I have so many tea-time memories with my niece!  I can chronicle her life in tea stories.  Such a blessing to me, and hopefully her!  Here...

 Happy Summer Solstice 2017! "I am summer, come to lure you away from your computer...come dance on my fresh grass, dig your toes ...

I recently met my family in Chicago, for a weekend of fun. The highlight for me was afternoon tea at the American Girl store.  I wasn...

It's one of those small world things... a good friend of mine has another friend who happens to be starting a tea biz.  Old friend int...

Architect Kengo Kuma in front of  the Jordan Schnitzer Japanese Arts Learning Center It's an exciting and important weekend here in...

Shiuwen Tai of Floating Leaves Tea in Pinglin, Taiwan It is from Shiuwen that I have learned the most about Oolong tea, particularly T...

T oday I would like to introduce you to Jennifer Brenner . She is leading the effort to bring a tea festival to Portland, and I am so exc...

For International Women's Month, I am featuring some of the hard-working and cool women who are leading the cause of tea. I'm star...

Sometimes when I'm drinking tea alone, I will pour a second cup and invite someone special to join me in spirit. This time, I invit...

I recently had the chance to spend a lovely hour and a half at   Shakespeare Corner Shoppe & Afternoon Tea in San Diego . You might...

 Here's another version of "iced tea!"  :-)  The Pacific Northwest has had quite the number of winter weather events this...

I've decided that I need moments of creativity every day, or at least nearly every day.  They can be spontaneous. They can be b...

Beautiful views of the interior garden at the Toraya Cafe One of my favorite experiences while in Kyoto was wandering little streets,...