A Tea Party at the Teacup Cottage...or...I'm Out to Lunch

As some of you know, my sister just celebrated her birthday, so I took her out to lunch at the Teacup Cottage. It is actually two separate shops, one associated with the tea room and another called Côté Soleil, with the tea room itself located in the back of the shops.

The Teacup Cottage's little shop had a wonderful selection of vintage style tea towels.

You know I want this rooster wreath! Isn't it cute?

Then we headed back to the tea room to have lunch. We had to study the menu to order our tea. There were 52 selections to choose from!

Look at the little tea cozy. Isn't it cute? We chose "Gingerbread" for our first pot and "Christmas Spice" for the second. Hey...where's the other muffin???...I told you to wait until I could take the picture!!!

This is what my sister had for lunch...a turkey, ham and cranberry quiche. Très français, oui? Notice that her teacup is different from mine. Hey...You were supposed to wait until I could take the picture to put the dressing on the salad! It's a good thing it's your birthday....

This is what I had...the salad trio. There is tuna, chicken and frozen fruit salad. The chicken salad was really tasty. It was seasoned with rosemary and thyme. Where's the parsley, sage....? I thought mine was better than hers. lol

We didn't get dessert. The carrot cake looked really good, though. There's CHEESE CAKE in between the layers. The lady at the table next to us ordered it, but wouldn't let me take a picture. I can't understand why...

After lunch, we checked out Côté Soleil. The owner welcomed us so graciously. Her husband is from Nice and they actually make trips to France to bring back their products. (I'm trying to do a post where there's nothing French, but it keeps creeping in! lol) There is a generous selection of Terre è Provence pottery. Hmmm....15% off......

Here are some French pieces for serving appetizers. What do you think the little built-in cups are for on the olive dish? Ohhhh...Page tells me that the little one is for the toothpicks and the larger one is for the pits. Hmmm...

I liked this artificial rosemary plant and the wonderful pot. They were each around $30...not bad! But my yard is overrun with real rosemary... Oops! I forgot to hide the tag!

If my kitchen were bigger, this piece would have followed me home...my favorite!

Look at the drawers...pain, fruits, légumes....bread, fruit, vegetables. Isn't it unique? It was $500. Wah!

I loved the Christmas tree. Do you see the Eiffel tower?

These tablecloths were bought in Old Nice. Aren't they gorgeous? The candles smelled so good!

This picture is a little blurry, but I loved this candelabra! This is one of those things I will lie in the bed tonight and wish I had bought..$59....sigh!

I love the bath products! Look at the little sign..."Le Bain"..."The Bath."

Ohhhhhh! Look!! Quimper cookie tins! They are filled with those Breton butter cookies....Yum!

This is just a little bit of the best of all of the goodies.... I want that red apron from Provence!

Love this wreath! And look at the little lantern....another goodie I will be thinking about tonight...sigh.

There was also a nice selection of soaps from Provence. They smell so good! They had larger sizes, too. I bought one scented with herbs.

I loved the lamp! I was scared to look at the price. I REALLY wanted this one.

There were also a lot of cute things for children to please all the grandmothers like me! I loved those Babar books when I was little. My sister is a new grandmother with a 6 week old grandson. She spent a lot of time in the granny room. Come on....we need to finish our tour!

Isn't the little French doll cute? She says "au revoir!"

Thanks for joining my sis and me for her birthday lunch. See you next time!.....Debbie