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The March Hare, often called the Mad March Hare, is a character most famous for appearing in the tea party scene in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. "Mad as a March hare", a common phrase in Carroll's time, and is based on a popular belief about hares' behavior at the beginning of the long breeding season. Like the character's famous friend, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare feels compelled to always behave as though it is tea-time. Well it's tea time in NYC and there are many great Tea Rooms to enjoy a hot steeped cup of Chai during the last hurrah of winter. Tea seems to be becoming a popular drink replacing our coffee, café latte, espresso and various other caffeine brews. So quick as a bunny, here are some places for tea that I am mad about.
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The Plaza Hotel is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South in the very heart of New York, steps away from the shopping, nightlife, restaurants, attractions and theatres that make this city famous. It is New York's landmark, a hotel that is host to celebrities, royalty, world leaders and the city’s most prominent functions. The jewel of the hotel is the famous Palm Court which was recently restored to its 1907 Victorian glory. Surrounded by the eponymous palms and under the recently revealed stained glass ceiling, it is the perfect setting for afternoon high tea. In recent years, high tea has become a term for elaborate afternoon tea, though this is American usage and mainly unrecognized in Britain. Afternoon tea is a light meal typically eaten between 3pm and 5pm; traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and watercress, fish paste, ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam) and usually cakes.
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Sweets are back in. Maybe the Baby Boomers have finally given up, are moving on to spandex and at last enjoying la dolce vita – the sweet life. One place to give in to your sweet desire is Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro, a glamorous tribute to Paris located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Inspired by Europe’s grandest cafes the Pâtisserie is an exquisite spot for an intimate tete-a-tete tea tryst. Stepping through the grand mahogany doors, one feels immediately transported to a café in the heart of France. The Bistro’s dining room, designed by the renowned architect David Rockwell, evokes a feeling of drama and glamour with lofty ceilings, butter cream colored walls, Belle-Époque mirrors and striking hand blown glass light fixtures - a place to fall “madly” in love with.
Famous NYC Tea Rooms:
Alice's
Tea Cup
Tea
and Sympathy
Sant
Amroeus
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Even in March and indeed throughout the year, it is always Christmas at the Russian Tea Room. The main dining room is decorated in bright red and green with some gold tinsel hanging from the ceiling. For the past eighty years, many of New York’s defining cultural moments have taken place at the Russian Tea Room. Ever since members of the Russian Imperial Ballet founded the restaurant in 1927, it has been a second home for boldface names and the intellectual elite—an exclusive enclave where actors, writers, politicians, and businessmen planned their next deals. Here the “high tea” is brewed in traditional Russia samovars and is served not with the usual cucumber sandwiches but with blini and caviar! If you want to be decadent, finish off the service with a shot of iced vodka! Na Zdorov'ye!
Restaurant Openings:
La
fonda del sol
Restaurant Closings:
Django
Fiamma
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Hare, oops I mean Hair the “American tribal love-rock
musical” is coming back Broadway. With a pop rock score that
includes enduring musical numbers like "Let the Sun Shine In,"
"Aquarius," "Hair" and "Good Morning Starshine," Hair depicts
the birth of a cultural movement in the '60s as told through a tribe
of hopeful hippies living in New York City while war rages in
Vietnam. It was a great success this past summer when it was
presented at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. And oh yes, they
have kept in the famous nude scene that scandalized Broadway at its
premiere.
Broadway Openings:
The
Story of My Life - February 19th
Exit
the King
- March 7th
Rock
of Ages
- March 20th
Broadway Closings:
The
Story of my Life
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