Flowers and Fairies

You are invited to tea in Emma Lee's garden:

Welcome to the garden tea party and enjoy the lovely day - sunshine with a cool breeze in the air.

Emma served tea with her new floral dishes. (I know one person that will recognize these plates :). Her tablescape featured flowers, fairies and "fairy dust."

                                                            Fairy garden & a lovely cup of Earl Gray

We had two special guests. This is Jackie's little guy - Connor and Emma's dog - Sydney.

  

 Tiffany and Emma

 

Fruit bowl - who says we don't eat healthy at tea party?

Here comes the carbs:  

 tomato pesto panini

coconut and lemon poppy seed bread

blueberry scones

shortbread cookies

Enjoying the day

The whole group: Connor, Tiff, Emma, me, and Jackie.

 jalapeno Gruyere pasta and fairy cakes.

Emma has lots of cute mini gardens - this one even has a little pepper plant.

What's this? I spy gnomes and a Hamm's beer sign = a gnome beer garden.

Barry has a garden too!

Abuzz with a New Tearoom

On Monday I travelled to Salt Lake City for an evening work event. After getting checked in to my hotel, it was time for a late lunch. My hotel was literally on the same block as the Beehive tearoom - how convenient! 

Look close...do you notice anything different about this tea shop window?

They have a patio, yes, but that's not it. Keep looking...Barry this one's for you...

They serve beer!

 This was a multi-purpose tea shop catering to many crowds and it was literally abuzz when I arrived. They actually had a library of wedding books and a bride to be was there with friends. Andrea - this pic is for you as you are the chai connoisseur - they claim to have the best in SLC. 

 

It's a bit Alice in Wonderland - which way should I go? Lots of little rooms - I dined in the Chinese Lantern room.

 They have a seriously cute counter and displays.

 They also have these adorable cups and saucers for sale. I came home with a T-shirt.

It was not high tea time so I enjoyed a tomato cream cheese croissant with potato salad. By the time my food arrived, it was quiet, just me and my own little tearoom.

 

 I sipped their "Beehive Cream and Honey" black tea - so good I bought some to bring home and a seriously amazing lemon poppy seed cake as noticed by the nibble.

 And here's a silly picture of me drinking the tea.

Have you ever seen a music video filmed in a tearoom? Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNAeMxu7bBE&feature=player_embedded

I thought it was very cool! You get a good look around the tearoom too!

 Finally, one block away, I noticed this establishment: 

Hmm, I wonder if there is a connection? The wives can send the men down the street.