Happy Halloween! I hope you are enjoying the mystery and fantasy of this day! It is one of my absolute favorite holidays. I carved this pu...

The Scene Opulence is a word that comes to mind when I think about afternoon tea at the Drake hotel . A s my Chicago tea travelers and I app...

I've just returned from the Chicago tea trip. Let me tell you, my tea traveling companions tea-partied me under the table! We had a grea...

I'm heading out tomorrow for a girls' weekend to Chicago. I'm so excited! We're going to hit several tea spots, including te...

Just a year ago, I wrote about the pleasures of fall and the pain of watching smart, interesting, hard-working colleagues leave the company ...

This week and next will be the height of the fall colors in my little part of the Midwest. And Wow - what a year! I didn't think it woul...

Photo by Anna Pieka Valentine The shimmery thread appears before my eyes like it has conjured itself from thin air. The silky strand stretc...

The single filament appears before my eyes like it has conjured itsef from thin air. The silky thread stretches from the corner of my laptop...

My niece (2 weeks old) and I had our first tea party this weekend. :-) I look forward to many more!

Men are in short supply around the typical American tea room, and this is something that I hope changes! My experience in London was that I ...

Frivolitea has won my tea contest . Congratulations! I had 14 participants, and I'm grateful to each one of you for responding. I enter...

Thanks to my good friend Wm, I've found a new blogging site - http://scrapblog.com It's a really interesting mix of scrapbooking an...

See this review (by Tea Guy Speaks) of a Tempe, AZ tea bar called Tea Infusion Tea Bar and Cafe .

If you were jealous of my Tea in London trip earlier this year, then heads up! Denise has posted her Tea in London 2008 itinerary . It's...

Check out this very funny video blog about making a cup of tea! (And Charlie is a cutie, too.) The video has definite laugh-out-loud potenti...

The poll results are in! Thank you for voting ! Here are the results of how you pick your daily tea. Looks like we're a moody bunch. Ha!...

Image is the masthead for this website: http://www.worldvegetarianday.org/ October 1 (today) is World Vegetarian Day , and I think it's ...

I've got two reasons to brag today: #1 - I just became an Aunt on my side of the family. Welcome baby Lola! #2 - I just ran a personal ...

I'm doing the happy dance, a rain dance! We FINALLY have cooler temps and rain. It has been a hot, dry autumn. Relief! The persimmons ar...

I've added a few new blog elements: * A survey on the right (temporary) * A listing of labels (Tea, Simplify, Garden, etc.) so that you ...