I finally did it! I went to an afternoon tea! And I had mine iced!

Of course, I walked into the place with my coffee in hand. (Did someone just say addict? Well come on, I hadn’t HAD any that morning! Grrrr) Chado Tea Room was this cute little business that if you blink you’ve misssed it, located on the trendy stretch of 3rd Street. Kiersten organized this ladies outing, and it came together quite well. She managed to have us all get spiffied up, though no one wore a hat and gloves.

Afternoon tea was four crustless finger sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, cookies, cake and, of course, your choice of tea. Joy and I took the iced route, we are the rebels I tells ya. I’m just not a hot tea kind of gal, never was. I wanted to ambiance, the cucumber sandwiches, the clotted cream—that’s what brought me there! But their tea pots were darling and the service was excellent (the dude took our picture! We were like tourists!). I didn’t go ga ga over any particular sandwich, and we had soooo much food, yikes! But I did enjoy the scones. Hard on just the outside, almost like a shell, but slightly warm and soft on the inside, drenched in that sweet sweet cream with strawberries…..I think my thighs just sighed.

Good food, good friends, good conversation. It was a perfectly lovely afternoon!

I should feel so sophisticated. Hmmmm, maybe I need some white gloves.