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Afternoon Tea Listens Better
The invitation arrived in the mail, inviting my wife and me to Afternoon Tea. We’ve attended our share of events – receptions, luncheons, dinners, even meetings at long polished tables, or over coffee at a local shop – but never Afternoon Tea. It’s a tradition that has been left behind, like the White Rabbit of Lewis Carroll we’re all too busy rushing from here to there to ever stop for Afternoon Tea.
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