tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post339185786627306157..comments2023-06-30T09:58:35.595-04:00Comments on Taking Tea with Catherine: Still Going!Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07624657515252107431noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-58663024878147713522007-08-11T01:52:00.000-04:002007-08-11T01:52:00.000-04:00Tea and books? Heavenly!I had to smile when I read...Tea <B>and</B> books? Heavenly!<BR/><BR/>I had to smile when I read of your visit to Tea and Sympathy. I borrowed their book from the library a while back and have made a few of the recipes for myself and my English-to-the-bone beloved.YUM!<BR/><BR/>I'd never heard of SFTK, but have added it to my NY shops to visit some day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-20124608750993502262007-08-03T13:15:00.000-04:002007-08-03T13:15:00.000-04:00Your photo really captures the moment. It seems so...Your photo really captures the moment. It seems so peaceful and I love all the glassware and stuff--looks like a nice place for an escape.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075827818491852362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-72086684296442269932007-07-31T09:51:00.000-04:002007-07-31T09:51:00.000-04:00Love all these comments!Jasper Fforde's first book...Love all these comments!<BR/><BR/>Jasper Fforde's first book is The Eyre Affair. Once you get into it, it's highly addictive.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624657515252107431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-37178835935166627832007-07-31T09:35:00.000-04:002007-07-31T09:35:00.000-04:00Hey CathyYou guys sound like you have so much sist...Hey Cathy<BR/>You guys sound like you have so much sisterly love. I wish I had that in my life. Anyway who is this Fforde guy and what book would I start with. I would like to read some of his works. You are such a tea connissor (not spelled right) you should write your own columns. Love to see you guys again. Been thinking of you all at this time. Life is hard sometimes but soon will be better. Love Aunt Sandy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-6253332778566370532007-07-30T13:50:00.000-04:002007-07-30T13:50:00.000-04:00Despite the fact that I knew about your week from ...Despite the fact that I knew about your week from our conversations, it's always fun to hear you in writing (you have a knack-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack). ;)<BR/><BR/>I've been a slow reader, not a Superreader lately, but I'm really looking forward to diving into First Among Sequels. Fforde is a great escape. <BR/><BR/>Also looking forward to our upcoming Tea and Sympathy. YAY! I'll probably HAVE TO get some Whittard products. Minitrip!<BR/>One day I'll make it to Sympathy for the Kettle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-85783638892229457992007-07-30T11:26:00.000-04:002007-07-30T11:26:00.000-04:00i think lapsang tastes like what wet cigarette but...i think lapsang tastes like what wet cigarette butts must taste like. yuk. but i agree with assam, a hot bath and puccini. stay in the tub until you're shriveled like a prune. i'd love to read anything jasper fforde as well, but i'm so clumsy i'd likely drop the book in the tub.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-68460149405502200432007-07-28T11:48:00.000-04:002007-07-28T11:48:00.000-04:00I like the big chunky comment, and the pun. Pucci...I like the big chunky comment, and the pun. Puccini was a composer - so picture being in the bath with a cuppa and opera in the background. Actually it kinda sounds like something a bad guy would be into.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07624657515252107431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12288483.post-12411403798116266712007-07-28T00:37:00.000-04:002007-07-28T00:37:00.000-04:00Great stuff. I enjoyed reading about your angloph...Great stuff. I enjoyed reading about your anglophile day, you truly maxed out!!<BR/><BR/>Speaking to an englishman the other day made me yearn to go back. Depending on the accent, it can sound either very friendly and pleasant or stuffy - and he definitely sounded pleasant. I mean, some accents can sound like a bad Billy Joel song (heart attack-ack-ack-ack-ack).<BR/><BR/>I can't wait to read the new Fforde book. I love writing or typing his name, it feels wrong but is oh so right. <BR/><BR/><B>Bad pun of the day:</B> I cannot <I>afford</I> to miss out on reading his new book.<BR/><BR/>His books have thrown me for a loop a time or two - and I actually <I>do</I> sit and try to figure out what the heck I just read! I actually do end up understanding at the end.<BR/><BR/>I'm so tempted to start the series over again - so that I can continue reading it reinforcing my past knowledge of things that occured. Even though, I'll have a hard enough time trying to figure out all the new things going on at once!<BR/><BR/>I tell you, that poor guy probably doesn't sleep with all the simultaneous story lines running though his mind.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've been rude taking all this space for my comments. Here's my last word(s). <BR/><BR/>Whats: Puccini?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828804556943144669noreply@blogger.com