tea for ten

twas miss mercedes birthday this past week. she hosted a glorious tea party for us on saturday which pretty much turned into a giant eating feast (typical of our friends.) she made glorious little sandwiches and tasty flaky pastries with asparagus and mushrooms and good cheese. we also had scones and cake pops and ice cream cake and butter tarts. soooo goooodddd. matt was here visiting and after eating we passed out on the floor, in our dress up clothes with alice in wonderland playing in the background. and how about matt's bow tie? eh? pretty damn good right? especially considering we made it five minutes before the party. thank god he travels with suspenders in tow because that definitely completed the ensemble. we had a lovely visit- passed out on the couch friday night with cookbooks open and amelie on the tv. went to see part of the philagrafika exhibit which was cool (the guy who worked there got so sick of my complaining about the price he let us in fo' free- score!) we saw some cool shit then bounced over to anthro to drool over the displays. somewhere along the way we stopped at di bruno brothers and gorged ourselves on free cheese samples. overall- delightful visit from mista barry, delightful weekend.