This past summer we saw two very successful teas at Poplar Hill Mansion. We had our first ever children’s tea with the theme of Fairy Tales. It was wonderful to see all the young princesses and princes come to the tea dressed as their favorite characters. The children got to eat a special menu of fairy tale food and kudos to their parents for having taught them all proper tea etiquette! We had some surprise guests come by too…Snow White, Belle, and Anna (Frozen), dropped by to interact with the children and give them all tiaras and crowns. The tea was capped off by story time in the parlor and pictures of all the fun. Thank you to all those who really made it special for the kids, especially, Molly Likovich, Meaghan Murphy, and Maddi Horn.

We also had a sold out crowd at our Comfortable Side of Coastal Tea in early September, including a wonderful group for the Mallard Landing Retirement Community. This nautical themed tea was to celebrate the new logo of the City of Salisbury. It was really fun to make all the seafood inspired dishes for this tea. We wanted to transport guests to the shore with a beach décor and sea shanties playing in the background. We also had special guests for this tea. Salisbury Mayor Jake Day and the City’s Public Information Officer Chris Demone came to talk to guests about the new logo and branding and all the exciting events coming to Salisbury. This includes the National Folk Festival coming in 2018. We were honored that the Mayor chose to give our guests a sneak peak at the new Folk Festival logo right here at PHM (it was released to the public later that day). This was the first tea that the Mayor had been to at PHM and we hope it won’t be his last. Our guests enjoyed sitting with him and being able to talk to him one on one.