Tea Party Girl’s First Blind Date in Over 15 Years
Last night, Steph W. of Steph’s Cup of Tea and I met for the first time ever over dinner! I have read about other bloggers meeting blogging friends in real life and I can finally say I’ve experienced this joy. Stephanie is one of the longest reading and most consistent commenters here at Tea Party Girl.
A graduate from the Washington School of Protocol (and it showed!), Stephanie shared with me about falling in love with afternoon tea in Ireland and taking Denise LeCroy’s Tea in London tour. A young and beautiful thirty-five years, Stephanie was gracious and a good conversationalist. Here’s a picture of our shared Cherry Creme Brule and Mint after-dinner tisane.
We ate at Paul Martin’s American Bistro in Roseville, CA; a local (for me!) restaurant that plans its menus around the best seasonal ingredients available. My kind of place for sure, and it was a thrill to share it with a new friend who also could appreciate it. We chuckled over not enjoying afternoon tea together, but our schedules allowed for a relaxing dinner instead.
Thank you, Stephanie, for taking the risk and meeting together!
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1. Steph W | June 28th, 2008 at
Thank you! It was definitely a highlight of my trip, and one that I hope to enjoy again!!!
2. Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates | June 28th, 2008 at
How lovely! That is actually local for me also, but I haven’t had a chance to go there yet. I will have to try it!
So glad that you were able to meet, even if it wasn’t for afternoon tea!
3. Denise of Uniquely Tea | June 29th, 2008 at
Isn’t Steph a lovely person! I’m so glad you both had a chance to meet. I wonder if she knows that I know (and have met) your mum??
I love your blog. Do you mind if I put a link to it on my Uniquely Tea blog?
Ta,
Denise
4. Madame Monet | June 30th, 2008 at
This is a wonderful post, and meeting over TEA as well, and discussing TEA, too. I’m so glad you had such a wonderful time.
I’ve had the experience of meeting in person a couple of people I met over the internet, and they were great experiences.
Best regards,
Madame Monet
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5. Kim | July 5th, 2008 at
I’m so glad you enjoyed the pleasure of meeting a blogging friend. I’ve experienced it as well, and I was so happy to meet my online friend in person. Here’s to tea and online friends!
6. Jason Witt | October 10th, 2009 at
I’ve finally found another internet tea blogging friend who lives here in the Twin Cities. I’ll start having outings with him in the near future. It is definitely nice to have the local connections when most of your friends are in faraway places.
–Teaternity
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