Tag: tea room

Some Great Hotels in London, Part 1, The Rubens at the Palace

We haven’t written much about hotels in London because often when we visit we book a flat to rent for our stay. However, holiday flats in central London are getting more expensive, so recently we’ve tried a few hotels and found a few we like.

The typical chain hotels in London are Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Inn, etc., and they are well-operated and centrally located. However, some smaller chains operate unique, boutique hotels that have wonderful …

Taking Tea

A love affair is what you might call Marsha’s relationship with English Tea, the delicious elixir brewed, sipped and enjoyed through the ages.  It began while we lived in England where she learned not only the proper method for brewing tea but all about the ritual of “Taking Tea.”

With the resurgence in the 1990s of teashops and tearooms all across the United States—as well as in Great Britain for that matter—it became clear that …