Tea, Anyone?

Okay, so this picture is five years old, it still makes me laugh.My best friend was home visiting from California, so she, Mom, my niece (she looks so little!), and my friend Cindy and I all went to tea at this sweet Victorian-inspired Tea Hive up in Newton. The kind of tea room that provides hats for those so inclined.
And so we posed.
Nobody told me we were supposed to be doing the “formal” thing, and so I’m just grinning at the camera, but hey . . . it was just such a fun day. We dropped Dawn off at her brother’s house on the way home, with the three in the back seat being silly, singing along with Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and other songs on the mix-cd I had playing. And when I say “Silly,” I mean “Rocking the car with laughter.”
Great day. Silly picture. Super memories.
Come to think of it, I haven’t been out to Tea in ages . . . And, do you know, I just saw this great tea room (with samples!) over at Teresa’s . . . so close to Rhinebeck, and I didn’t know! Of course, the Upper Crust in Boonton is fabulous (not to mention a whole lot closer). There’s just something nice about going to tea, don’t you think? It’s been a year since I’ve been . . . pity they’re both closed on my birthday, huh?
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You know, I’ve never been to a tea room. I’m going to have to try it some time.
I’ve quite enjoyed reading this post while sipping my cup of Irish Breakfast!
You’ve tried Sally Lunds in Chester for tea?
My mother wants to have a tea party in a tea room for her birthday in January, so I googled “tearooms” and good grief. There’s a directory of them! They include merchants like Peet’s but it’s a huge list!
You guys looks so cute!
Great hats! :o)