Saturday, July 16, 2016

Outfit of the Day: Bright and Sunny for Summer Tea

Last weekend my friends and I went out to San Francisco for tea at the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus


Tea at the Rotunda was as sophisticated and simplistically elegant as always.

For tea this day I decided to treat myself to a glass of bubbly and got the Grand tea. We were then treated to a small demitasse of chicken consume and a small cheese pastry to "cleanse the palate" followed by a popover before the main tea. Going on memory and with the help of some pictures, tea consisted of six tea sandwiches, a salmon, an egg salad, a chicken salad, a cucumber and butter cream spread, a prosciutto apple wrap, and proscuitto and cream cheese sandwich, a scone accompanied by cream, raspberry preserve, and lemon curd, three mini pastries, a lemon meringue, a crunchy chocolate peanut butter bar, a citrus and vanilla cupcake, all finished off with a white chocolate dipped strawberry. The tea spread was gorgeous though we all felt that the bread on the sandwiches sadly tasted stale. To go along with my tea on this day I chose a vanilla decaf tea. The tea itself was very flavorful and the vanilla very strong.

Once again, it was a lovely time for tea at the Rotunda at Neiman Marcus and a lovely day out spent with friends. 


Neiman Marcus, San Francisco

Menu at the Rotunda, Neiman Marcus, San Francisco

Afternoon tea menu

Tea selection menu











Outfit of the Day:

Seeing as it was the first official tea for summer and it was Neiman Marcus, I decided to wear one of my more brighter, yet mature and fashion forward dresses, my Trashy Diva Loop dress in Geisha Fans print. I paired this with peach flats by Gabriella Rocha which I got from Zappos several years ago, and a peach colored cardigan from Target, also from several years ago. For a finishing touch I decided to wear a pair of peach colored floral stud earrings from Forever 21 from a few years ago.

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Front View

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Side View

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Front View

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Side View

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Close Up

Trashy Diva Loop Dress in Geisha Fans- Close Up




10 comments:

  1. You look beautiful and the tea service looks very elegant what a shame the breas tasted stale

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    1. Thank you Katherine! And yes I agree. It's a shame about the bread. :(

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  2. I've never seen this dress before but that neckline is amazing! The colours are so cheerful too, it's a really pretty dress and looks so lovely paired with the pale pink here x

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    1. Thank you CiCi! <3 It definitely has a very unique neckline for sure!

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  3. Those treats look so delicious! Gorgeous dress you choose to wear also for the occasion! xo

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  4. That is such a gorgeous dress. The intricate, elegant neckline is an especially big standout of its design for me. Awesome choice to wear to an afternoon of fancy tea and delicious nibbles.

    Big hugs & happy weekend wishes,
    ♥ Jessica

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    1. Thank you Jessica! It's so great when dresses have unique features. That's definitely one of the things I love about vintage dresses and sometimes vintage inspired dresses-- that they are a lot more detail oriented. :)

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  5. Love this dress with the pink cardigan! Gorgeous x

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