~Joy
A fond farewell
2023 Cookbook Call for Content
OFFICIAL CALL FOR CONTENT for the 2023 COOKBOOK COMPENDIUM. This one will focus on RECIPES THAT INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE INGREDIENT THAT GROWS ON TREES.
- Intentions due 04-01-23
- Content due 05-01-23
- Publish 06-01-23
- Launch Party TBD
- Format: Word (preferably) or Google Docs
- Please do not put words in ALL CAPS, and limit yourself to 1 exclamation mark per sentence!!!
- "Fancy" fonts and formatting will need to be stripped out ... which means more work for our admin ... which makes her grumpy
Foolish Fun crafternoon tea
Join us as we prepare for our April Fool's Day Foolish Fundraiser with a crafternoon tea where we'll cobble lyrical Midsummer Night's Dream head wreaths
Friday March 10, 2023
11am
$59.50 includes scone, soup or salad, sandwiches, sweets, tea + wreath makings (as well as tax, tip, PayPal fees).
Reminders:
- All sales are final; thus, there are no refunds. However, if you are unable to attend, you are welcome to find a substitute to take your place
- Dietary restrictions should be discussed directly with the venue at least a week in advance
- No 'tickets' are distributed, but you'll receive a confirmation email within 72 hours of making your reservation via the PayPal button provided
Secret Society 1st peek
All aboard for our first event that will begin to reveal the world's most powerful secret society.
Saturday February 4, 2023
at 10:30am
Only 9 spots available
$67.50 includes Mission Tea (soup or salad, 6 sandwiches, scone, 2 sweets) + early access details on upcoming events and trip, something "secret" (plus tax, tip, PayPal fees)
Feel free to round up to $70 to add a $2.50 donation to Whimsicalidocious Arts to be put toward the venue for our Spring fundraiser tea
Joy will be taking Metro (Orange County line, train 660) from Santa Ana station at 9:35am, arriving in San Juan Capistrano at 10:06am. The SJC station is literally "across the tracks" from the tea house.
She'll be returning from SJC to SNA most likely at 12:05pm (on train 663 arriving 12:35pm), and there is also a train at 2:35 (train 665, arriving 2:37pm)
The BYO cost for the all-day Metro pass is $10 payable at the station or via their app. Parking is free in the Santa Ana station lot, located at 1000 E Santa Ana Blvd
~Suggested dress – something that looks secretive or Victorian ... not sure it's possible to do both~
- All sales are final, and there are no refunds. If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to find a substitute.
- Dietary restrictions should be discussed directly with the venue at least a week in advance
- There are no 'tickets' but you'll receive a confirmation email within 72 hours of making your reservation via the PayPal button provided
Our GOLDEN SPIKE Secret Society Getaway
Visit the time & place that turned California golden
FRIDAY, 21 April
- 9am-6pm - A full day of train & coach travel from Los Angeles (Union Station) to San Francisco (with Santa Ana leg option)* (We should keep an eye on the train's food service amenities available as the date approaches)
- Afternoon tea potluck (with a side of history) while we ride the rails
- 6-7pm - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) & cable car travel. All of this 1st-day travel will be the toughest part of our sojourn. We'll just have to pretend we're roughing it in the Victorian era! Or if the group prefers, I can pre-arrange for a van to pick us up in Richmond and take us to our hotel. That would be an additional charge based on how many travellers we get
- 7:30pm - Check-in at Stanford Court hotel
- 8pm - Welcome to Nob Hill dinner at the hotel's Mixing Room lounge [click for menu]
- Late nighters may want to top off the evening with a fantastic view of the city at the popular Top of the Mark lounge next door
SATURDAY, 22 April
- 8:30am - optional BYO (Buy Your Own) Breakfast with Joy at hotel before we start our big day. [click for menu]
- 9:45am Walk to Grace Cathedral (4 mins, .2 miles). We'll learn about the importance of the area in relation to our Victorian novel as we meander and visit the outdoor areas before the cathedral opens
- 10am - Grace Cathedral and its famed Labyrinth
- 10:20-ish - Walk from Grace Cathedral to Cable Car Museum (6 mins, .3 miles)
- 10:30am - Cable Car Museum
- 11:15am - Walk to Chinatown (8 mins, .4 miles)
- 11:30am - Chinatown self-guided walking tour. If we choose to do a formal tour there may be an additional charge. There will be time for shopping and noshing
- 1:30pm - Walk from Chinatown to the Palace Hotel (11 mins, .5 miles)
- 2pm - Afternoon tea at the Palace Hotel, meeting place of the secret society. (If we can manage to avoid detection, there is a good chance we may conduct a secret society induction ceremony of our own while there ... but don't tell anyone)
- 3:30pm - Cable Car ride back up to Nob Hill (or travellers may take a cab/Uber)
- Leisure time at the hotel
- 5pm - Walk to San Francisco Magic Theater (13 mins, .6mi); if the group elects, we can arrange for transportation instead (taxi, Uber)
- 5:30pm - Pre-show entertainment & BYO noshings at the theater bar
- 6:30pm - Jay Alexander Magic show (show ends at 7:45pm). Back in 1881 we would have attended a vaudeville show ๐คน๐ป♂️
- 8pm - Cable Car (or taxi/Uber) back to Nob Hill
- 8:30/9pm - Optional after-hours visit to the always festive tiki-themed Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel (492-feet away from our hotel)
SUNDAY, 23 April
- BYO breakfast at leisure - perhaps explore the area a little
- Joy will be looking for free outdoor Tai Chi. (For decades folks used to practice out in Washington Square Park by St. Peter & Paul Cathedral. Not sure if that's still happening)
- 9:30am - Travel to San Francisco Amtrak station. It's only a mile away, but I'm thinking guests may want to keep the luggage-schlepping to a minimum. This would be an additional charge for us all
- 10:30am - Train from San Francisco to Sacramento
- 1:15pm - Walk to Delta King Riverboat waterfront hotel to drop off bags (9 mins, .5mi); Sacramento is much flatter than San Francisco, but you still may elect to take a taxi/Uber
- 1:30pm - Bag drop-off at Delta King Riverboat hotel (check-in is at 4pm, but I'll ask if our rooms might be ready)
- 1:45pm - Walk from Delta King to Underground Tour (3 mins, .2 mile)
- 2pm - Underground Tour, lasts 1 hour (If you prefer, ditch the tour & wander Old Sac)
- 3pm - Walk to California State Railroad Museum (2 mins, .1 mile)
- 3:30pm - California State Railroad Museum
- 5pm - Walk from CSRM to Delta King (5 mins, .3 mile)
- 5:30pm - Check-in at Delta King (If rooms not available earlier)
- 7:30pm - Dinner at the Delta Bar & Grill, onsite overlooking the water (sunset is at 7:50pm ... yes, I looked it up ๐) [click for menu]
- Optional after-hours entertainment on the waterfront; most of the theaters are dark on this day, but comedy clubs abound
MONDAY, 24 April
- 7am - Joy will be checking out (physically, that is)
- 7:30am - Farewell BYO Breakfast onsite at the Delta Pilothouse [click for menu]
- 8:30am - Walk to Sacramento Amtrak Station (9 mins, .5 mile) or grab a taxi/Uber
- 9:50am - Train & Coach back to SoCal
- 6:35pm - Motorcoach arrives in Los Angeles; 8pm - Train arrives in Santa Ana
- 3 train trips + bus connections – SoCal to San Francisco, San Francisco to Sacramento, Sacramento to SoCal
- 2 nights Stanford Court hotel with all fees & taxes (double occupancy)
- Cable Car museum
- Self-guided Chinatown walking tour
- Afternoon tea at Palace Hotel
- Secret Society shenanigans
- Jay Alexander magic show
- All-day cable car pass
- California Railroad Museum
- Old Sacramento Underground Tour
- 1 night Delta King Riverboat hotel on the water in Sacramento (double occupancy)
Marmalaid to Rest mystery game
When an orange grove owner steals the recipe for award winning marmalade and makes millions, she uses the ill-gotten gains to go into viticulture. But when she alienates everyone within her sphere, bad blood ferments, yielding a bumper crop of murder.
Thursday January 26, 2023
at 11am
$49.25 includes soup, 4 sandwiches, scone, sweet bite, tea (plus tax, tip, PayPal fees & $2.50 toward game). Feel free to round up to make a donation to our Whimsicalidocious Arts nonprofit ๐
Reminders:
- All sales are final, and there are no refunds. If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to find a substitute.
- Dietary restrictions should be discussed directly with the venue at least a week in advance
- There are no 'tickets' but you'll receive a confirmation email within 72 hours of making your reservation via the PayPal button provided
You may shoot your eye out!
SOLD OUT
Join us in Hammond, Indiana, where the Parker family is preparing for a most memorable Christmas at
A Christmas Story TeaSaturday, December 17, 1940
2pm
237 Main Street, Old Town Seal Beach
Warning: We cannot guarantee you won't shoot your eye out!
$59.95 includes holiday afternoon tea, trivia game, (tax, gratuity, PayPal fees)
Suggested attire ~ 1940s &/or holiday!
- Depending on the size of your party, be prepared to be seated at a table with new friends!
- All reservations are final. Thus there are no refunds. However, if you are unable to attend, you may give your spot to a friend.
- Dietary restrictions should be discussed directly with the venue at least 10 days in advance. 562-431-0200
- All other queries may be directed to TeaTravellersSocietea@gmail.com
- Your PayPal receipt comprises your confirmation. No "tickets" will be distributed, but you will get a cheesy email from our admin Joy letting you know she received your reservation. If you have not received it within 72 hours, please contact TeaTravellersSocietea@gmail.com