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Afternoon Tea at the Plaza Hotel
Tea or coffee? Tea! I have a long and varied association with enjoying tea and planning tea parties. I can recall playing with my doll babies and having tea. As a Jack and Jill of America member, I planned an Afternoon Garden Tea for the boys and girls to learn etiquette. For our parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, my sister and I had an afternoon tea for our mother at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia instead of a party.
If you have been following me on this blog, you know my daughter Channing lives and works in New York City. I wanted to do something special to celebrate her 27th birthday and first anniversary as a New Yorker. I wanted to include her close friends from college, Arianna, Serena, Stephanie, Amaiya, and Justine—all of whom also live and work in New York City.