London is having a big year what with the 2012 London Olympics and the QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBLIEE! I am freaking out over here, is anyone else? We all know I am a self professed anglophile so I kind of feel like the Universe is smiling down on me and all London is beckoning me to make my way across the pond and have a cuppa and a jolly ol' time. Bloody hell, I'm down.
I was out of town the weekend of the Queen's major celebrations meaning regrettably, I was not able to sit glued to the television watching the huge party, wearing a fake crown and talking in a mix between a cockney accent and an elegant Queen Victoria esque accent to mainly no one, while eating short bread cookies that I call biscuits and drinking massive amounts of tea burning my mouth being totally ok with that. What a shame. Doesn't that sound amazing and inspirational? Or wait does it sound like a description of a four year old girl in her imaginary world? Either way it would have been pretty notable.
Although I was not able to devote my full attention to all of the pomp and circumstance of British royal celebrations, I was able to have a splendid tea party in honor of her majesty the Queen! My mom is the best hostess and cute party thrower I know. She fully indulged my idea of a party and ran with it, also providing most of the guests with her cool friends. I spent my party tea time with a gaggle of awesome ladies, what a treat!
For those of you who don't know, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II is a celebration marking 60 years on the throne for Lizzy. Queen Victoria is the only other monarch in British history to have celebrated this massive achievement. The Brits do crazy stuff like boat pageants down the Thames and street parties! Also famous celebrities preform for the Queen and The Duchess of Cambridge, lovely Kate Middleton looks gorgeous.
But here in Madison, WI we buy tins of Walkers shortbread cookies, make scones, eat clotted cream and little tea sammies made with wheat bread. It was obviously super authentic. And tons of unadulterated fun.
Here are pictures documenting the whole shin dig.
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| The spread. Yes, that is the Queen's face on a tin full of shortbread cookies. |
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| Channeling Alice in Wonderland and some of Britain's earlier monarchs who made use of the guillotine. Ahmm "Bloody Mary" |
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| My plate, one of many servings. |
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| How precious is my mother? We made crowns. |
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| I opted also to add a bindi inspired gem stone as an acknowledgement of British history in India. |
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| And to cap it all off we had a cake decorated with the colors of the United Kingdom and the United States, because we were in fact in the US. |
To keep the theme towards our comrades over in the UK we read from my book called "Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang" learning inventive aspects of British culture. It all went tickety-boo (a term that means it went exceedingly well)!
Next on my queue, an Olympics party!! I plan on just wearing a Union Jack flag draped like a toga.
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