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I think I can use the word "CAMP" !!
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london1967) posts will already have seen some images from this "Tea Room" we visited last evening near Covent Garden on our way to the theatre, but I thought I'd post one or two more. The two main members of staff, a very slim lady-of-a-certain-age and an easy-on-the-eye young man, both spoke with French accents with only added to the "chi-chi-ness" of the place ! I loved it, and had the best mille-feuille in years (though I would have like a thin layer of raspberry jam included to give it a 10/10+).
Before we went here we'd had dinner in the Crypt Cafe at St Martin's-in-the-Field and whilst I was waiting for Franco to arrive spotted an exhibition that had, sadly, just finished.... however, the "Introduction" was still on display........
Maybe it's just me, but my "gaydar" was working overtime looking at the faces....... and, looking more closely, I saw all the guys except one have facial hair....
The Joe Orton play "What The Butler Saw" carried on the "CAMP" of the evening....including a bit of full-frontal male and a gasp from the audience - priceless !!
this i the one I made for our Royal Wedding tea party
as was this touch of Anglo-Americanism.....
Red Velvet Cupcakes in Union Jack cases... later turned into "Butterfly Buns" with buttery cream-cheese frosting.
Tea & Traviata !
Nov. 10th, 2010 05:17 pmAs everyone knows, afternoon tea is one of my favourite things, and it just so happens that one of my most favourite operas is La Traviata, so imagine my joy and suprise when I found this !!
It's been sunny today, though very chilly (around 6 - 7C at best), so I managed to get some more bulb-planting and pottering done in the garden and some errands......... so not ALL day was spent on YouTube !! LOL
Just My Cup of Tea !!
Nov. 5th, 2010 07:00 pmWhen we were in Copenhagen we decided to visit A.C.Perch's Tea Shop, the oldest of it's type in Europe (apparently). It looked almost Dickensian and small. There was a notice for the Tea Room, which turned out to be quite secluded, bu wonderful. Through a side door in an archway between buildings and on the floor above the shop we found it. The entrance looked almost like going into someone's apartment !
As it was my actual birthday, it seemed silly not to celebrate with afternoon tea and a glass of bubbly, even though it was really lunch time !! But, you know us and sweet treats !!
Dainty finger sandwiches followed by buttermilk scones with lemon curd, fruit preserve and clotted cream, and little sponge confections of raspberry and passion fruit................. who could resist !! Earl Grey tea and a glass of Crement.
Tea-making at it's most elegant !
and the half-way mark !!
(Hopefully) Homeward Bound
Jun. 14th, 2010 06:53 pmHopefully, Franco (london1967) is winging his way back from Turin as I type (Italian thunderstorm permitting). It seems ages since I've seen him, 4 days, and I can't wait to have him home, although as he took his laptop I have been able to keep up with (some of) his activities !!
Here is a picture from last week, having tea and cake(s) in Princi, Soho, with Mike from Atlanta.......
they have a "groovy" window box built out from the front window, displaying different goodies every day
Here he is enjoying a cuppa in the Brighton Pavilion recently
