birthday tea at

happened with birthday buddy doug

the day before our birthday

after a matinee chicago symphony performance of mahler 5

mahler 5, coincidentally enough, happens to be the theme song of my birthday-

as it has become a bit of a tradition for me to ring in the new year by listening to the adagietto,

which brings me to tears every time i hear it live.

it {the tea}

and its accouterments {pictured above}

were scrumptious

and made me wonder:

why don't we have tea time every day?

{like curtis... and english people}

the russian tea time is one of my favorite places to go in chicago.

it's been one of my favorites since i was a wee one

and didn't mind that nothing on the menu was in my dietary dogma

{i.e. they didn't have mac and cheese}

because their pumpernickel bread is so good,

i could easily make a meal out of it.

now that i eat other things,

i get the potato vareniki or the tea service.

and of course the russian tea!

dougie got the pumpin vareniki which were equally as good.

xoxo

yeh