And After Wonderland, We Ended Up Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                      Darlings, who knew there was an Alice's Tea Cup on the Upper East Side?  As a downtown girl, how often do I get up here?  Of course, I knew about the one on West 72nd Street, six blocks from where I formerly worked, at Lincoln Center, but was always unsuccessful in getting a table.  Just like that cheap knock-off, Tea And Sympathy, down on Greenwich Avenue, where the staff practically pushes patrons out of their chairs if they stay too long.  You barely get time to scarf down what they serve!

                         As one of my Seton Hall theater professors, said, we walked into "a little bit of Heaven, right here on Earth."  The place was available, clean, and the perfect cozy setting for a high tea.  Preciouses, you cannot image the Edwardian elegance. Lewis Carroll and Cecil Beaton would have felt right at home.

                          Needless to say, so did David, myself, and our friends, Dan and Norma.  Beside the elegance, it turns out to be one of the best bargains in town.

                            See?  A perfect high tea, complete with sandwiches scones, clotted cream, cookies and chocolate mousse.  That is The Mad Hatter Tea, for two, darlings, and it only costs seventy-two dollars for two.  Better than Tea And Sympathy, and more reasonable than the hotels, even my favorite, the St. Regis.

                           Conveniently located on East 64th Street, literally just around the corner from Lexington Avenue, this is sure to be my new tea hangout!!!!!!!!!!   ANNA, are you getting this?  You should join me.  It's not that far from The Met and would suit your tradition and style!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              Girls, you simply have got to try it.  Sure, there are sandwiches and other things on the menu, but the high teas are a must!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                And who knows?  Maybe someone will spontaneously recite "Jabberwocky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"