on the other side of the world

[photo・not quite edwardian]

of the pictured items, what'll be the first to become hopelessly obsolete? definitely the thing on the left.

as wilde said, i can resist everything but temptation.

what play was that? lady windermere's fan? c'est dommage.

here, the tea service is informal ー but it's quietly luxurious, thoughtful and decorous. peaceful. with some heavy white linens, i could pretend to be in a transcontinental dining car.

how far could we go in an hour? i haven't much time left before our rendez-vous.

it's an odd milieu to be snapping photos on one's cell and immediately sending them for upload. it seems like an unaccountably odd thing to be doing while sipping the same tea as is supposedly served in the queen's household.

let's come back for the afternoon high tea: lavish tiers of delicate sandwiches, smoked salmon, pastries, devonshire cream.

did somebody say temptation?