We had an afternoon of unabashed girlyness for Feng's bridal shower, and it was fantabulous. I drove up to the city a bit early and had a quick breakfast with Wendy (also stopped in to admire her very cute, nicely sunny apartment) at Arizmendi, the coop bakery in Inner Sunset known for its sourdough bread.
Then, headed down to Noe Valley where a group of us gathered at Terra Mia to paint a somewhat matching, very practical set of bowls for Feng. It's been incredibly long since I last painted ceramics, and I forgot how fun it is. Took me forever to select just the right combination of pastel-y colors and then come up with a design for the inside of the bowl. I kept fiddling with it and thinking of more things to add to it, and someone had to finally tell me to stop it already =D I was happy with the end result and I hope Feng is too! Then we headed over to Lovejoy's Tea Room, which I've heard so much about but never tried before. It was fairly bursting at the seams with estrogen--gaggles of women celebrating birthdays, brides-to-be, and other special occasions, all gathering for high tea in the afternoon. The whole set up was adorable, from the charmingly mismatched china to the comfy window seats piled high with cushions. We went with two orders of High Tea for Two (I believe the teas we selected were Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Apricot and Blood Orange), and they came with all manner of delicious tea-sized sandwiches, incredible scones (clotted cream and strawberry jam included). We also ordered a side of crumpets w/ lemon curd, which I've never had before, and a curried chicken pasty. We were stuffed full of all the high-tea goodness. * happy sigh*
