Contemplating a Tea Party...
An incredibly busy day that started with moving a file cabinet at 7 a.m. and went on from there... including overseeing the repair of a much bigger file cabinet at work, and having an al fresco dinner on one of the patios in the Market, at the Auld Dubliner.
On my way past the Chateau Laurier, I dropped in to make reservations for Afternoon Tea on International Dunnett Day, October 15. To my horror, they had no reservations available till 2:30 p.m. and the idea is to drink a toast to Dorothy Dunnett at 1 p.m. Can anyone suggest another place that is elegant yet affordable? Or quirky and different? My next thought was the Cafe d'Entrée at the National Gallery. Has anyone here been there?
There's always the Moorside Tea Room at Kingsmere in Gatineau Park, which would be lovely, but then we have to arrange transportation. Wait a minute, it's the prime leaf-viewing season and it will be so busy there'll be no hope of getting up there on that particular weekend. The roads will be jammed. And the restaurant too. It's the worst weekend in the year to go there.
I rather like The Tea Party on York Street, but it isn't very elegant.
I suppose we could do lunch at Le Café at the National Arts Centre.
Adding to my frustration, I'm so busy for the next while I don't have time to call up the people who are likely to attend, to ask their opinions.
Are there any particularly Scottish places around?
No doubt I'll think of something.