A couple of days ago I went to Partridge Creek, an upscale outdoor mall in Clinton Township, about 10 miles from my house. Whenever I go there it's usually to Chico's, P.F. Chang's or Sur la table, which sadly closed this spring. I'm hoping their other location at Somerset Mall is still open since I have gift cards to spend.
It was a lovely day for walking around Partridge Creek, and I discovered a new tea shop.
I peeked in the windows, and will return when I have more time to go inside and browse. When I got home I went online to find out more about the shop, and discovered two guys in their early 20's opened it in April 2019, as well as a second location at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi in November 2019. Similar to now closed Teavana, they sell 60 tea blends, tea accessories and hot tea to-go.
From there, I popped into J.C. Penney's at Lakeside Mall [near Partridge Creek] and saw a cute Santa. For the longest time I've searched for a Santa holding a teapot or teacup, and this Santa was holding a teacup. I think it's filled with hot chocolate and not tea though. Could I paint it to resemble tea??? Giving that idea a lot of thought!
After Lakeside, I went to nearby Gordon Foods and right near the entrance was a display of Harney & Son's Tea. If they carried Harney teas previously I don't remember seeing it.
When I checked my e-mails upon returning home, there was one from tea friend, Laura, with a photo attachment of the Cotswold Cottage at Greenfield Village. The Village is all decked out for Halloween and the Cotswold Cottage is featuring Alice in Wonderland. A Mad Hatter and March Hare tea party display is set up outside the cottage.
I went to The Henry Ford website for details, and unfortunately admission tickets are sold out for this weekend and next, but thanks for the heads-up, Laura.
You could accurately say it was a tea-lightful day!
You obviously had some enjoyable shopping. You mentioned Lakeside Mall and I was pleased to see that it was still there - several of my friends had told me it was in the process of being closed down. Do you know if that is in the works? Whenever I come back to Macomb County to visit I always like to go to Lakeside and especially the small restaurant on the lower level of Macy's.
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl, Lakeside is still open but some of the anchor stores have closed - Lord & Taylor and Sears, and some of the smaller stores. When Partridge Creek opened they took a lot of business from Lakeside, but now they're suffering too as their two anchor stores closed - Nordstroms and Carson's.
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