I’ve been all over the place today! Sarasota, England, St. Pete!
The day started in Sarasota with breakfast with my father-in-law, his girlfriend and two of their friends at the Toasted Mango.
I ordered a spinach and feta cheese wrap that was delicious and it did a great job of holding me over until we headed back to my parents’ house in St. Pete.
Early this afternoon, my sister, mom, grandma and I had plans that took us to A Corner of England for high tea.
High tea warrants fancy hats!
My mom booked the tea as a special treat for the girls to enjoy while my grandma is in town and we were all looking forward to sipping tea and eating little sandwiches and treats.
Plus chocolate cake!
The best part of the tea? The clotted cream that we spread onto the scones. That stuff is so darn good. I first fell in love with it in August 2010 when I had my first high tea experience with my mom and sister. Fantastic!
All of this running around has me feeling a little sleepy. I’m currently relaxing on the couch with Leslie, Ross and Ryan watching Dave Chappelle’s stand up comedy. We’re all pooped and hope relaxing for a bit will help us gain a bit of energy before dinner.
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I love going for tea! The mini sandwiches, desserts, and other finger foods are always fun and delicious. Looked like a fun day!
So fun! I’ve never had the clotted cream, but I have heard mixed things from people who never had it growing up. Some say amazing, some day disgusting….I’m going to have to go to England so I can weigh in!
High tea sounds so fancy 😉
what a fun afternoon!! I love this idea 🙂 And your wrap looks totally delicious. Feta is the bombdotcom.
Aww that’s so cute. Sounds like you had a busy, but fun day! 🙂
What a fun afternoon! I love tea and cakes!
What exactly is clotting cream?
it reminded me of a really thick whipped cream!
What a fun little place! I need to experience this High Tea thing! 🙂
Mmmm! I went to a high tea at a castle in Ireland this past summer. Clotted cream on scones is AMAZING!. High tea is so much fun 😀
Oh this reminds me of home way took much! 🙂 I used to love scones, with clotted cream and jam with tea. It brings out the Englishness in me. Me and my grandma always go somewhere for that when I go back to England to visit her.
I need to find somewhere like that in California!
Love clotted cream! My grandma makes a really good one! Haha 🙂
This looks so fun! I LOVE the hats! And I’ve never tried clotted cream before…maybe I should add high tea to my bucket list…
Omg how fun! I have always wanted to do something like this! So glad you enjoyed it!
Awww looks like you guys enjoyed yourselves and had heaps of fun!
What a fun afternoon! 🙂
darnit….my guy already threw dinner in (needed a turkey leftovers break) and now all i want is that wrap! i heart spinach and feta in b-fast meals…or any meal…
Ahahahh I mean, British hats, of course! Le duh!
I am super jealous about the tea!! I’ve always wanted to go to one of those. Looks like such a great time 😀
This looks like so much fun! I’ve always wanted to have tea at a place like this!
High tea looks so fun and classy!
I love going out for tea! It’s so much fun. I think it’s really cute that you guys wore hats. 🙂
Afternoon tea looks and sounds so fancy! I’ve never really had afternoon tea… I’d love to try it one day.
ahhh! Since I was a little girl, going to tea has been a tradition whenever the girls in my family are all together. (When we’re not, my mother and I hold an afternoon tea for ourselves). She has an awesome clotted cream recipe, I should share! Its to die for!
i love high tea!! we went in london last month. it is so fun to get dressed up, not to mention sip the tea and taste the scones!
How fun! What a great outing for the girls. My husband and I had tea in England and can’t wait to experience that again. And the clotted cream was friggin’ delicious! 🙂
The tea shop is adorable! That looks like sooo much fun for a girls’ outing. 🙂
I went to Toasted Mango when they opened a few weeks ago and loved it! My mom is a photographer and they actually have a lot of her canvases hanging in there.
Mmm I love high tea. I spent most of May in Scotland, and literally the first thing we did after dropping off our bags in our hostel in Glasgow was have high tea at the Willow Tea Room. While I was admittedly sleep deprived and jet lagged, I loved it. And clotted cream is ah-mazing. I’d love to do high tea again.
I love that place! I actually had my bridal shower there last January. Their scones are amazing, and I loved all the different hats they had. I got to wear the “bridal” one. 🙂
I’ve always wanted to do a “real” high tea. I remember reading your post about it at the Ritz, it looked so fun!
OMG — this is so weird! I live in Sarasota & literally LAST NIGHT I looked this place up because I’m planning on writing about a tearoom for a website I freelance for. AHHH cannot get over it!! 🙂
Their treats look tasty 😀 I’ll definitely make room for dessert when I go!
ah! how cool!!!
High tea is the best – it always makes me feel so posh!
I always feel more exhausted when I visit home, I guess there’s just more going on! and adorable hats for tea!
I’ve always wanted to go to tea and my aunts always talk about setting up a time for tea…. but we never have put 2 and 2 together. Looks like a great time! And I love that name, “Toasted Mango”. Food looks yummy!
Oh my… scones with jam and clotted cream! To die for!! And I now have a craving!! 🙂
I love scones and jam with cream. Such an indulgence! The best ones I ever had were in Ireland. nom nom nom 🙂
Sounds like a really fun day!!!!! What is clotted cream like?
thick whipped cream – delish!
aww I love ladies “adventures” like that. We all went to a tea room for Mother’s Day last year and we enjoyed it so much it’s going to be a yearly tradition. I love tea and adore all the awesome mini finger food that comes with it!
That chocolate cake looks soo yummy! 🙂
High tea looks like a lot of fun!
I used to work at a university and had a high tea for students. I had to research it beforehand,because I didn’t know what to do! That place you went to looked like fun!
Julie, your Grandma is the cutest!!! I also just watched Ryan’s shoulder move video – I love your accents haha (I’m from Canada).
Hi Julie looks like you had a wonderful thanksgiving! Very random, but the straightener you took to Europe, what was it called and did you like it?? Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
i can’t remember (it was my mom’s) but i didn’t think much of it anyway!
I’ve never been to a high tea before- that looks so fun!
Ahhh! My first comment from the new blog. 🙂
This looks like my kind of place. I have always wanted to do a high tea type of dining experience. Funnily enough, I didn’t even do one when in London for a WEEK! Shame.
…still geeking out about Leslie and Ross… 😉
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A nice “teatime” moment! I love your hats!
Omg love all your hats! What a cute place, looks like you had a great time!
I went to tea at The Ritz a few times when I was younger and always loved it- felt so proper and like a lady!
I love your fancy hats! My mom used to take me to tea when I was younger but I never got to wear a hat.
Love High Tea. My friends and I have tried lots in London and across the UK! Went to the Harrod’s new tea room opening last week but thought it was a little too fussy! Give me a good scone with clotted cream, mini sandwiches and some victoria sponge cake anyday!