high tea...alice in wonderland style.

"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."
-Lewis Carroll

Let's be honest here. Nothing in the world is better than a fancy cup of tea. Well, possibly an adorable, tasty cupcake to accompany each sip... but that's besides the fact. Now. Take a fabulous cup of tea, and then add it to some Alice in Wonderland-esque fabulousness, and you get this...

Royal/T, Los Angeles: So this place is not only a tea cafe, but also an art studio, and apparently fashion runway! This month Royal/T will be having Alice-themed events, from an Alice inspired fashion show, to $25 Alice High Tea! Alice High Tea includes Playing Card Tea Sandwiches, Eat Me Cupcakes, Drink Me Green Tea and Cheshire Cat Macaroons. How exquisite!

Mandrin Oriental Hotel, New York: This classy hotel is serving Mad Hatter Teas until April 30th! For $42, tea time includes Twiddle Tea Sandwiches and Twiddle Crumbs Desserts like Queen of Hearts linzer tarts and Cheshire Cat cupcakes. Yumm!

Langham Hotel, London: Check it outt! A super classy Afternoon Tea alongside finger sandwiches with blue fin tuna and pickled cucumber, or smoked Scottish organic salmon with horseradish and watercress... Delish! And if you're not feeling the tea... check out their artisan cocktail bar and booze it up, Alice style of course! This Eat Me Drink Me Cocktail for $21 is a fabulous infusion of "G'vine Floraison gin shaken with lemon juice and peach liqueur, then finished with a rose petal and hibiscus sugar rim. It is served with an indulgent chocolate and caramel slice".


...Tempted? I, most certainly am!

Cheers!!
stay classy,
madeleine

classy vs. unclassy

-The new commercial for Old Spice. Hilariously funny. classy.
-Commercials with either Verizon Wireless slamming AT&T, or visa versa. unclassy. Find some other advertising strategy you two, PLEASE! Their commercials somewhat resemble siblings bickering. Let's not involve mom and dad in this now. Grow up.

-Johnny Depp's quirkiness in Alice in Wonderland. classy. 
-Obnoxiously ROTFL/LMFAO and doing other obnoxious things in the movie theater when the smoking caterpillar appeared because of the lack of maturity and because you're ridiculously high. Annoying. And so entirely, unclassy.  

-Treating yourself and indulging in a cupcake every so often! classy.
-OVERindulging in cupcakes too often as to cause yourself to turn those cute little cupcakes into a muffin top. unclassy. 
Of course we all have those days where our jeans seem to fit a bit too tight, however, it's very unappealing to share those days with the rest of the world by wearing a shirt that does not seem to cover your bare middriff. Throw on a sweatshirt, a longer top, a sweater.... or perhaps, here's a concept, wear pants your size? Oh I'm a bit harsh, but I have those days every so often!

-Anonymously posting your secrets on a postcard at Post Secret to find others who have the same secrets. classy.
-Posting your sister's secrets on Facebook for all to see. SO unclassy... (see below) 
A girl called Katie told her parents that she found a dozen beers in her kid brother’s room which gets him grounded for 3 months. Harsh. Chris now has plenty of time on his hands so he rummages through her room and finds this little list of pure goodness which he promptly posts on Facebook and tags all the guys

 So unclassy on both counts: of the brother who posted this, of the girl (ANY GIRL in this case) who keeps a hookup list! 


-Cutout dresses the show just enough to keep people guessing. classy.
-Cutout dresses that leave nothing to the imagination, and perhaps belong, not on the red carpet or in public, but in the bedroom. unclassy. 

-Going outside to catch some rays for a toned tan. classy. (just remember to sunscreen up!)
-Going to the tanning beds regularly as to look like a Jersey Shore princess doped up on carrots and addicted to bronzer, therefore resembling an Oompa-Loompa/Anne Hathaway in BrideWars. unclassy. 
^ Prom season is coming around, so unfortunately this one will be showing up like crazy around my school. Oh joy. "What's that smell?!" "Oh... it's just my self tanner... sorry." Gross. I don't care if you use self-tanning lotion, just as long as I don't have to sit through class and smell it all day.

stay classy,

madeleine

boots and things!

Hello! How are you this beautiful Saturday?! Today was possibly the prettiest, sunniest, Saturday morning I've seen in awhile! And I hope you all did something fabulous with your Saturdays! Anyways, after a week of shopping I figured I should post some pictures of my new finds!
These would be my pair of boots I found at Wasteland on Haight. Bargain babies!

New rainboots from good old Target! Yes! Target!!

My new bracelet and 2 finger fleur-de-lis ring. Favesies!

I would post pictures of all of my acquired goods, however the shirts, and other things are much too boring. Let's just say I went a bit overboard. But we're all entitled to go a bit overboard once in awhile right??




Today I saw Alice in Wonderland in 3D! I absolutely loved it! Wasn't it just fabulous?! My favorite part? The dresses! Dresses! Dresses! Dresses! Oh, it was love! Although I must say, there were a huge amount of little children in the theater. Granted, it is a children's story and its rating was (only) PG (!?!?!), but I didn't think it was so child appropriate! Either way I really loved the movie! If I ruled the world/was a movie theater mogul I would make the 3D glasses super cute/decorated, and offer tea during the movie! But that's just me. Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!

medicine for the ears (from March's Blalock's Indie Rock Playlist)
- <3 - butterfly bones
- are you satisfied? - marina and the diamonds
- hurried feathers - berndt
- the arrangement - beach house
- shadow people - dr. dog
- waves - holly miranda
- what a drag - bear hands
- whiplash - sunglasses
- your hands (together) - new pornographers


stay classy,
madeleine

alice in the wonderland of tea.

"Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder. Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea." -Henry Fielding

My favorite tea salon just sent me an email event update, and I just thought I'd pass along the fabulous invite!













(I apologize for the choppiness of the pictures, it was the only way I could show off this cute little invite!)

Of course it's overpriced... but I assure you any event at that lovely place is worth any price. And plus, who wouldn't want to dress up anyways! If you're in the area, GO!



stay classy,