Stars Align (aka San Francisco Tea Stop Cafe)

 

“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. 

Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”

(Original quote by Christian Nestell Bovee,

quoted by Prentiss in Criminal Minds)

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I’m not sure if that quote is a pearl of wisdom or a simple stating of the obvious.  But I am well aware of my deludedness (and am deluded enough to make up deluded words and assume they will make sense), and I am fairly happy with my deluded-to-reality ratio.  Though, truth be told, I probably spend more time in the deluded world than reality but whatever.  Reality begs delusion sometimes ;)

 So I’ve been thinking lately of trying to blog on a regular basis (lol! That’s where the ‘deluded’ part comes in, when do I ever write anything on a regular basis?)  Still, it has been on my mind for a while, and seeing Charla start to blog again has inspired me.  Though technically I’ve never considered myself a “blogger” but hey, I’m up for the challenge.  I’ve also wanted to find a place to post photos from my last two trips and blog/write about them.  I never was a fan of the Facebook blogging platform, particularly the inability to reply directly below a person’s comments.  So, consider this Blogspot blog a test.  Perhaps the stars will align and it will become a successful endeavor. 

 *Inconspicuous attempt to segue into photo blog*

So, back in October, Christine and I went to San Francisco to see Alter Bridge.  Before the show, we stopped for lunch at the Crown & Crumpet Tea Stop Café.  Here is the link in case anyone’s in the city and wants to stop by.

 http://www.crownandcrumpet.com/

I would recommend having lunch or tea here.  It was a very quaint little café, the table setting was exquisite and the food delicious.  I had the hot-pressed ham, brie and apple sandwich.  I would have never thought to put thin apple slices in a sandwich, but I made a mental note to do so in the future because it was incredible.  My pot of tea was quite good as well, though in pursuing the menu now I don’t remember what I ordered; it may have been the “Marie Antoinette” – a relaxing blend of bergamot, blue mallow and roses.  And of course I could not resist the macaroons for dessert (they are a weakness of mine, the difficult part was deciding which flavors to limit myself to).

 

The café was on the ground floor of a mid-rise building. 

I loved the “refrigerator magnet” quotes on the main wall.

 

 

(You’d think they could have assigned the arts to a different suite letter  :o )

 

 

 After lunch we went upstairs to a little clothing boutique. 

I kind of wanted this jacket ;)

 

That was our brief visit to the city.  The Alter Bridge show was amazing (Myles Kennedy has one of the greatest voices, in my opinion), but unfortunately it was too dark in the venue and I couldn’t get any good photos of him :/

So that’s it for now.  I’ll be back some time next week with a new photo blog.  Maybe.

 

*Totally conspicuous attempt to complete all bonus prompts

with a completely random photo of my cat’s eye*

 
 

This blog was written for Blogophilia

Blogophilia Week 3.8 Topic:  Stars Align

 Bonus Points:

(Hard, 2 pts) Use a quote from the show, “Criminal Minds”

(Easy, 1 pt)  Include two gemstones (pearl and cat’s eye)