Today, I met a delightful American gal named Juliet who is friends with my friend, Sarah. Who I must say is as equally delightful as well. Juliet and Sarah happened to come in at the tail end of a huge lunch rush. I was a bit flustered after cranking out 17 couvert today all in the span of an hour and a half. During this time I was quite lost in my work. I was on auto pilot making lunch, cleaning up, going through my scone recipe in my head while life on the other side of the bar was buzzing around me. Juliet captured perfectly what was going on on the other side of the bar while I was busy working in the kitchen. The funny thing is I was actually aware of all this going on. And it was such a pleasure to read her accout of this afternoon. This is a slice of life of my tea house.
I realize after reading Juliet's blog today that I want to remember these kinds of moments. Je n'ai plus la flemme*... blogging, I am back.
*lazziness aside.... I no longer feel lazy.
You're back to the slightly selfish delight of your readers, I reckon. It's true, Juliet captured so melodically exactly how it feels to spend a day at your tea house. We're lucky to be close enough to enjoy its delights often.
Posted by: Sarah | September 17, 2008 at 10:35
I am so glad my writing could inspire you to write again. I will be reading often!! (and visiting the tea house, obviously!
Posted by: Juliet | September 17, 2008 at 10:55
What a joy when you are inspired by lovely writing enough to start writing again yourself! Many times you have done that for me.
Oh how I long to sit among those bookshelves and healing green walls and partake of the yummy coziness of your tea house. One day, one day (one day I'll replace "one day" with "next year/next month/next week"!!). . .
Posted by: aloha no | September 17, 2008 at 14:23
Oh, Juliet's post is so sweet! It's great to get a glimpse of what your cafe is like at lunchtime :)
Posted by: Veronique | September 17, 2008 at 17:18
Her description of L'Oisive Thé is spot on. We miss being able to pop in every now and then.
Posted by: Bob | September 17, 2008 at 20:50
And I thought I was the original Juliette! Well, my name is spelled the French way. ;-)
Posted by: Zhu | September 18, 2008 at 01:51
hi there. miss you guys.
Posted by: kate | September 19, 2008 at 01:25