It’s that wonderful time of year for celebrating! Thanksgiving offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect on our many blessings. Hanukkah and Christmas usher in those long awaited, and much planned for, special times spent with family and friends. If part of your celebrating includes gift giving, you are in luck. The following new [...]

Relaxed summer schedules offer a simply superb time to enjoy tea parties.  One of the most popular themes features the imaginative adventures of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice-in-Wonderland.” If you find yourself wanting to plan your own whimsical version of this themed summer tea, you are in luck. While a plethora of ideas abound for an Alice-in-Wonderland [...]

DAINTY DINING Vintage recipes, memories and memorabilia from America’s department store tea rooms by Angela Webster McRae With the months of May and June come a flurry of special occasions, most notably Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, and weddings.  As each of these festive celebrations are opportunities for gift giving, you will be pleasantly surprised [...]