Monday, August 24, 2015

Celebrating Julia Child

Tuesday, August 18th, Linda Pudlik coordinated a tea at the Royal Treat Tea Room in Roseville, MI with the theme Celebrating Julia Child.  33 ladies attended, and I was the speaker.  I arrived a little early, and took a photo of the tea room before all the ladies arrived.


~ Below are photos of the tea room filled with guests ~


You meet the nicest people over tea, and the lady in the black hat below is Barbara, who I've had the privilege of enjoying a few tea outings with.



~ My girlfriend, Sandy, and me ~


The tea room serves a variety of delicious quiches - so appropriate for a Julia Child tea - and our table's tea of choice was Lady Grey. Julia detested 'junk food', but she did like Pepperidge Farm goldfish crackers, so I assembled a small bag of them for each lady to take home.


Linda's granddaughter, Jamison, was at the tea celebrating her 10th birthday, and she passed out the goldfish crackers.  She's a very sweet little girl who loves tea parties!


My dear friend, Lori, who took photos for me throughout the event.


~ My presentation was taken from Julia's biography "Appetite for Life" ~


I thoroughly enjoyed researching Julia.  It was very difficult condensing almost 92 years of her amazing and adventurous life into a brief presentation.


I strive to not only be entertaining, but to send attendees away with interesting information they didn't know before they came.  Hope I accomplished that!

Shortly before the date of the tea, I came home to find a package on my front porch.  When I opened it I found two Julia Child books from one of my blog readers.  Thanks so much, Laura Lee!



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Today I'm joining Rose Chintz Cottage for Tea Time Tuesday


6 comments:

  1. Oh, what fun! One of my favourite treats is quiche and I very seldom get to enjoy it. Up until about a couple of years ago, my hubby didn't like it but will try it now so it's looking promising. The tea room is wonderful. I wish I could have been there to sip tea and listen to your presentation. I'm sure you did a splendid job! And how lovely to arrive home to find a gift on the doorstep. Thanks for sharing.

    Blessings,
    Sandi

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  2. Enjoyed the tea and the wonderful presentation on Julia Childs. The tea and scones were very good.

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  3. What a pretty tea room! I would love to have been present to hear you speak. Love your hat!

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  4. Another fun tea! I recently tried Pepperidge Farm's goldfish crackers and was pleasantly surprised to discover that they were quite tasty!

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  5. You always go to the most fun places. Love the tea party. Have a great week. Hugs, Martha

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  6. So wish I lived close enough that I could attend your educational programs! (And how fun to know that Julia Child liked Goldfish!)

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