Mother's Day with Molly Brown

Marina and I have developed a fondness for tea parties over the past year. And we've wanted to visit the Molly Brown House since seeing The Unsinkable Molly Brown last fall. We thought the Mother's Day Tea would be a perfect way to finally see the house.

Marina and I dressed up for a spring tea, even though it was a rainy day. Marina brought Grace along and they wore matching dresses.

Marina was excited to see the actual house where Margaret Brown lived. We started the tea with a tour of the first and second floors of the house. We learned about the Brown family and which pieces in the house were original.

After our tour, two maids in period clothing led us to the third floor. The tea room was beautifully set up. We were seated with five very nice people, including another young girl. The food was delicious. Marina was thrilled there was a cucumber sandwich, her favorite tea party food. She tried everything but she focused on the sweets. The tea was Earl Gray with Jasmine. Marina liked that as well. (I did give her quite a bit of sugar though!)

After the tea, we looked around an exhibit of the fashions of Margaret Brown's era. We also looked around the gift shop.

On the way back to our car, we took a short walk downtown. Marina had seen a cathedral nearby and was very impressed by it. And it turned out Margaret Brown donated money to help build it. We walked over for a closer look. But the weather was chilly, so we only looked around for a short time.