There are lots of great places in Stoneham, NH to take tea. Of course, the nicest is The Brookview Inn, but you can grab a cuppa at Booked for Lunch, the Bookshelf Diner, and even at the local pub, The Dog-Eared Page.
What's in your cup today?
Showing posts with label Teacup Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teacup Tuesday. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Teacup Tuesday once again
There are lots of great places in Stoneham, NH to take tea. Of course, the nicest is The Brookview Inn, but you can grab a cuppa at Booked for Lunch, the Bookshelf Diner, and even at the local pub, The Dog-Eared Page.
What's in your cup today?
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Teacup Tuesday At The Brookview Inn
What would you order for afternoon tea at Stoneham's historic Brookview Inn?
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
It's Teacup Tuesday Once Again!
Happy Teacup Tuesday. You don't have to only drink tea out of a teacup -- how about a nice eggnog during this holiday season?
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
A question on Teacup Tuesday
Here's the backstory behind that little tidbit: There was a little barbecue restaurant near our cottage. There never seemed to be any customers, and Mr. L and I felt sorry for the proprietress. So one day we decided to try it. It was very small--only about four tables. Mr. L LOVES barbecue and she made pork barbecue. So we ordered some pulled pork sandwiches. Mr. L thoroughly enjoyed his. But my bun had a spot of mold. I picked it off and ate the sandwich, but I wasn't happy about it. And we never went back. The place went out of business soon after. Now I always look at the bread on and sandwich I order.
Have you ever been to a restaurant and found mold on anything you ordered?
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My experience with mold is in the comments.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Teacup Tuesday on Lotus Bay
Happy Teacup Tuesday. Of course, my mind is focused on Friday and the launch of A REEL CATCH. While the title makes you think of fishing, a large part of the book is focused on Kathy opening her B&B, Swans Nest. She serves her first "official" tea-lunch during the course of the book, and I had a lot of fun planning that party--the menu, the dishes, how she folded the linen napkins....Yeah, I know. Anal to the max--but it set the scene for an important discussion between three of the main characters.
Can you guess what Kathy served?
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
From the Ashes? Teacup Tuesday!
Happy Teacup Tuesday. Isn't this cup pretty? It's a peacock, but I like to think it's a phoenix. Imagine that -- Sassy Sally's (Victoria Square Mysteries) came back from the ashes (metaphorically speaking). It was a ruin -- and as the next story will show, it is now a show palace. A wistful Katie Bonner couldn't be happier.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Lotsa love on Teacup Tuesday
Well, not much more I can add except ... what would go well with that wonderful cup of tea? How about a nice slice of pumpkin bread (with walnuts). What would you like with your nice cuppa tea?
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Violets on my teacup
Happy Teacup Tuesday! My cup is filled with English Breakfast tea. What's in your cup?
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Teacup Tuesday: 9-26-17
Happy Teacup Tuesday. Love this Stafforshire bone china cup that was part of a grocery store giveaway years ago. I've got four of these, plus matching plates and a sugar and creamer, plus I've got several set aside for future giveaways.
What's your cup today?
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Teacup Tuesday with Yard Sale Finds
You can have a wonderful tea party for not a lot of bucks -- when you hit the yard sales.
Can you believe this hammered aluminum teapot and bone china teacup cost me just two bucks?
It's always time for tea!
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Teacup Tuesday at Blythe Cove Manor
Happy Teacup Tuesday! I thought it might be fun to talk about how teacups relate to my various series. Today's series is Blythe Cove Manor.
Blythe Calvert,the hostess at this upscale B&B on Martha's Vineyard, does all her baking in an ivory Aga cooker. I've shared a couple of her recipes on my website. Feel free to take a look.
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P.S. This cup will be a prize in and upcoming giveaway on my Facebook group page. We're having an event in September. Don't miss it!.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Pour yourself a cuppa on Teacup Tuesday
Isn't this little teacup adorable. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the pattern (do you?).
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Teacup Tuesday: Readers share their beautiful teacups and dishes
Well, I missed a week. Then I thought I had written the blog post and would just post it this week. Hello, I got the pictures ready, but forgot to write the post. Oy. (My excuse: I've been writing up a storm!)
Last time out, I invited readers to submit pictures of their own china cabinets. Two readers took me up on the challenge. First up, is Diane L. from Manchester, CT submitted two pictures. Here's her curio cabinet.
and here's a view of her dining room. Just lovely, Diane!
Suzann F. from Bethlehem, PA is a collector after my own heart. She has a lot of really neat collectibles she keeps in a number of cabinets and shelves.
Look at the detail on that drawer! Beautiful.
Don't you just love those turkey plates? I have a turkey platter with a similar design.
Pretty, pretty, pretty!
Thanks Diane and Suzann for sharing your lovely cups and plates with us.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Teacup Tuesday: I love you lovely china cabinet
China cabinets are a lot of fun. You don't think so? I think of them as an adventure, and I love to snoop in other people's china cabinets.
My china cabinet (well, all of them, really) is pretty much bursting at the seams. In fact, I've now got four or five of my bone china tea cups living on top. (Although not in this picture which I dug up to show you.)
Those are Russian tea glasses on top of the cabinet, along with a few soapstone vases. (The red one was a wedding gift to my inlaws when they got married in 1939.)
Would you like to share a picture of your china cabinet for others to see? If so, send them to me at LLB(at)LLBartlett.com -- I know I'd love to see them.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Teacup Tuesday: Do I love this little teacup?
Usually in my part of the woods, we see yard sales happening in early April, but this year after THE LONG WINTER, there were very few yard sales in April. In fact, I didn't see ANY. But last weekend it was almost warm (in the mid-50s) and not raining. (YAY!)
So, I was terribly pleased that at the first yard sale I stopped at I found a wonderful bone china teacup with ROSES. Yellow and pink. My FAVORITES.
The question for me is ... will I keep this little beauty, or will it end up as a giveaway sometime in the future here on this blog? I don't know. I really don't have room for many (any?) more cups. I have to decide if I really love it or now. That will take a few weeks of living with it to know for sure.
In the meantime, do YOU love this little cup?
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So, I was terribly pleased that at the first yard sale I stopped at I found a wonderful bone china teacup with ROSES. Yellow and pink. My FAVORITES.
The question for me is ... will I keep this little beauty, or will it end up as a giveaway sometime in the future here on this blog? I don't know. I really don't have room for many (any?) more cups. I have to decide if I really love it or now. That will take a few weeks of living with it to know for sure.
In the meantime, do YOU love this little cup?
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Teacup Tuesday: Every Cup Tells A Story
Oops! Missed a week. There's lots going on while I gear up for a BIG new project, finish up Booktown #9, and start a brand new series, while working on other shorter projects. Whew! I'm pooped! But never too pooped for teatime!
On of my favorite albums is called EVERY SONG TELLS A STORY by Randy Bachman (he of Guess Who and Bachman, Turner, Overdrive fame). He performs all his hits, but tells a story about how the song came to be written. I love it. I never tire of hearing the stories. Likewise, all my teacups have a story.
Isn't this ivy cup a beauty? I'm very fond of ivy ... but not growing in my yard. The former owners decided to use ivy as a ground cover around the inground pool. It not only spread around the pool, but took hold in the front yard--taking up a gigantic area near the garage. But it also turns out that ivy is a great place for mice to live. Eradicating the ivy has been a challenge, especially since it has taken over a portion of our neighbor's yard. They seem content to leave it there, while we constantly rip it out--and it just keeps creeping back. So, now instead of the mice living in our yard, they live next door and visit. We've been able to keep them out of the house, but they're still out there (quite a few of them drown in the pool every summer. And you know it isn't going to be me emptying those skimmers).
This lovey cup is the big brother to one my mother gave me (same pattern, just half size). If I'm not mistaken (and believe me, she will correct me if I'm wrong), my mother received her cup from a woman who taught her to hook rugs. "Marge" has been gone many years now, but when I pass her house, I always think of that little teacup. When I saw this one at a yard sale, I knew it needed to keep the other cup company.
Another of my yard-sale finds. I almost didn't buy it because there's a hairline crack in the cup, but during the past few years I feel kinship to the cup. Nobody's perfect, why should a teacup be perfect too? Its perfection lies in the pattern and the graceful handle. I think it's perfectly fine.
Have you got a story to share about a teacup?
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Tea for two ... dogs and more!
By guest blogger Mary Jane Maffini
Winter is hanging around into April, longer and more unpredictable than usual. That means there are still days when it seems like I have a death grip on the steering wheel for hours because of icy roads and rough conditions. Plus, we seem to have Olympic size potholes on our street. Simple errands cause my back muscles to knot. That’s when it’s great to come home to the words, “I put the tea on.”
I think this is one of the most thoughtful things you can do for a person.
Of course, as the dogs can’t be counted on to do that, it can only be the Little Mister. I truly appreciate this when it happens. It’s such a lovely thought and it’s a great way to unwind and share a little break together. I’m hoping to get him trained to set things up like this.
However, he’s a mug kind of guy. What can I say? Sometimes a mug is just what the doctor ordered. I know we all love (and I mean LOVE) teacups here on Teacup Tuesday, but tell the truth, do you sometimes take great pleasure in a very large mug of hot tea? Especially if it’s in front of the fireplace and there’s a dog or two to snuggle up with.
So tell me, does a cup or mug of tea make your day? Would you prefer to substitute cats for dogs? We make our own rules here – let’s hear yours.
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The very versatile Mary Jane Maffini writes a number of mystery series (The Camilla McFee, Fiona Silk, and Charlotte Adams Mysteries) and is also part of the mother-daughter mystery writing team of Victoria Abbott with the Book Collector Mysteries. The first in that series is The Christie Curse.
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The winner of the Tea for One is Beth H. from Dallas, TX.
The winner of the Boneyard Tea sample from Latteda.com is Lisa M from Centerville, GA.
Winter is hanging around into April, longer and more unpredictable than usual. That means there are still days when it seems like I have a death grip on the steering wheel for hours because of icy roads and rough conditions. Plus, we seem to have Olympic size potholes on our street. Simple errands cause my back muscles to knot. That’s when it’s great to come home to the words, “I put the tea on.”
I think this is one of the most thoughtful things you can do for a person.
Of course, as the dogs can’t be counted on to do that, it can only be the Little Mister. I truly appreciate this when it happens. It’s such a lovely thought and it’s a great way to unwind and share a little break together. I’m hoping to get him trained to set things up like this.
However, he’s a mug kind of guy. What can I say? Sometimes a mug is just what the doctor ordered. I know we all love (and I mean LOVE) teacups here on Teacup Tuesday, but tell the truth, do you sometimes take great pleasure in a very large mug of hot tea? Especially if it’s in front of the fireplace and there’s a dog or two to snuggle up with.
So tell me, does a cup or mug of tea make your day? Would you prefer to substitute cats for dogs? We make our own rules here – let’s hear yours.
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The very versatile Mary Jane Maffini writes a number of mystery series (The Camilla McFee, Fiona Silk, and Charlotte Adams Mysteries) and is also part of the mother-daughter mystery writing team of Victoria Abbott with the Book Collector Mysteries. The first in that series is The Christie Curse.===================================
The winner of the Tea for One is Beth H. from Dallas, TX.
The winner of the Boneyard Tea sample from Latteda.com is Lisa M from Centerville, GA.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Teacup Tuesday: Cups, dresses, tea and so much more!
As you know, I am crazy mad for bone china teacups -- so much so that I "rescue" them and try to find new, loving homes for them. That's what Teacup Tuesday is all about. I regift what was probably a gift from someone else and the happy cycle continues. The cups are once-again admired, appreciated, and hopefully used and enjoyed.
But here's a problem I've run into more than once ... people enter my contests and don't always give me complete information. Several weeks ago, Sharon S. won the bone china mug. YAY!
However, Sharon never signed up for my newsletter so I don't have any information on her, just her email address from when she entered the contest. I've contacted her via email twice, and left messages on Facebook for her to no avail. Sharon's loss will be someone else's gain, and that someone else is Cindy H. from Council Bluffs, IA.
Meanwhile, this weeks winner of the free sample of Boneyard tea (doesn't that sound mysterious?) from Latteda.com is Toni N. from Carol Stream, Il.
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I've had a lot of fun with my character Pixie Poe in the Booktown Mysteries. As it happens, there's a scene in Book Clubbed (that will be debut in July) where Angelica holds a tea party at Haven't Got a Clue ... and Pixie and Mr. Everett can only stand there and watch the festivities with mouths watering. If you've read the latest Booktown Books, you know that Pixie only dresses in vintage clothes. If she went to a tea party, she'd wear something stunning like this dress.
Which leads me to this week's discussion topic: What would you wear to afternoon tea?
To enter, you need to answer the question and supply your SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS. (When you enter the contest, you agree to be added to my mailing list (if you aren't already there). Send your entry to Lorna @ LornaBarrett.com (close up those spaces).
By the way, I'd love to hear from past winners. Are you enjoying your cups? Did you enjoy your Boneyard tea? Email me and share your stories on Teacup Tuesday!
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Be sure to drop by next week when my good friend Mary Jane Maffini (who also writes with her daughter as Victoria Abbott) joins us to tell us about her teacup collection! We'll announce the winner of the floral teacup on April 15th (since it's tax day, it may make someone's day!).
But here's a problem I've run into more than once ... people enter my contests and don't always give me complete information. Several weeks ago, Sharon S. won the bone china mug. YAY!
However, Sharon never signed up for my newsletter so I don't have any information on her, just her email address from when she entered the contest. I've contacted her via email twice, and left messages on Facebook for her to no avail. Sharon's loss will be someone else's gain, and that someone else is Cindy H. from Council Bluffs, IA.
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I've had a lot of fun with my character Pixie Poe in the Booktown Mysteries. As it happens, there's a scene in Book Clubbed (that will be debut in July) where Angelica holds a tea party at Haven't Got a Clue ... and Pixie and Mr. Everett can only stand there and watch the festivities with mouths watering. If you've read the latest Booktown Books, you know that Pixie only dresses in vintage clothes. If she went to a tea party, she'd wear something stunning like this dress.
Which leads me to this week's discussion topic: What would you wear to afternoon tea?
By the way, I'd love to hear from past winners. Are you enjoying your cups? Did you enjoy your Boneyard tea? Email me and share your stories on Teacup Tuesday!
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Be sure to drop by next week when my good friend Mary Jane Maffini (who also writes with her daughter as Victoria Abbott) joins us to tell us about her teacup collection! We'll announce the winner of the floral teacup on April 15th (since it's tax day, it may make someone's day!).
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