Festiviteas

[updated 08 June 2018]

By overwhelming request, we are now focusing on the marriage of tea and mystery, as reflected in events, weekend getaways, and international excursions.

For information on upcoming activities, see our Calendar below. For the most timely updates, join our Tea Travellers, Whimsicalitea, or Siren School + AOAS Meetup groups, or follow our events on Facebook. 

MURDER IN THE GARDEN OF GOODEN YVEL
Interactive mystery show
Sun, September 9 at 3pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$37.50 includes meal & activity (tax & gratuity additional)



Tea Cozy Mysteries Author Partea & Paris sneak peek
Take tea with JS Devivre, author of the 1920s Tea Cozy Mysteries & the whodunnits hosted at Paris In A Cup
Sunday, September 16th at 2:30pm
$49.95 inclusive
Period attire welcomed and encouraged

Joy will catch readers up on the first three books, One Lump or Two, Reading Between the Leaves & this year’s release Objets d’Artifice, discuss upcoming activities and trips associated with the series, answer ‘non-spoiler’ questions, and let drop a few hints about Esprit de Corpse, the fourth installment that takes the Tea & Sympathy Investigative Agency to Paris & beyond!

Our day together will include:

• 1920s activiteas (for a prize)
• official launch of the Tea & Sympathy Investigative Agency (of which you can be a part!)
• Une Tasse de Paris events info, as sponsored by Paris In A Cup {Paris Trip runs September 7-13/15, 2019}
• upcoming domestic Tea Cozy Mysteries tea trip info (Chicago & NorCal)
• Q&A with the author

Note: Books will not be included in case guests already have copies of some or all of the titles, however we will have some books available for purchase at cost. We'll also have a limited number of detective kits on hand. Participating investigators will have the opportunity to pick up another ‘clue.’ Visit Amazon to purchase book #3 Objets d'Artifice in either Kindle or paperback format. 

Call the tea salon for a reservation 714-538-9411
All reservations held with a credit card. Tickets are transferable but non-refundable. All sales are final. Merci!

PLENTY DREADFUL
Interactive Victorian spooky whodunnit
Sat, October 13 at 6:30pm
Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$45 includes dinner & emceed mystery (tax & gratuity additional)



Poetic Justice at the Rue Morgue 

Gothic audience-participatory mystery experience 

Paris in a Cup tea salon in Old Orange

Period attire encouraged.

Saturday, October 20 at 5pm 

$62 inclusive

FANTASTIC TEA & BEASTS
Trivia Tea & cinema screening
Sun, November 18 at 12pm

Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove

$35 includes afternoon tea & trivia (tax & gratuity additional).

Price of movie at theater is extra



AULD LANG SYNE
New Year's themed whodunnit
Sat, December 29 at 6:30pm

Pamela's Tea Room in Garden Grove
$50 includes holiday dinner & emceed mystery (tax & gratuity additional)
Some old acquaintances should be forgot!
Dress to the nines!

And for you planners, here are a few future misadventures already on the books:

2019

January 17 - PIs & Petit Fours cold case over a hot cuppa at Paris in a Cup

  January 27 - Outlander tea at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

Jan 24 - Feb 28 weekly Charleston class at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

March 8-10 - Speakeasy Die Hard interactive 1920s trip to Chicago

with tea at The Drake

March 24 – Book release for Esprit de Corpse 
Paris-themed Tea Cozy Mysteries novel at Paris in a Cup

April 7 - Game of Scones tea at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

April 20 – Annual LBD tea – Coco Chanel theme at Paris in a Cup

June 22 - A Very Merry UnChristmas Caper at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

July 20 – An American in Paris summer cinema at Paris in a Cup

July & August TBD - Summer Sleuthing at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

August 24 – Chocolat summer cinema at Paris in a Cup

September 7-15 – Le voyage a Paris!

Sept TBD - Phryne Fisher Fête at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

October 19 - Phantom of the Opera MusicaliTea at Paris in a Cup

Oct TBD - Seance Quelle Fromage at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

Nov TBD - Release party at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove for 

No Scone Left Unturned

Tea Cozy Mystery #5

Dec TBD - *Holiday mystery at Pamela's tea room in Garden Grove

2020 

Jan 17-20 - No Scone Left Unturned - our final coastal train trip to NorCal to celebrate the completion of protagonist Penelope's Tea Cozy Mysteries series

July 10-12 - Omni-Fest!