First stop, Ireland – part 2
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Afternoon tea at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin
The theme of the sweet portion of the menu was inspired by Grace Kelly.
Filed: food, Scotland/Ireland 2015
First stop, Ireland – part 1
We got absolutely brilliant, warm, sunshiney weather for 75-80% of our two-week trip. I have the pink nose to prove it.
Also, have a bonus Guinness harp:
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Banff/Jasper trip 2: Afternoon tea at Lake Louise
The majority of this weekend has been spent with ze birdies either cuddled in the crook of my shoulder or napping on my lap. Aw, I missed you too, babies.
Left to right: regular version, vegetarian version, gluten-free version
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Banff road trip pics 2
Where we had our afternoon tea (which was so good!).
This is the view from our table where we were having our afternoon tea. We spent most of our time just gazing.
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Conversation snippet: Butterscotch bars
“I had no bread, and I was too lazy to make oat bran or fry eggs, so I made butterscotch bars instead.”
“Butterscotch what?”
“Butterscotch bars. You melt brown sugar and butter together, then add eggs and flour and chuck it in the oven. It comes out like hard candy. So basically I had a whole bunch of brown sugar for breakfast.”
“. . . It seems that would actually take more time and work to make than to fry an egg.”
“Yes, but the end result is so much better!”
Calamondin tree
I’ve always wanted an indoor citrus tree. This past weekend, I got one. Sweeeeeet.
It’s a calamondin tree! Kim, Corene, and Ari named it Colin. At regular intervals, we’d say, “I/you got a tree!” I still have that chanting in my head now, except to the tune of I’m On A Boat.
After I dropped the ladies off, it rustled in conversation from the backseat.
Hello, tree! It’s already budding, and originally had three fruits already ready. I’ll let you guess what happened to the third one.
I won’t let you guess for long. Kim texted me asking if I’d tried the fruit yet, so I did. I like!
I have a tree!
New Year's Eve 09
Many thanks to Ari and Corene for hosting a fantastic New Year’s Eve high tea. Grand mistresses, I salute thee.
Our lovely hostesses.
Bunnies.
That is all.
Ari, Kim, Corene, & Chantelle. After three times taking their pics and a certain someone blinking in each and every one (you know who you are), they decided to all close their eyes in solidarity.
Aaaaaand then we have to have a dog in a scarf.
I mean, it’s a given.
Afternoon tea
Yummyness was (as always) had at Shaktea!
It was a joint bday celebration for Corene and I, and my friends got me a hearty helping of a Deserres gift card! Whee! Thank you, guys!!
And I simply have to point out the following wonderful bday prezzie from Kim, made of the awesome:
Ooooh yeah. 😀
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