There was this thing called the British Empire. And it did some terrible, terrible things. So much worse than anyone else, of course. Wait a minute. Yes, in the name of empire; and through a quite inappropriate relationship with companies such as The East India company, Britain did some terrible things. Started wars for profit. Helped themselves to other […]
After leaving the Dorchester, for more than 72 hours I had limited tea. It is the confluence of limited opportunity and circumstance and limited tea supplies. In an attempt to walk off some of the repast after The Dorchester, we walked across Hyde Park. Then through some of Kensington. In fact we walked for about three hours. Add that to the three hours walking […]
Welcome back, boys and girls. When last we left our intrepid hero, the question was ” Are ‘top end’ tea places just really annoying?”Let’s find out, shall we? In the interests of science, we went to The Dorchester. Earlier in the day, we visited the Hummingbird Bakery on Portobello Road. A real let down, the cupcakes looked great but […]
A frantic two days came to a stunning conclusion last night. We’ve covered a fair bit of London and seen two shows; The Phantom of The Opera and We Will Rock You. and like the teas we have enjoyed over those two days, they have been at opposite ends of any measure you care to […]
Even though I had a fabulous weekend, the fact that I had no tea other than what I made myself means I can assume that is of little interest to my readers. So I will summarize it in one sentence and then neatly catch up with my blog by describing yesterday. Here’s the sentence: Our […]
(As I sit down to write, there is a front page story about a lady who lost her legs in the terrorist bombing here. She is now representing her country at the Paralympics. A great kick in the teeth to the cockroaches who planned and carried out that cowardly act; but it does make my […]
We arrived here in London two days earlier than previously planned, and stayed those days in a tiny hotel room in Southwark. Turns out we like Southwark. Day one Lady Devotea was not overly well, and after we had settled in, I went in search of a chemist to procure some cold remedies. I also had on my agenda sorting out […]
Hurrah for the Internet! We hope to have much more access to the net here in the city that never sleeps, the city so good they named it twice- London. I have been in or near London about 16 hours, and a quite a few of those have been in transit or asleep. So, fully […]
I could start by noting that I am sitting here, as the sun comes up over the Mediterranean in the cool Menorcan air; and quite frankly wherever you are or whatever you are doing; I’m enjoying it more. I could mention the amazing size of the leaves in the tea tumbler next to me; they […]
A note for the gentle reader: When the time came to commit these scribblings to posterity; I thought of framing this post as a message in a bottle; wrapped up and stoppered and cast upon the waves; awaiting chance discovery at a later date. But then, that would be too dramatic. Instead, I’ll recall 1995, […]