Victorian tea in Riverton
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mandie_rwWell, it was meant to be Civil War Saturday at Fort Mifflin. But earlier in the week Robin pointed out that she doesn't do well in extreme heat and corsets, and adding in the potential for thunderstorms in the forecast, we made the collective decision to move on to Plan B: tea! In air conditioning.
Since it wasn't strictly Civil War anymore, we extended the invite, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dragoneyes19, hiraimi, and I were joined by madamekat, ladyxjade, grace_lee_19c, and Robin's neighbor Victoria (who we spent a good part of the time enthusiastically bullying to come to more events, since this is the first time she's joined us!). We went to the New Leaf Tea Room in Riverton, which was a new place for all of us. It's located in a pretty little Victorian town on the Delaware, which I'm sure would have been very nice to stroll around if it hadn't been 98 degrees. Maybe next time.
The food was lovely - I ended up leaving a lot of food on my plate because I'm bad at eating, especially in heat and corsets, but it was delicious! I enjoyed my rose tea immensely and should have bought some in the gift shop...it's only 20 minutes from me so I may have to go back and get some later.
FOOD OMG. (And on the tray to the left you can see the little bell you ring for service! I got immense glee out of getting to ring it the first time..."Miss Alice's teapot spout is blocked. There's, like, tea leaves stuck in it or something. A coffee stirrer would be GREAT.")
Punch glasses on the chandelier!
Kat!
...And then my camera batteries died, so the rest of the pictures are from everybody else!
Being attacked by sugar tongs.
This is pretty much standard behavior for ladies out to tea, right?
Kat lounging elegantly in her pink-and-white froofy gown.
Erin looked very cool in her stripey blue bustle gown.
We all look extremely unimpressed. Probably talking about poly knit or something. "That's disgusting."
Judy in her period sunglasses. ;)
Love this one of me perched on the porch railing.
Alice and I, taking up more than our fair share of space on the porch of the tea house!
Don't tell me this isn't a supremely flattering photo. Lookit that face.
The bustle ladies...
...and the hoop ladies!
And I love this picture of the group! We look very Victorian Serious. (Except Kat, haha!)
And a few pictures of my dress, since this was its First Day Out and all!
In the unlikely event I need to wear it again, I'll think about putting real closures in - I couldn't find any hooks bigger than size 0, though I'm pretty sure they're somewhere, so the waistband and front trim closures were just pinned. Worked fine though, except when Robin unpinned me. xD
Oh, and final yardage count? Just over 12 yards of cotton organdy, and 56 of navy blue silk ribbon in this dress!
album of photos here
Since it wasn't strictly Civil War anymore, we extended the invite, and
dragoneyes19, hiraimi, and I were joined by madamekat, ladyxjade, grace_lee_19c, and Robin's neighbor Victoria (who we spent a good part of the time enthusiastically bullying to come to more events, since this is the first time she's joined us!). We went to the New Leaf Tea Room in Riverton, which was a new place for all of us. It's located in a pretty little Victorian town on the Delaware, which I'm sure would have been very nice to stroll around if it hadn't been 98 degrees. Maybe next time.The food was lovely - I ended up leaving a lot of food on my plate because I'm bad at eating, especially in heat and corsets, but it was delicious! I enjoyed my rose tea immensely and should have bought some in the gift shop...it's only 20 minutes from me so I may have to go back and get some later.
FOOD OMG. (And on the tray to the left you can see the little bell you ring for service! I got immense glee out of getting to ring it the first time..."Miss Alice's teapot spout is blocked. There's, like, tea leaves stuck in it or something. A coffee stirrer would be GREAT.")
Punch glasses on the chandelier!
Kat!
...And then my camera batteries died, so the rest of the pictures are from everybody else!
Being attacked by sugar tongs.
This is pretty much standard behavior for ladies out to tea, right?
Kat lounging elegantly in her pink-and-white froofy gown.
Erin looked very cool in her stripey blue bustle gown.
We all look extremely unimpressed. Probably talking about poly knit or something. "That's disgusting."
Judy in her period sunglasses. ;)
Love this one of me perched on the porch railing.
Alice and I, taking up more than our fair share of space on the porch of the tea house!
Don't tell me this isn't a supremely flattering photo. Lookit that face.
The bustle ladies...
...and the hoop ladies!
And I love this picture of the group! We look very Victorian Serious. (Except Kat, haha!)
And a few pictures of my dress, since this was its First Day Out and all!
In the unlikely event I need to wear it again, I'll think about putting real closures in - I couldn't find any hooks bigger than size 0, though I'm pretty sure they're somewhere, so the waistband and front trim closures were just pinned. Worked fine though, except when Robin unpinned me. xD
Oh, and final yardage count? Just over 12 yards of cotton organdy, and 56 of navy blue silk ribbon in this dress!
album of photos here
