Mood:
caffeinatedPlease forgive my inattentiveness. Setting up a high tea at The Nut House proved much more challenging than I'd thought. The only experience I've had planning a similarly formal event was my wedding some years ago(upon their arrival at the hall, the wedding reception caterers thought I was the wedding planner).
Very odd having high tea on the coast of southern California. It was quite warm out, and I imagine it was very much like Gibraltar.
The formal tea has gotten me thinking about wealth and class, especially after small-fry0 broached the subject at "Bloggers Paradise". I've seen a great deal of wealth out and about the "Greater Los Angeles Area", but the level of class has not kept up.
I'm not talking class structure, but class as in grace, charm, civility, manners, etc.
Sadly, even common politeness is absent among a group of "sales help". The incident a few weeks ago with that lovely full-figured young woman from "Hairspray, The Musical" is a perfect example. Rude and inconsiderate behavior is epidemic in the "civilized" world. It's as if rudeness confers some sort of elevated status upon the offending party.
Oh... the Sunday night crowd is rolling in.
So, off with the Anglophile hat and on with my Francophile chapeau in preparation for...
BASTILLE DAY!!!
Hope to see everyone at the Opening Night Celebrations.
Bloody Marie Antoinettes and Champagne Punch will be served. Any suggestions for the menu?
Chinquapin
Posted by chinquapin2
at 8:22 PM PDT
Updated: Sunday, 11 July 2004 11:42 PM PDT
