A dear friend of mine and I took some "girl time" over the summer and enjoyed a Victorian Tea at the
Gilded Rose Manor in Northridge, California. It was so hot we had our tea iced, but everything else was the traditional British High Tea with scones, devon cream, lemon curd, cucumber and finger sandwiches, hot savories, and petite fours and sweets to finish. It was a lovely time spent with my friend matched by the charming surroundings with lots of pink throughout. It's hard to believe this tea house is a tract ranch house in the middle of the
San Fernando Valley!
This is the main dining room with its pink tableclothes and deep pink paint on the walls.
I found this indoor tree with multicolored "silk" roses to be very charming.
This is the private party room for large groups and special occasions. The pink against the deep blue walls is quite stunning.
Please let me know if you are ever out this way and in the mood for a "spot o' tea", my treat! Thank you so much for stopping by and to Beverly for hosting
Pink Saturday. My best to you and yours for a week "In The Pink".
22 comments:
I can't believe that you have an old fashioned tea room in the middle of the San Fernando Valley!! You can't beat a good High Tea. My sister and I went for one on a recent trip to Oxford.
And I love your label for this. Had to laugh that it included Colin Firth!!
Happy Pink Saturday :)
Many years ago I took my Mum for Tea At The Ritz, a most elegant afternoon with a grand piano, waiters in uniform pouring tea, a tower of sandwiches and cakes and of course, the obligatory cucumber sandwiches with their crusts cut off. We stole our linen napkins as souvenirs.
Thanks for the reminder!
xxx
What a pretty little place! Lets go for a spot of tea shall we? :-)
Love the tea room! I think sharing high tea is just wonderful. I had high tea at Claridge's in London many many years ago and just loved every minute of it! Happy Pink Saturday!
What a quaint and charming spot. I loved your photos. They are just perfect for Pink Saturday. I hope you are having a wonderful day.
You can't beat going out to high tea. It's not something I would love to do everyday, but once in awhile it's so fun. You look like you had a great time. Lunching with the girlfriends is something I never tire of, Happy Pink Saturday, Char
Hello, you have the most fabulously wonderful site here and I had to leave this comment for you ! Your posts are beautifully written, creative and original too, and you have interesting pictures.
It's all perfect !
Thank you for sharing your site and best wishes.... 'Happy September'....
How cool is that? I didn't know places like that even existed!
Happy Saturday!
I forgot to say you're my blog of the week!!!!
Me again!! Just to say I didn't get a comment about colours etc. Not that I can see anyway. Drop me an e-mail and I'll answer whatever you need to know :)
We have quite a few tea houses in my neck of the woods. I haven't been in one yet, but I imagine they all look like your example!
Such a lovely time to spend with a friend. Happy Pink Saturday..have a wonderful weekend.
Glad to hear Martha you enjoyed your afternoon tea with your friend, it's a nice cosy looking place. Every year in January my friend and I fly to London and have afternoon tea at the "Ritz" My fiends son is in London, she likes to pay him a visit, so we have afternoon tea at the "Ritz" as our treat as well as taking in the ballet or a show.
Oooh, so girlie! I love it! I have never had a formal tea like that. Looks like fun.
Hi Martha, thanks for stopping by my other blog "Our Weekend Memoirs". It is a weekly meme co-hosted by me and my friend Arlene, from the Philippines starting every Saturday afternoon. We are practically "neighbors" and Gilded Rose Manor is in my area. There are so many places in the San Fernando Valley that you and I are rediscovering and I am following your blog now. I am glad the weather is cooling down but still it is hot to be going out. I am finding time to experiment on so many things and scheduling my posts for Sunday and Monday memes. Maybe later in the day we will watch sunset at the beach. Lets keep ourselves hydrated and have a safe and happy (long) weekend!
My main blog is here.
Pretty! When I got married, my coworkers had my coworker shower for me at a tea house and it was so fun and girly :)
I adore tea rooms and thanks for the invite ;-)
Oh we have this super cute tea house here where when you go in you pick a fancy tea hat and boa (all are disinfected between each use-leave it to me to ask...). It makes it so much fun!
love your pink...I am having a-give-away to celebrate my 1 month Blogoversary.... so come on over and check it out... We will picking a winner Late Monday night , and posting the results then...
xoxo
Julie
I know nothing about this place! Of course, I'm not big into tea houses or tea or pink. But I like Saturday!
I haven't forgotten about OLPH....I'll email you soon. :)
You know, we don't have tea rooms in our place. A shame really cause it really looks so lovely. And what a way to spend a day with friends too. I'd probably be a frequent goer even though I'm not much of a tea person :-) Tha place looks so much beautiful that maybe I'll just eat the treats that usually goes with it LOL
Happy Pink Week!
Li
Some day I am going to have to head down there with my daughter and meet you! Looks like a lovely place! :)
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