Hosting Your Own Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea parties are a wonderful way to celebrate babies, brides and just getting together with good friends. If only we could all do as the British say and keep calm! And ring Carson for tea! While expectations are high in anticipation for Downton Abbey’s big movie release this Fall, …

Why We Go Back To Cornwall Again and Again

Newquay in Cornwall is a popular surfing destination. Cornwall England in Pop Culture The appeal of beautiful Cornwall all began for me before the age of internet and travel blogs.  Daphne Du Maurier and Rosamunde Pilcher used such beautiful word imagery that these seaside villages and coastlines were like nothing …

Paying A Call To Bronte Country – Haworth, Yorkshire England

Charlotte, Anne and Emily.  The works of these three literary legends still resonate with readers today.  Raised in the sheltered hills of the Yorkshire Dales these well-read women wrote fictional stories with iconic backdrops they drew from everyday life. Stunning moors, dramatic rain and wind, muddy streets and soggy dress …