Crumpets and Tea
What
When
Where
Who
Why
Croquet
What:
Crumpets and Tea are
regularly served in the San Clemente home of Tom Streeter on the Third Sunday of each month.
Includes the patio when the weather is nice. Join your fellow
civilized-human-beings for a late-afternoon, low-calorie, no-alcohol chat. A
chat in which you're not likely to be hit in the fracas.
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No door charge. No RSVP.
Arrive when you like, leave when you like.
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We offer scones
as well as crumpets. Who knew that there were so many
scotiaphiles in Southern
California?
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Aye, me sainted
grandmother was, indeed, born in the auld country, in
Lasswade, just south of Edinburgh.
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Bring a friend or two!
But please don't bring ten or twelve all at once; we don't have that many crumpets/scones!
Bring your couple-of-friends once, and then have them bring friends of their own
next month (even as you bring a different couple-of-friends). That way we can
ramp up (and down) when we're planning the quantity of supplies to lay in.
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This civilized tea party
is preceded by an equally civilized round of croquet
beforehand when the weather is nice. See below for details.
When:
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Always from 4:00 PM to
5:30 PM. Tea time, by Jove, just as God commanded unto the
Church of England in 4004 BC. See Lev. 3:16.
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Usually on the
afternoon of each month's Third Sunday.
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One or two months each year
we have to reschedule to Saturday, or even to an adjoining weekend. Conflict
with The Opera, you know. We'll announce such things well in advance, both on
this webpage and in the newsletters which announce this tea party.
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Here's the schedule for
upcoming months:
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Third Sunday, May 18, 2008.
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Third Sunday, June 15, 2008.
Where:
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Neighbors: We're just beach-ward from the clubhouse!
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Mensa members:
Find our address in the calendar section
of this month's newsletter.
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Other folks:
Contact me for directions.
Who:
Your hostess (who does all of the work, and
who still likes to play tea party
just as much as she did as a four-year-old): The Goddess Kristine.
Why:
Eliza Doolittle sang it
best in Without You in
My Fair Lady:
There'll be spring every
year without you.
England still will be
here without you.
There'll be fruit on the tree, and a shore by the sea.
There'll be crumpets and tea without
you.
I can do without you.
Croquet:
Play begins at 3:00 on
the large common lawn behind our home, if the weather is nice. All mallets,
wickets, stakes, and balls will be provided. We play by rather
simplified rules.
Dress code:
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You might want to bring
a hat. That mid-afternoon sun can get intense, especially when Daylight Time is
in effect.
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No, you are not expected
to wear All White, and your host and hostess generally do not do so. However, we
welcome all civilized people for croquet, including Those Who Choose To Make A
Statement By Wearing All White. Perhaps guests who arrive at 4:00 -- for tea but
not for croquet -- will inquire about your garb.
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