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I didn't come from a tea drinking family. But, as a fifth grader attempting to avoid my math homework, I slowly perused the kitchen cabinets one day looking for an after school snack and found an old box of Lipton tea. Reading that water had to be boiled and the tea steeped, it seemed like a perfect stall so I made myself a cup. And I loved it.
In my early 20's I made a startling discovery. Tea could be purchased from places other than the grocery store - fabulous teas that looked and tasted completely different than anything Sir Lipton had offered. Clearly it was time for that gentleman and I to part ways...
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Collier County Library, including excerpts from her
REMEMBERING MISS MILLAY, click here.The love of history and research? I think that's something you're born with. But, surely I wasn't the only pre-teen who could recite even the most obscure facts about Abraham Lincoln...Laurie Nienhaus
How on Earth Did Tea Make It This Far?: While tea has been hailed as the elixir of immortality, it’s also been served as a vegetable, "encouraged" with raw eggs, and considered the villainous ruin of the British race. Learn of tea’s perilous - and amusing - journey through time.
Over a Cuppa: Does the spoon go in front of or behind the cup? Is white tea really white? And what is an elevenses? These are a few of the questions answered in a lively talk designed to help us celebrate the glories, as well as the latest trends, of a fine cup of tea.
A Chocolate & Tea Tasting: Love chocolate? Learn more of the chocolate world while indulging in "hi-octane" samples containing between 60% & 80% cocoa solids. We pair them with a tea that can hold its own and there’s no worries about over-indulging. These chocolates, and the tea, are good for us!
What Were They Thinking!?: Sometimes fashions from another era find us shaking our heads and wondering, "What were they thinking!?" Take an amusing step back in time for a peek at fashions that hid a woman’s real body, gave her the look of a mermaid, and helped to make swooning the rage!
The Stories My Clothing Can Tell: If our clothing could speak, what stories would they tell? With a look at the personal vintage fashion journey of Laurie Nienhaus, guests are introduced to vintage reproduction fashions and accessories spanning the 1880’s through the roaring twenties.
Remembering Miss Millay: A presentation for the passionate among us! Learn of the life and loves of Edna St. Vincent Millay, the icon of the 1920’s jazz babies and the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Interspersed throughout are dramatic readings of her poetry.
The Tactics of Alice Paul: The determination of Alice Paul, one of the most charismatic figures of the suffrage movement, knew no bounds. An amusing look at the tactics and strategies of the woman who became the woe of President Woodrow Wilson.
Contact Laurie Nienhaus by calling 239-463-1079 or emailing editor@GLily.com
