The British High Tea Room

This is it for the night because I am exhausted and I’m getting a little closer to getting caught up with these updates, but not much.

Today I decided to lunch with my mate Franny at the Tea Room in down town Covington.  Every time we go there it has been superb and the nicest elderly British man is always there to wait on us.  It has been awhile since we last visited this establishment and much has changed.

What was once our nice quiet sanctuary was full of the hustle and bustle today at lunch.  And sadly, our little British friend was not there to chat about old times in the UK with Francesca.  After two vanilla scones each, covered in sugar, and then basted with Clotted Cream and lemon curd, we started to get a sugar high.  Turns out we think they killed Old Martin and buried him under the building.  They knew we were on to something so they wouldn’t let the other customers sit near us.  There were moments when we would stop our conversation and see if it was Martin’s voice calling us via the fire place from under the house.  There was even a moment when Francesca reached out to see if that was his spirit in the light.

Turns out that wasn’t him so she tried reaching to the other side of the table.

She heard Martin’s voice calling to her for help and kept trying to find where it was coming from.

  

What used to be the best lunch outing with our British friend has turned into a complete horse-and-pony show.  One of the waitresses came over and asked for our flower vase in the loveliest British accent.  We both did a 180 when we heard her behind the counter talking in a harsh American accent.  Then she went on to make a new voicemail for the restaurant in her Faux British accent.  We were humiliated.

  Francesca wept for Martin. 

There was a moment of silence.

I was able to record the moment of her looking longingly in the distance to the music of the Tea Room searching for Martin’s lost soul.  However, our sugar giggles took over again – and of course I stink at recording with this thing – but at the end of this clip you can see his orb.  He really is there in spirit after all!!!