Guest Blog: Why Is a Royal Birth an Occasion for Joy?
Wilfrid Koponen is a personal friend, and a friend of the Tearoom since the very beginning - 15 years! He
Cheers to Arthur Guinness!
Our Irish theme for this month is dear to our heart, for Arthur Guinness is one of our own British
A True “Casablanca Romance,” and the Power of the Love Story
In our age of cynicism, should we consider stories of sacrificial love to inspire, motivate, guide and encourage us? We must
Time to Break Open the Bubbly!
The 4th of December is our anniversary, the fifteenth anniversary of The St. James Tearoom. For fifteen years I have been
Simple Joys of Autumn
Rustling of Leaves Our wants can become so mighty, so insistent and demanding. Our desires to achieve or obtain have a
Constraining the Beast – Cell Phones
It seems a young woman was a guest for tea with Queen Elizabeth II in the Buckingham Palace gardens. She was
Simple Joys
Sometimes it is the simple things that make the richest gifts. How blessed are those simple gifts - an unhurried conversation,
’Tis it better the milk precede the tea into the cup… …or not???
Are you an MIF or an MIL? …and which one is Queen Elizabeth II? This is quite an important discussion item in
Gentility in a Bully World
Our world is apt to canonize Push. It will sing the praises of the one who excels at Shove, will call him
Living in the NOW – Giving the Gift of Attention
Moments MAY become treasures, priceless jewels buried deep in the vault of our hearts. He was sitting right beside me. He