High Tea
Best savored in the company of girlfriends or dearest mother whilst wearing a wide brimmed hat and your Sunday finest. According to Wikipedia, the phrase describing this English tradition indicates which table the meal is eaten from. A high tea is an evening meal eaten from the dining room table whereas the low tea is served at a low table, such as the coffee table, in the afternoon.
The conventions don’t seem widely observed as we had our high tea at around noon thirty. The food was dainty and the conversation rich. I couldn’t agree more with Henry Fielding’s quip “love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea”.
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On August 15, 2009 I interviewed for and received a Rotary International Ambassadorial scholarship. Rotary International is sending me to study abroad in New Zealand for an academic year and there I will act as a goodwill ambassador on behalf of Rotary and the USA. I am so thrilled to have this opportunity and will use this blog to share my before-during-and after experiences.
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