Tuesday, October 6
Wilmington, NC
The Front Street Inn
by Denis
In the morning we spent one hour at the Mercedes dealership and replaced our two front tires. Now we were rolling along on 4 spanking new tires! It certainly gave us peace of mind as we thought about the journey ahead of us. While there, I put the finishing touches on the invitations for Amanda's Afternoon Tea & Baby Shower.
And speaking of Afternoon Tea, when we got back to the historic district we walked over to The Wilmington Tea Room to have tea by the sea! A fantasy come true for a tea time lover, this adorable tea room was painted a gorgeous shade of Periwinkle with Lime Green accents throughout. The Tea Ladies were sweet and attentive and the room was filled with happy palaver.
Getting ready to order at The Wilmington Tea Room
www.wilmingtontearoom.com
Precious!!
Dainty!
Darling!
Real men pour tea!
The menu included all levels of tea service from Savory to Cream to Royal. We shared a pot of green tea which was described as follows:
Blue Mango - Sail away on trade winds when tasting the exotic blend of mango, pineapple and mallow petals.
For our savory course we ordered the tasty Vegetable Sandwich. It was filled with hummos and assorted fresh vegetables on pumpernickel bread and served with fresh fruit in a tea cup!
And then came our Cream course, delicious crumbly scones served with Devonshire cream and raspberry preserves. Tea Time Heaven!!
On our way out, Denis took this shot of three lovely ladies. They had visited this tea room together 20 years ago and now they were back again.
One of life's small pleasures, tea time with good friends (and I'll include my husband in that).
Later that day, we once again set out to explore the historic district and to have our very first Martini of the road trip. Some of you know this already, we are on a quest to find our very favorite type of Martini. Since we were Martini Newbies, that night we stuck to the basics:
Dry... Vodka... Olives...
The First Martini
It was a beautiful evening and from where we sat at a balcony table at Riverboat Landing Restaurant on Market Street, we had a wide view of the wharf, riverwalk and harbor. In the distance we could see yet another film crew working on a scene that looked to be of a festival of sorts.
The facade of the restaurant was also enveloped in light and we were not sure if we had, too, somehow become part of the set!
Our table had been the one on the center balcony.
We both chose one of only two vegetarian entrees on the menu. It was the Marinated and Grilled Portabella Mushroom. It was stuffed with goat cheese and arugula and it was accompanied by lemon mashed potatoes, black-eye peas and tender asparagus.
A perfectly prepared portion of portabella!
We lingered awhile on the riverwalk watching the film crew and enjoying our final evening in Wilmington. Earlier in the day we had noticed a standout coffee table finished in red laquer in the window of a wine shoppe on Front Street. Always a small world, we found that the shoppe belonged to one of the proprietors of the Front Street Inn, our new friend Chris. We stopped by on the way back to the inn and sat for a while. We enjoyed a nice chat with Chris and came away with a lovely bottle of a French Pinot Noir.
Wilmington Wine Shoppe
www.wilmingtonwineshoppe.com
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