Tea Time with my Sister

My sister and I have tea each March to celebrate our birthday month.

This year we had tea at Gerry Frank's Konditorei in Salem, Oregon.

Gerry Frank is part of the department store Meier and Frank, which

was bought out by Macy's some years ago.  He is well known in Oregon

for many things from the department store, associations with politics, wine expertise,

and judging chocolate cakes at the state fair.

It was fun when we walked in the door and he greeted us.

Coming by our table I told him we were there celebrating our birthdays.

His reply, "Life is short, eat dessert first".

Now my sandwich might look like dessert, but it was one of the signature

recipes from Meier and Frank's lunch room, a ribbon sandwich.

I must say what was indeed their specialty was the cakes with at least 20 different cakes on the menu.

The cake was so good, I forgot to photograph it.

We shared a pot of loose leaf earl grey tea, so definitely there was tea.

Now what is special about my sister and I having tea is that we have different mothers

and my sister didn't know she had any sisters until about 20 years ago.

Our father was good at keeping secrets.

So once we found each other and realized we both had birthdays in March,

this has become an annual gathering of two sisters.

A very special way to celebrate.

Don't forget the give-away on Friday's post.