…tea parties, the ladies at joielala photography tempted their readers with this photo from their shoot over the weekend.

I can’t wait to see what else is in store.

Note: Apologies, but so many of my posts this week seem to revolve around food, food packaging, or tablescapes. If you can’t tell I’m itching to have a summer tea party or open a bakery already, you’ll have no doubts by the end of the week.

{images from joielala photography}

This weekend I discovered a little French cafe in the downtown area of San Diego named Cafe Chloe. They do something special on afternoons: an urban tea. One glorious pot of gourmet tea and a double tiered silver tea tray with tea sandwiches, pastries, cakes, and cookies.

I suddenly had a momentary dream of abandoning my graduate school work, opening that little bakery/general store I like to talk about, and hosting my own weekday urban teas, creating a little place to escape and relax in the middle of the afternoon. I’ve already started to collect some inspiration.

So, likely there won’t be as much green beyond the patio if it’s an urban tea, but this is precisely the feeling I would go for.

Hope you’ll take some time this afternoon to escape for a moment. A good way to start the week, don’t you agree?

{images by photographer ngoc minh ngo}