandemic was a challenge all around.
But then an early retirement buy-out from Laura's job in financial services was the icing on the cake. And in the fall of 2021 we sold our historic South Boston home and started our next chapter!
We are two people who have loved traveling abroad. Steve was born in France and Laura in Wisconsin, but we have lived in Boston for the majority of our lives. We love food, wine and cycling; animals, nature and holidays (especially Halloween). We love providing hospitality in the form of cooking for the multitudes. Steve makes Cake-Boss-style cakes. We host an annual holiday party where Steve constructs an enormous gingerbread house modeled after famous architecture and everyone we know comes to decorate it. We host an annual 20+ person outdoor sit-down dinner over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We ran successful 2-unit lodging in Boston (you know the name of that one, but it gets deleted from profiles) and are addicted to sharing stories over wine with complete strangers. We participated in a local non-profit that matches Boston medical patients to free lodging when they could not afford to stay in the Boston area, and a similar non-profit for cross-country cyclists. We like to have fun!
The Shackteau is a labor of love.
We are here to serve. So hope you're hungry.
The Shackteau is named for the concept of a grand gathering space with fabulous food and wine, nestled into rustic Maine charm. We are your hosts, Laura & Steve Bowden. We are a straight couple with many friends and family in the LGBTQ+BIPOC community.
As with so many of us, the pandemic inspired us to transform "things we want to do someday" into "things we will do right now." Because life is short.
We both spent over 20 years in corporate America before semi-retiring. With The Shackte...
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Porque albergamos a la comunidad de viajeros gay más grande del mundo, queremos asegurarnos de que todos nuestros usuarios sean bienvenidos dondequiera que vayan. Hoy en día, existe una fuerte demanda de apartamentos enteros a nivel mundial. Con la finalidad de que puedas viajar y sentirte bienvenido en cualquier lugar, además de nuestros anfitriones gay-friendly hemos seleccionado agencias que ofrecen apartamentos en ciudades de todo el mundo.
Ahora, puesto que nuestra razón de ser es servir a la comunidad LGBT, exigimos a todas las agencias que colaboran con nuestra misión que reafirmen su postura abierta y tolerante para con nuestra comunidad y que acepten los siguientes estatutos:
- Marcar esta casilla certifica que la dirección y el personal de la agencia acogen a todas las personas sin distinción de su orientación sexual o identidad o expresión de género.
- Además, aceptas actuar en contra de los comportamientos homófobos y transfóbicos y garantizar un entorno positivo y acogedor para nuestros huéspedes
- La agencia trabajará con actitud educada y sin perjuicios para garantizar una estancia sin inconvenientes a su clientela LGBT (información, seguridad, calidad de servicio y discreción).
Stay like a gay local y siéntete bienvenido allá donde vayas - misterb&b
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¡Laura and Steve te da la bienvenida!
The Shackteau is named for the concept of a grand gathering space with fabulous food and wine, nestled into rustic Maine charm. We are your hosts, Laura & Steve Bowden. We are a straight couple with many friends and family in the LGBTQ+BIPOC community.
As with so many of us, the pandemic inspired us to transform "things we want to do someday" into "things we will do right now." Because life is short.
We both spent over 20 years in corporate America before semi-retiring. With The Shackteau, we are laying the foundation for a post-retirement career more aligned with our values and interests - and hopefully putting some good into the world while we’re at it! In 2017 we purchased 6 acres on a lake in Maine with the idea of turning it into a family camp. We thought “someday” we might run a hospitality business which would allow us to retire with a different kind of lifestyle: Hosting in the warm months and traveling in the cold months.
It’s been a rollercoaster getting to this point. Two kids graduated from college. A daughter got married and moved to Freeport area in Maine; we were nearly scammed out of our house budget by an an unscrupulous builder; couldn’t get a new builder for over a year; our pre-covid request to adopt 2 miniature horses came through in the middle of covid and we didn’t have a barn; and of course the Pandemic was a challenge all around.
But then an early retirement buy-out from Laura's job in financial services was the icing on the cake. And in the fall of 2021 we sold our historic South Boston home and started our next chapter!
We are two people who have loved traveling abroad. Steve was born in France and Laura in Wisconsin, but we have lived in Boston for the majority of our lives. We love food, wine and cycling; animals, nature and holidays (especially Halloween). We love providing hospitality in the form of cooking for the multitudes. Steve makes Cake-Boss-style cakes. We host an annual holiday party where Steve constructs an enormous gingerbread house modeled after famous architecture and everyone we know comes to decorate it. We host an annual 20+ person outdoor sit-down dinner over Indigenous People’s Day weekend. We ran successful 2-unit lodging in Boston (you know the name of that one, but it gets deleted from profiles) and are addicted to sharing stories over wine with complete strangers. We participated in a local non-profit that matches Boston medical patients to free lodging when they could not afford to stay in the Boston area, and a similar non-profit for cross-country cyclists. We like to have fun!
The Shackteau is a labor of love.
We are here to serve. So hope you're hungry.
