Tea @ Ritz
Aug. 24th, 2006 11:13 pmSo, on Tuesday
electroncat and I scoped out a potential tea party location in downtown Atlanta, for a meetup for Dragon*Con. We fancied ourselves up for afternoon tea at the Ritz Carlton and took some pictures, of course! We had a lot of fun confusing people and prancing around in floofy dresses, but not so much fun waiting for the rain to stop T__T Alas~ On with the pictures (please forgive all spelling and grammatical errors, I'm so ready for bed!)

electroncat (red hair) and
emiko (black hair), in case you didn't know ;)

Lolita in a car! I love unflattering pics~

She has the most awesome smile :D

Don't look at me and drive at the same time! (ok, we were at a stop light... I hope~)

My requesit MySpace-style photo. I promise my eyes are not quite so creepy looking in real life.

Paying for parking... Like hell we're paying $15 for valet! Good thing we paid for the 1.5+ hour choice, it ended up raining lions and wolves by the time we finished tea T__T

A fancy tea cup. Hurrah for macro!

Kats bustin' out the cute again.

Me trying not to be cute.

We had tea with this guy over our shoulders. A fine gentleman indeed, didn't talk much though.

Our sandwiches arrive! From the top: Smoked salmon with roe, a cucumber thing with dill butter, curried egg salad, and grilled chiken salad with too many sesame seeds. They were all 'ok', nothing to write home about, but we persevered and ate them all.

ZOMG TEA!

And for the win, A TEA CUP!

Kats' teapot... Exciting, I know.

And now, definitly for the win... Desserts! From the top again, we had a slice of blueberry cake, banana nut bread, a lemon tart (omg, it was sooooo tasty), a chocolate-soemthing moose, a brownie thing, a lemon muffin-thing, i think orange scone, and in the middle a grapfruit cheesecake with blood-orange geletain.

Creepy guy in yellow shirt. He deserved a photo since he pretty much flirted with me via eye contact the entire time.

This is me giving said creepy yellow shit guy the Evil Glare©

Sorry, I don't really like to smile~

Damnit, you caught me!

The massacre of the desserts. Unfortunatly we couldn't finish all our sweets since we had eation all the sandwiches beforehand T__T

After tea, it was time for more MySpace-style photos, bathroom style! You can see my necklace better here, I'm completly in love with it.

What's with that look, Kats?

Aw.

OMG CUTENESS AGAIN!

A nice look at Kats' dress

Looking kinda tired....

My outfit... Whoo.

And the back XD;;

Then we looked for places to have big photoshoots done... like this desk thing.

Liek, ohmigod!

Flowers. Woot.

I decide to be dramatic.

Why do my knees look so red ;;__;;

Why must I do such retarded things XD

Kats checking out the ballroom

Yay, a couch! Break time~

I'm going to eat your soul

Yay, you can kinda see the details on my dress here :D

I think I need another soul now...

Tried to capture the same look with Kats

Oh my...

I decided we needed pictures of us smelling not-really-flowers.

I try my hand at looking normal.

Fooled ya'. I'm gonna eat your brains now!

Then I just had to be a jackass and stand on the bench to get this totally awesome shot. We were going to have her take on of me from her angle, but some mean security guy told me 'you're not allowed to take pictures in here, baby girl, but I'll let you keep those as momentos'. F*YOU SECURITY MAN!

So we consoled ourselves by taking photos of our socks and shoes. These are Kats'.

And mine.
AND THUS CONCLUDES OUR AMAZING ADVENTURE TO THE RITZ.
Keep an eye out for a post by Kats concerning a tea party/meetup for Dragon*con (labor day weekend, Atlanta GA)... Soonish. Sometime after this post XD;;
And for the record:
electroncat is probably wearing stuff all made by her back around Momo-con, except maybe the shoes and stockings ;) I'm wearing BTSSB dress and petti, Supert3ch bloomers and alice bow, and the rest is just mall stuff.
Lolita in a car! I love unflattering pics~
She has the most awesome smile :D
Don't look at me and drive at the same time! (ok, we were at a stop light... I hope~)
My requesit MySpace-style photo. I promise my eyes are not quite so creepy looking in real life.
Paying for parking... Like hell we're paying $15 for valet! Good thing we paid for the 1.5+ hour choice, it ended up raining lions and wolves by the time we finished tea T__T
A fancy tea cup. Hurrah for macro!
Kats bustin' out the cute again.
Me trying not to be cute.
We had tea with this guy over our shoulders. A fine gentleman indeed, didn't talk much though.
Our sandwiches arrive! From the top: Smoked salmon with roe, a cucumber thing with dill butter, curried egg salad, and grilled chiken salad with too many sesame seeds. They were all 'ok', nothing to write home about, but we persevered and ate them all.
ZOMG TEA!
And for the win, A TEA CUP!
Kats' teapot... Exciting, I know.
And now, definitly for the win... Desserts! From the top again, we had a slice of blueberry cake, banana nut bread, a lemon tart (omg, it was sooooo tasty), a chocolate-soemthing moose, a brownie thing, a lemon muffin-thing, i think orange scone, and in the middle a grapfruit cheesecake with blood-orange geletain.
Creepy guy in yellow shirt. He deserved a photo since he pretty much flirted with me via eye contact the entire time.
This is me giving said creepy yellow shit guy the Evil Glare©
Sorry, I don't really like to smile~
Damnit, you caught me!
The massacre of the desserts. Unfortunatly we couldn't finish all our sweets since we had eation all the sandwiches beforehand T__T
After tea, it was time for more MySpace-style photos, bathroom style! You can see my necklace better here, I'm completly in love with it.
What's with that look, Kats?
Aw.
OMG CUTENESS AGAIN!
A nice look at Kats' dress
Looking kinda tired....
My outfit... Whoo.
And the back XD;;
Then we looked for places to have big photoshoots done... like this desk thing.
Liek, ohmigod!
Flowers. Woot.
I decide to be dramatic.
Why do my knees look so red ;;__;;
Why must I do such retarded things XD
Kats checking out the ballroom
Yay, a couch! Break time~
I'm going to eat your soul
Yay, you can kinda see the details on my dress here :D
I think I need another soul now...
Tried to capture the same look with Kats
Oh my...
I decided we needed pictures of us smelling not-really-flowers.
I try my hand at looking normal.
Fooled ya'. I'm gonna eat your brains now!
Then I just had to be a jackass and stand on the bench to get this totally awesome shot. We were going to have her take on of me from her angle, but some mean security guy told me 'you're not allowed to take pictures in here, baby girl, but I'll let you keep those as momentos'. F*YOU SECURITY MAN!
So we consoled ourselves by taking photos of our socks and shoes. These are Kats'.
And mine.
AND THUS CONCLUDES OUR AMAZING ADVENTURE TO THE RITZ.
Keep an eye out for a post by Kats concerning a tea party/meetup for Dragon*con (labor day weekend, Atlanta GA)... Soonish. Sometime after this post XD;;
And for the record:
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:18 am (UTC)Was the Ritz nice to you? :3 *arranging a tea party there* XD I'm a bit nervous.
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:20 am (UTC)I love your shoes!!
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:25 am (UTC)I don't think they carry it anymore, as I've not seen it on their site... I bought it off another member of the community though, so I don't really know what season it's from :\
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:25 am (UTC)....haha, creepy older dudes. D: We had this picnic once where some dude in Bryant Park in fact set up his chair (just him and his folded arms, no table, no bags or anything) directly facing us and watched us for like... an hour.
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:28 am (UTC)That creepy guy with the yellow shirt looks funny~ Did he notice you taking a photo of him? XD
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:31 am (UTC)He probably noticed... Maybe... I had Kat's angled in such a way that it sort of looked like I was shooting her, then I just zoomed in on him XD;;
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:38 am (UTC)For years I've poo poo-ed the idea of cutting my hair with bangs, but I love yours, especially in the photographs with you on the couch as you had your tea. Mm. Bangs. So nice!
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:48 am (UTC)As for my bangs *blush* Thank you. It's all self-cut... lol, I'm a little too brave when it comes to my hair XD
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:40 am (UTC)And Kat's hair is super cool too! I really like bi-colored hair. (or even tri!)
Gosh, you both look totally awesome. =3 (as a side note... how'r the shirts going? ^_^ )
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Date: 2006-08-25 03:54 am (UTC)Amazingly enough, I'm actually too skinny for the dress T__T I had to pin the waist-bow-sash-thing at least another four-five inches to fit right... lol, well, Halloween is coming up, I'll pig out on loads of candy XD Still a bit too tall for it in the torso though, oh well..
The shirts! I actually realized my original design was about two inches too small overall so I'm in the process of re-sizing it before I print and burn the screens T__T I wish Photoshop had a 'Magic Fix Everything' button.
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Date: 2006-08-25 04:14 am (UTC)Those are very nice pictures, and green eyed girl has marvelously green eyes.
However, in regards to the tea, are there any other tea places in the area? It's a nice hotel and stuff but after having been to several little tea parlors, from really tiny room but nicely decorated and good foods near someone's house to hotel tea time, that tea set up looks kind of bleh. It is about the food and atmosphere. You should be getting nice stuff for your money. If you can find a nicer place, maybe even more intimate, it might just be a better experience over all.
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Date: 2006-08-25 04:26 am (UTC)There are a few other places around Atlanta that do tea... mostly 'urban' teahouses though, not quite the right atmosphere, you know? We haven't had the time or money to check out any other traditional tea rooms, but many of them are closer to the perimeter (in other words, many miles away from downtown ATL).
Anyway XD We decided on the Ritz for D*C at least, because it's right there by the convention center, and reletivly cheap for tea and tasty treats in a nice setting. From what I know about other tea rooms, there isn't one any closer, and even then, they're pretty expensive (for this upcoming meet we really want to keep it low-priced because of the convention's hefty prices).
lol, kinda went on there~ Sorry XD;
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Date: 2006-08-25 04:45 am (UTC)You both look really fab. Maybe I'll go for tea Monday... ;_;
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Date: 2006-08-25 04:57 am (UTC)Thank you! Go get thee some tea to sooth your nerves from modding here ;)
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