Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Tea Time for Bloggers

Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of attending a Blogger's Tea hosted by Laura from Happy Homemaker UK
It was my first proper British Tea experience.  


Eleven lovely bloggers met at Sketch,
an amazing London food destination with five venues under one roof and two Michelin Stars. 
We were treated to afternoon tea in The Glade with it's rattan furniture and fluffy cushions.  



We started with a glass of champagne and then were served sandwiches, scones and sweets to accompany our tea.  





  
The food was even better than it looked!


Our two hour tea easily turned into three hours of girl talk.
We were then given a quick tour of the venue.  


The East Bar looks like a terrific place for a cocktail... very Austin Powers.  I think I'm the last of the group to post about our Blogger's Tea.  You can visit their sites to read and see more. 

The food and venue was wonderful but by far the highlight was meeting these fantastic women!
Let me introduce you, in case you haven't yet had the pleasure.  From left to right...


Robynne (Robynne's Nest), Liz (The Snowdrop Project), Louise (Love & Lilac), me, Belinda (Wild Acre),  Laura (Happy Homemaker UK), Sarah and her adorable baby (Modern Country Style), Charlotte (A Cottage in Totteridge), Becky (A Yank in Yorkshire) and Gesci (English as a Second Language soon to be Peach & Thistle) and not pictured, Sarah (Sarah-Jane Down the Lane)

It was so exciting to meet these bloggers face to face.  I feel like I know several of them after reading their blogs for the past year.  And now I have a few more favorites to add to my blogroll.   This is one of the best things to come from this blog... new connections.  

Thank you, Ladies, for a wonderful afternoon.  

xoxo
Selena



20 comments:

  1. Austin Powers - so well said! Thrilled that you were a part of it - thanks for coming!!! XOL

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    1. Thanks again, Laura. I can't you how much fun that was. Great job on getting us all together!!

      xoxo
      Selena

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  2. Yay! Yummy tea!! Sounds like a really fun afternoon and what gorgeous foodie photos! :)

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    1. I want to try another afternoon tea sometime. We should plan something...

      xoxo
      Selena

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  3. Sounds like you had an amazing afternoon! It is always nice to met the face behind the blog!

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    1. It was so nice to meet them. It's funny how you can feel like you know someone from reading their blog.

      xoxo
      Selena

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  4. It was so great, wasn't it?! And you aren't last to post...it's on my list to do today! It was so great to meet in person. I might be in town next week from Monday to Wednesday if you want to catch up! x

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    1. I hope to see you next week!! Keep me posted on your plans.

      Have a wonderful weekend!!!

      xoxo
      Selena

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  5. It was so lovely to meet you - I wish we'd had the for a proper chat xx

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    1. It was wonderful to meet you. Next time we need to make sure to chat some more!! It was such a great day!!

      xoxo
      Selena

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  6. Super post.
    As the blogs about our tea have been posted, it's been great to re-remember the day.
    Here's to the next one!!
    Hope you have a lovely week,
    Liz x

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    1. It's been great to read all of the posts. I've had some lovely new visitors to my blog since the tea which has been fun.

      Happy Friday!!
      Selena

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  7. That's the most amazing afternoon tea I've ever said. Wow.

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    1. It was pretty cool. I'm not a huge fan of tea, but it's growing on me.

      xoxo
      Selena

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  8. Fun!! I suspect your first "proper" British tea experience was just a little on the eccentric side. If you can find the pennies (lots of them), do try this at a large hotel - you'll get a more formal, traditional insight into the weird but splendid meal we Brits call tea ;)

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    1. Which hotel do you recommend? I need to do this again and again. My husband isn't so interested. I think I committed a major faux pas by eating a scone with a fork. Hopefully, no one noticed.

      So glad you found my blog!! Thanks for commenting!!

      xoxo
      Selena

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