Cupcakes, Tea, and All Things Classy.

Well, cupcakes are simply my favorite thing in the world. Add delicious tasting cupcakes with a fine cup of tea, and you get a great big chunk of heaven. If all things ceased to exist and tea and cupcakes remained, I would be completely and utterly happy with the world and life as it was. I think cupcakes and tea are the keys to happiness, simply put. This being said, I have decided that every new place I go, I will attempt to find a cute, tasty little cupcake shoppe and or a tea salon, and blog about it. But of course, I have encountered many cupcake shoppes / bakeries / tea salons already. So I will also be including those ones as well. Besides, what's classier than cupcakes and tea?! You can just call me the Cupcake & Tea Connoisseur!


Right now I am traveling, but once I return home and get time, I will be blogging about my new and old, cupcake and tea finds. And let me tell you, New York has TONS of amazing cupcakes out here! :D I'm running quite behind on blogposts, I know. I have a Classy vs. Unclassy post in the works too! Anyhow, I hope you all have a marvelously fabulous Easter weekend!

stay classy,
madeleine

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

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,

crown&&crumpet

It's official. Crown & Crumpet Tea Salon is my new favorite place. I have a feeling afternoon tea there is going to become a habit.

my mother and me :]

Today I had my tea party for my birthday! Ohhh it was absolutely adorable! The tea was fabulous! We had a Peach Crumpet, Mint Cream, Piccolo and Lychee Oolong. My faves were Peach and Lychee...mmmm. So not only was the tea fabulous, so were the crumpets, scones, cupcakes, and finger sandwiches... another mmmm!!! I was literally in heaven. It was fabulous!!! They even gave us each adorable little goodie bags, and I even got a handmade crown! So cute!

Overall it was just a fabulous day! =] After tea time we visited the little shop downstairs, I bought a cutesy hot pink gnome keychain, and two little adorable notepads! The city was great to us today, no rain when we were there, and not too crowded either.

Well lovelies, I am exhausted from eating myself to death this morning at Crown&Crumpet, as well as screaming my lungs out/cheering/raging at my school's big basketball game... the catfight. Its called the catfight because the competing teams are two all girls schools, and our mascots are the TIGER and the panther. Fabulous game! My ears are still ringing!

stay classy,



currently reading: brave new world : aldous huxley

delightful day.

Today was such an exciting day. I started the day off booking/planning my 18th birthday get together. I booked reservations for a tea party at Crown & Crumpet, in Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco! I am beyond excited! To be quite honest I haven't heard of the place, and have never seen it when I've been by Ghirardelli. However after visiting their website, I instantaneously fell in love! If you are interested in the tea room scene etc, even remotely, I urge you to check out this website (this means you, CafeFashionista! if you havent already, that is) Its absolutely adorable.
See for yourself, the decor is just so ridiculously adorable it makes me want to cry!
absolutely too cute to boot, right? ohhh I can't wait to rant and rave about it when I actually visit Crown & Crumpet for my tea party January 16th! Oh joy!

Enough about my soon-to-be tea party. After excitingly planning my event for my birthday the fam bam and I went out to go see Sherlock Homes, a movie I really wanted to see! I knew it got good reviews, but I cannot say how fabulous I thought this movie was. Fabulous, well written script, great casting (alright so I'm a Robert Downey Jr. fan, so I may be a little bit biased), so witty, so captivating, so aesthetically pleasing, soooo fabulous. 5 stars! 2 thumbs up! Sherlock Homes was an amazing movie. We were walking out of the theater and the man next to me said to his wife "I would give it two and a half stars, maybe", I'm almost positive he had to be crazy.

After my movie I went home, worked on my last college essay which was actually quite fun to write! It was for George Washington University, and as a propsoed Journalism major I had to write an article about myself, as if I had interviewed myself... I will have to post what I have, after I finish editing and all else. After working on this essay for a few hours, a few friends met at my house and we went downtown Palo Alto for dinner at Buca diBeppo. I ate enough to last me about a year, indefinitely. It was a fabulous night for friends, food, and laughter.

Upon arriving back home, I downloaded the January 2010 Blalock's Indie Playlist, and came across perhaps the most delightful song I have heard in awhile. Granted, it's a bit like a revenge at an ex-lover song, but its just so cheery and fun when you actually listen to it!

bad day : darwin deez
i hope that the last the page of your 800 page novel is missing
and i hope that it rains if you leave the window down on your red mustang
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
and if you drop your keys i hope there's a sewer somewhere very nearby
i hope that your team lost;
and if you're out of clean sheets i hope your new girl takes off and it's clear why
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
and i would like to be your girlfriend so i could dump you
and i would like to be your garbage man so i would never have to pick up your trash again
maybe you should wonder why your apartment is always so empty
well i hope you get locked out of that apartment and have to call jenny
cause everyday ought to be a bad day for you
but i'm sorry if it ever is

listen to the song and tell me it doesn't make you want to smile and dance.

delightful day. hope your sunday was as pleasant as mine.

stay classy,

my ode to pandora radio:

pandora radio, i love you so
what you'll play next i'll never know.
you know what i want, and that's a fact,
which is architecture in helsinki, to be exact.
you're nothing like pandora's box, that punished mankind,
instead you play music that gives me peace of mind.
when you find me new music, i take all the credit,
and for this, to you i will forever be indebted.
pandora, pandora, you bring me complete bliss,
i just wish i had unlimited skips!

listening to: half of my heart - john mayer
sipping on: bengal spice tea.

stay classy,