All things bought pre-ethical-guilt-awakening: Primark peacoat • Madewell jeggings • Mango booties
I realized my past couple of posts have been sooo wordy and thinky and angsty (ethical shopping! eating healthy! buying local!), that you guys might appreciate a little break from all that – heck! I would!
So this is just a little bit of fun and fluff, and things that happen when I’m not tormented about where to buy vegan make-up, shoes sewn by people earning a liveable wage, and where my sweet potatoes are grown.
Spring in Edinburgh! (So what it’s still only highs of 48 degrees when there’s blue sky and tenacious flowers):
It’s a gorgeous city, Edinburgh (view looking north over the Firth of Forth — a firth is like a bay and disappointingly not named after Colin):
Tea, and I don’t mean the drink. I mean mounds of clotted cream and scones, and salmon and cucumber sandwiches:
Here’s a close up for you:
Obviously scones and butter are the opposite of my vegan, gluten-free diet, but I have a hard time saying no to clotted cream. I mean, I can’t refuse a cultural experience, which is definitely what clotted cream is. Have you guys had it before? As far as dairy products go in the game of Britain vs. the States, Britain wins by a landslide.
Hope you guys had a wonderful weekend with bits of fluff!
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Dear Cath,
I hope you have a great week! For some reason it makes me sad that you are going to Orlando because that’s even further away than Atlanta! Next time you should have a conference in Edinburgh, okay? I’ll even take Toronto because the flight is much shorter (they go over the pole).
How did the rest of your paper writing go?
We need to start our August count down 😉
Love you!
Lar
those desserts are making me hungry!!!!!!!!!!!
Meringue, clotted cream + fruit– delicious delights. AAAAND that’s it. I want a salmon sammie. NOW. I may have just thrown a mini fit directed at my husband for not being able to produce said salmon sandwich.
Orlando is further away – I didn’t even think of it like that until now! Ugh. At least it will just be a few days and I will be in the same time zone as ATL so hopefully I can chat in between seminars.
When i come in August I want to have tea at that place. I will dream of clotted cream until then!
xoxo, cath
That afternoon tea looks positively decadent!
Afternoon tea needs to become a thing EVERYWHERE. Just sayin’. >_<
Now that I’m living here in Brighton I’ve been meaning to check out the high tea that a local fancy hotel does-it sounds so fun and twee! Also, I went to a fancy high tea bridal shower once for a friend and it was amazing. Point being-high tea is a big winner:)