Having Afternoon Tea at the Tilted Teacup in Brooksville Florida

In Brooksville there is a little complex of  very adorable shops and this lovely tea room!

Many of the shops are interconnected  and you can walk from one to the other without going outdoors. 

You can also enter each shop from the main porch area.  Here is the entrance to the Tilted Teacup.  

 They serve a lovely high tea!  This is the main portion of the meal.  

Each person had four different sandwiches, a hot quiche, and three different mini desserts.

This was after a preliminary pot of tea and blueberry scones.

 It was really elegant.

We had a choice of Butternut Soup or Broccoli Cheese today.

I chose the butternut and it was perfection.

The blue teacup made me think of Blue Monday!  I knew I would pick this shot for my photo!

 The room wasn't overly decorated but was charming with cute touches like this 

hat rack with vintage hats in the hall way.  The ruby red one really stands out.

There is a little shop as you come in

I loved the fireplace area with the pink birdcage and flowers!

I thought the Valentine Tree was sweet. I'm sure it probably changes with the holiday.

Behind the counter there was a delightful array of colored napkins, folded and ready to be turned 

into rosettes. 

A chalkboard that listed some of the menu items.

But come early for tea as some were sold out by our tea time at 1:30 

There were many lovely items in the store

Some vintage decorative items were also scattered about. 

The faded roses were a nice touch!

Afterwards, with full tummies, it was tempting to linger here on the shadowy front porch.

My friend Isabelle from Ocala came down to have tea and a little meetup! 

We have been online friends for many years, both writing on the same sites and following each other.

This was the first time we have met in person!  

We found that we are Irish cousins!  Both being Fitzgeralds who can all trace their linage back 

to a few people in the middle ages.  It's crazy!
Here is a link to Isabelle's blog

The conversation never lagged, it bounced from one topic to another so rapidly I mourned that each one was not explored enough!  Her husband Al dined with us and could hardly get a word in! But then again he was very interested in the meal!  

They are a wonderful couple and so much fun!  These snowbirds will fly back to Connecticut soon but next winter I hope to meet up with them again when they return to our beautiful Florida.

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