Algiers Coffee House

A few photos from Brattle Square's Algiers Coffee House, one of my favorite cafes in the area.  It's exoticism-if you can call it that-feels natural and unforced; the teas are lovely and rest upon even lovelier tables and the staff are consistently pleasant. Algiers Coffee House always feels like an escape-a step within its walls and I feel far removed from the bustle of Cambridge and nearby Harvard. Be sure to sit on the second floor, where you can feel the full effect of the decor and architecture. 

A Lady Escapes: A Williamsburg Morning

It will be back to Boston posts soon enough, but I wanted to share a few pictures from the morning I spent in Williamsburg nearly two weekends ago. I took a dear friend who had never been and together we visited a great many places, only some of which are shown here-but what is here is what I love most about that little corner of Brooklyn, so I hope you enjoy. 
1, 2, 3:  Moon River Chattel 
4,5,6: Mast Brothers Chocolate 
7,8: Brooklyn Art Library
9: Depanneur 
10: Roebling Tea Room

Pursuits of a Winter Morning

This morning is a perfectly calm Sunday  enjoyed in bed drinking tea and playing with books and stamps. The tea is a relaxing one-pear ginger white tea from Trader Joe's, complemented wonderfully with a milano cookie; the books are beautiful ones to peruse-first, a Venice Sketchbook comprised of watercolour paintings and sketches and secondly, Vivian Swift's latest travel journal, this one on visiting France. And finally, I have with me an assortment of recently purchased stamps that I have wasted no time in using-as you can see in the first picture, I've used them to decorate a set of simple cards for my correspondences. 

So here I am, with my tea and books and stamps and my yellow matalasse bedspread along with the joy of the early Sunday hours.