Tea at The Plaza

It’s been several months since my last post, and quite a lot has happened in that time! Mainly: I live in New York City now! I must confess that I’ve always been of the too-common opinion that “I love to visit New York, but would never want to live there.” Well, one thing led to another, and here I am; and to tell the truth, I absolutely love living here, so much more than I ever thought I would. I hope to go on many adventures throughout the city, and to document them here.

One such adventure occurred today, as my Mother and I had a reservation for afternoon tea at The Plaza Hotel. I’ve been to many an afternoon tea service over the past few years, and all have been in gorgeous historic places, but none have been so grand a venue as The Plaza. It truly felt as if I were inside an Edith Wharton novel. The service itself was very traditional: scones, finger sandwiches, macarons, &c., nothing that I haven’t had before, but certainly not in so opulent a setting!

After tea I checked out the book shop upstairs. They don’t sell your typical novels, but rather art books, the kind with extra oversize pages and super high-quality photographs. There was one title in particular, The French Riviera in the 1920s, which I would have loved to sink into for an afternoon.

I actually had this rose latte earlier in the week, but it was so pretty that I just had to share a photo of it here

We then spent the rest of the afternoon in the Bergdorf Goodman across the street. It is a truly glorious way to spend an afternoon, even if you don’t intend on purchasing anything. In some ways it feels more like a Fashion Museum, rather than an actual store (especially given some of the price tags—I saw one coat on the ground floor that cost $20,000). Even the children’s items are amazing, my favorite was this set of sidewalk chalk shaped like macarons. I actually did end up buying something; I’ve long been on a hunt for a good pair of white sneakers, and I finally found a pair I love, solid white all around except for a patch of pastel pink on the back of each shoe.

Those were the main events of the day. I have off work this week so I’m hoping to squeeze in a few more solo adventures—going to a Museum, or the library, exploring Central Park, etc. I will try to document anything interesting on my blog, but I shan’t promise anything. It seems anytime I publicly promise to a more frequent writing schedule, I’m just dooming myself to another long hiatus. What I would like to know, dear Readers, is if you have any suggestions for future blog posts. Is there anything in particular you would want to see? Please leave any thoughts or suggestions in the comments section~