Tea for Three

The English were so smart when they came up with the idea of afternoon tea. It’s a time for stopping the busy-ness of life to get some nourishment and perhaps to connect with friends.

Last Friday we celebrated a neighborhood birthday at a delightful tea room in Occoquan, a sleepy little waterfront town just south of where we live.

For a fraction of the cost of high tea at the Ritz Carlton, we feasted on warm soup, cucumber mini-sandwiches, and hot scones with jam and cream. And of course TEA -- a choice of more varieties than I knew existed. I settled on a smoky Russian black tea that smelled as good as it tasted.

We spent so much time eating, drinking, and catching up that we were unable to explore Occoquan on this trip. That gives us an excuse for another visit to the Pink Bicycle Tea Room.

And how do you like those hats, provided by the management? The birthday girl is hiding behind her brim.



Stay tuned for another road trip of this threesome, perhaps to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Waters near Pittsburgh with a swing through rural Ohio. It turns out I’m not the only one who wants to go somewhere!