Madame Weebles invites you to tea

Madame Weebles —  October 25, 2012 — 291 Comments

One of the most important aspects of blogging etiquette is to spread the love.  My good friend Brigitte does this better than anyone.  I, however, have really sucked at this lately.  So many of you have given me bloggy awards, shoutouts in your posts, reblogs, etc, and I haven’t paid it forward in a long time now.

So it’s time to put things right.  I will have another post soon about awards and such, but today’s post is an invitation to tea—or coffee, or cocktails, or milkshakes, whatever.

Each week I’m going to choose two or three bloggers (depending on what kind of response this gets) to have over for tea, etc.  I will email them a series of wacky and/or demented questions for them to answer.  Then I’ll incorporate their answers into a post about our gathering, which will take place in a luxurious setting with only the finest beverages and the most sumptuous of treats.  And each week’s party will be different.  We’re going to have such a good time!  (And naturally I’ll link to each blogger’s site.)

If you’d care to join me, kindly RSVP below, and I promise I will get to all of you in due time.  I’m already choosing venues, selecting caterers, and interviewing waitstaff in anticipation of your arrival.

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291 responses to Madame Weebles invites you to tea

  1. I like tea. And I like parties. And I have faith your party with tea will have nothing to do with the Tea Party. if that’s the case, I’ll banter about.

  2. I like tea and cute little pastries…now what to wear :) . love this

  3. I hope you’re serving Green Tea. I like Green Tea. And those cookies that come in the tin. I like the one that looks like a pretzel.

  4. Although tea is the national drink here in Newfoundland, I’m a coffee kinda girl…unless it’s noon then bring on the wine!! Whatevah…I would love to visit. Count me in!

  5. Oh yeah, milkshakes sound wonderful.

  6. I would love to have coffee with you! Or gin. Do you like gin?

  7. I’m in … and I’m even bring a tasty red wine for us to enjoy.

  8. Hello, yes, I will kindly accept your invitation. I will bring the mini cucumber sandwiches.

  9. Tea? I love tea. And cookies? I’ll bring the cookies. I’d love to come. I’ve been cooped up too long in my house or in my car. Looking forward to it.

  10. Weebs,
    Le Clown will sit this one out. He’ll be lurking behind the curtains, though, and listening closely for all the gossips.
    Le Clown

  11. Not much of a tea drinker but I do like me some afternoon cocktails with muffins and scones.

  12. Ugh, I hate tea (big British fail there), coffee for me, preferably Irished up. Boozy milkshakes are good too.

    I currently have a wells tocked drinks cabinet after a stag do weekend and everyone went home leaving all their undrunk booze, which I gladly gave a loving home to.

    • What?! You hate tea, Joe? My illusions have been shattered. (but then, I was born in Maine and I hate lobster, go figure)

      • I suppose there is a whole world of exotic teas but English tea is beige, lukewarm, milky/watery rubbish. Give me a dark butter coffee anyday.

        Lobster is so expensive here, must put Maine on a to do list. Cabot Cove better be a real place too.

        • Milky watery rubbish? I thought I knew you, Joe!
          I only drink oolong. But I make sure to put loads of sugar and milk in there so it’s drinkable. My big thing is coffee for sure. Can’t live without that stuff.

          Lobster was dirt cheap here this year. Kinda tastes a little like rubbery clumps of snot to me though, but hey, whatever.

          • Great description, if I ever afford a lobster here I will remember that and I will order somehting else instead.

            I’ve just today ordered one of those coffee pod machines. I swore against them before, being a snob about properly pumped espresso or a cafetiere allowing the coffee to infuse properly. But I had one in a hotel and the machine just went half price so I caved. They do tea pods for them too – revolting.

          • Oolong is good stuff. Strong, smoky, and practically puts hair on your chest.

        • Why does it not surprise me that you watched Murder, She Wrote?

          • Have you not seen my occasional nods to Jessica on my blog, she’s been arrested and another time she was on the phone from prison to Ina Garten.

            It is still on every day here so can always catch it. A friend I am seeing tonight went as far as buying the box set. I just tune in when it’s on, I especially like it when she tries her hand at an accent when they go back in time for the specials when she plays Jessica’s great great grandmother. Her southern belle accent is brilliant

    • Bring them along, Joe. We’ll need fortifications.

  13. Can I wear while gloves? I am going to wear white gloves. And pearls. I’ll also bring you a hostess gift. Can you tell I am southern?

  14. Spiffy idea. One looks forward to an afternoon tea at chez Weebles with the greatest of delight. Too-da-loo!

  15. sounds like delicious fun–consider this my RSVP

  16. Victorians KNOW how to do tea. They even had dresses that were specifically meant for having tea. I’m in. But, be gentle. I’m really a bit shy!

  17. I agree with you about Brigitte. She is so lovely and generous in her blogging. And I love the idea of a tea party! I’ll bring some beignets back from New Orleans!

  18. Gimme a couple weeks and let me bring the drunken bear and my presence at your blog’s tea-party will be the talk of the… wardrobe…

  19. Ohhh I love Tea’s with cucumber sandwiches. I would love to participate.

  20. Very cool idea! We watch Toy Story around here a lot, so all I can think about is Buzz saying, “I am Mrs. NESBITT!” I can also bring a sweet toy pink teapot that sings super polite songs in a British accent.

  21. So-weet! I am a big fan of cucumber sandwiches and any variety of finger foods, the more fingers in them the better.

  22. I would love to attend some tea (or possibly strong black coffee!) ~ RSVP’ing -

  23. Capital idea dear Madame! I take my tea with lemon and a spot of honie. :)
    (my muse has a British accent. I don’t know why.)

  24. What a cool idea! I drink tea every single day. Once 4 pm rolls around, I bust out my tea pot, put on my fuzzy slippers and wrap myself into a warm quilt and nibble on sugar cookies. Must be the English blood in me.

  25. Heavens! Of course I accept your invitation, lovely Madame. I look forward to it with great anticipation. Thank you for this most kind invitation.
    (Like Honie my muse has a British accent but not a very good one, more like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.) ;)

  26. As long as you like Martinis (and those always have gin, not vodka), I’m in!

  27. Great idea. I’ll bring the cakes. Proper English tea mind, none of your Liptons!

  28. I would be honored to attend. Shall I bring the wine? The hard cider? Perhaps a lovely plate of scones?

  29. What a lovely idea. Petit Fours, cucumber sandwiches and nice cup of Darjeeling! LargeSelf will be attending!

  30. This is an awesome idea.

  31. Tea sounds lovely. I can bring pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

  32. Weebs, first of all thanks for the shout out and compliment. You and I talked about this so I’d like to be your first guest to this worldwide event. I’ve been waiting for your email, as we discussed. So I’ll volunteer to be your first victim, er guest, and let’s do this, my friend (btw, when I said let’s do something creative, I should have known you do it UP RIGHT). xxoo

  33. I’m all for a cup of tea and a nice chit chat, count me in.

  34. I’m in, provided there are scones involved. With boysenberry jam, if you please.

  35. Ah! I am following you but for some strange reason I’m not getting your postings. I had to MANUALLY find you. The horror!
    This is suCh a great idea!! Let’s tea!

  36. A legal drink and drive, why not? I’ll wait at the Magic Bus Stop for you to come by.

  37. Pick me, PICK ME! not so much for the featuring but I LOVE TEA PARTIES!!!!

  38. Sounds like a blast! I’ll bring pie …

  39. I’d love to come and be the Mad Hatter. Or at least the Dormouse…

  40. How refined! I look forward to reading the transcripts to your tea parties!

  41. What a fabulous idea…shall I bring a plate? With something on it? (If I get an invitation)

  42. I am in! Although I do hope that it won’t become a hoity-toity tea party and that rude jokes would be acceptable!

  43. I’ll be the one with the parasol. Who accidentally spills hot water into her lap.

  44. RSVP – done! Hiehie, this is my first time…(yes, being invited to tea). Being in Saudi Arabia – socializing isn’t a frequent affair. Looking forward to it!

  45. Asklotta
    accepts with pleasure
    Madame Weebles’s
    kind invitation for tea
    on any given day Madame Weebles desires!

  46. I’m so looking forward to snooping on your “tea parties” – you have such fabulous visitors. And an invitation would be delightful – I love my oolong! (Am I the only one who thinks that sounds like a filthy double entendre? Jeez, no wonder I don’t get invited to tea parties very often.)

  47. Madame, how very kind of you. I’d love to be invited if space permits. It looks like you have many guests. You have your work cut out for you here. But, I would love to come to your party. I’m sure you would throw a lovely party.

  48. Flourish the pinky!
    MMmmmyeeeeeesssssssshhhhhh!

  49. I would be most honored to be a guest at Madame’s tea party.

  50. This is a great idea! And I think it’s good Karma to spread the love around.

  51. Sure I’d love to come to the party! Tea Par-tay!

  52. I drink a lot of tea–mostly green tea or Yerba mate. As a youngster I liked mushroom tea, and I still love the tea H.C.

    I would love to participate if there’s still room.

  53. Well, you know I’m not much of a joiner, but a tea party where I only have to participate by responding to email questions? Hey, I can do that. But you can put me at the bottom of the list. I’m in no rush to socialize, and there are others who are far better at it than me. ;)

  54. Your guest list intimidates with both size and content, but it there’s room for another at your table, I’ll happily dig out my tea-drinking spats and Homberg.

  55. Great plan! I’d love to come, but do all the others first. By the time you’ve managed to do that, it must be summer and I’ll have time to answer :) .

  56. Weebs, you can ask me ANYTHING you want over an entire pot of tea face to face if you’re ever in the mood for a real world lame adventure.

  57. Sign me up! But we only have corrupt tea in chicago, fyi.

  58. I’d come for tea. I may have to answer in pictures though…

  59. Yes, yes, tea and all. Lovely.
    But will there be those silly little finger sandwiches, with the crusts cut off?
    Love those…

  60. Tea with Weebles? That sounds deeee-lightful. I’d love to have tea, really any chance where I can dress up as the grandmother from Downton Abbey.

  61. D’oh, I’m already arriving late to the party! Can’t wait to read all about it! :-)

  62. I would happily accept an invitation to tea with you fair Madame. I look forward to reading about your future teas and I have no doubt I will be entertained to the fullest! :)

  63. Ooooh Madame please let me your humble reader sit in on one of those ;) I can even promise to eat half a portion in my newfound health awareness xx

  64. I love demented questions. And tea. Will there be cake? If there’s cake, I’m in!

  65. Ooooooo! I love tea! I’m even a tea snob! (Also known as a pain in the ass) I’ll bring pound cake! Can I give demented answers?

    • I love pound cake! You’re a tea snob? No problem, my parties will have only the world’s finest teas. I think you’ll be pleased. And I’d be disappointed if you didn’t give demented answers.

  66. I’d love to attend!! I hope the Mad Hatter will be there, and that little mouse that hides in the sugar bowl.

  67. I would be most happy to accept your lovely invitation. I shall have my valet select somthing appropriate to wear :)

  68. It sounds like a wonderful idea, and I would love to attend! And what a great way to get to know your other guests. :)

  69. I don’t like tea. Can I put alcohol in tea?

  70. What an incredible way to promote your own blog while still making people feel special :)

    I’m down!

  71. I want to come to tea! Or coffee! Or jello shooters! :-)

  72. You are going to pick two or three from all these people … wow! Hmmmm … which is easier to get: Freshly Pressed or a Weebs invite?

    • No selection process, I mean that I’ll choose 2 or 3 people each week for a party. I’m getting to EVERYONE! Ambitious, yes, but I’m game. So actually, Frank, I’m pretty easy. Wait, that came out wrong.

      • Yes – I got the scoop that Weebs is not only easy, but pretty easy! ;) Why to stay with the line!

        Ah ha … I didn’t thinking about the reoccurring teas.

        BTW – I hope you watched the Paso Zin clip because it cracks me up every time.

  73. Ooh! Goodie! My first invitation to a tea, that is so exciting. I will likely be that strange person sitting in the corner reading instead of talking to people, sipping a chocolate milkshake in one hand and some exotic cocktail in the other. :)

  74. Can’t wait to see (read) about this later. Such an awesome idea.

  75. how will you ever squeeze all of us in? what a smashing good idea.

  76. Heady company here, but with KayJai holding up one arm and LeClown on the other, I could be ready by the time you get to the bottom of the barrel.

  77. You didn’t mention florists. I’ve been known to PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE for including too much Lathyrus odoratus in a certain bridal bouquet. What am I trying to say? I’ve got your back, MW, and I’m in (but I will appear as Gemini Girl/aka GG/aka the self-righteous assistant on Le Clown’s blog, so all bets, manners, and possibly taste will be, ummmm….off).

    • Floral arrangements are being taken care of, Stacie, but I’m glad to know you’re with me, Stacie. Just today I had to scratch out the eyes of a florist who tried to put daisies in the table settings instead of Gerbera daisies. BITCH. And no worries about the manners or taste–I have none, so why should you?

  78. Did someone say tea and pasties? Well get on with the hiring and let me know when I can have a look… oh, and some tea.

  79. I’ve arrived a little late to the party, which is weird for me since I’m early for everything. But I would love to share a cuppa with you Madame, and everyone else as well.

    This reminds me of a Trivial Pursuit question. It asked “What weighs 5,275 tons? (Or some outrageous number; I can’t remember exactly.) The answer: All the tea in China.

    And that’s what were gonna need for this tea party.

  80. -grin- By the look of your comments I’m booking myself in for midway through 2013! I just hope you have some coffee left by then. ;)

  81. Chuffed pink at the thought. I’ll bring the marmite.

  82. I don’t seriously need to request an invite, do I? You’ve been teasing me with tea and vegan cookies for months. Months!

  83. Pick me! PICK ME! [jumping up and down until the dishes in the cupboards rattle]

  84. Bahahaha….. you’re going to be having a LOT of tea parties. Over 200 RSVPs…. Intense. Good luck. I do love me a cup of Earl Grey and would love to share one with you three years from now. ;)

  85. Weebles,

    Can a commoner like myself crash your party? I won’t bother anyone – I’ll just be the guy in the hoodie in the corner drinking warm Schlitz and spiking your tea kettle with Rumplemintz. By the way – the spell checkie thing here doesn’t like the word Rumplemintz and right clicking it – the suggested respelling is Simpleminded.

    Your friend,

    the ipc

  86. YAY TEA! Alice knows a lot about tea parties. See what I did there? Invite meeee! I’m more important than those other 200 people.

  87. Wow, offer a free drink and look at how many friends you get….Beer here.

  88. Well I’m way at the end of the Totem Pole (# of respondees) so can I at least carry the drink tray for you? :-)
    (great idea this is BTW)

  89. Absolutely Fabulous idea!! However tea and finger sandwiches sound too clean cut for me, lets make it coffee and a marlboro light and I’m in. (Cause that’s how I roll in cyber space; you can still smoke in cyber space right?)

  90. Sounds like a jolly good idea! I look forward to seeing the results.

  91. Will there be chocolate, and good tea? I don’t drink coffee.

    This sounds like a cool idea.

  92. MMMM… I like tea! And I see chocolates are on the menu as well….

  93. I hope you’ll give us sufficient time to properly polish our bon mots.

  94. I know I’m late to the party, but can I still get in on all this wonderful tea party love? I have a tiny pink tea set somewhere that I would be happy to bring along. And vodka to put in it, of course.

  95. I don’t really eat much, but I do love a good party…. :-)

  96. This sounds like such a fun idea! Consider this my rsvp. And I prefer my tea with a spot of crown royal, thanks.

  97. I would like to come to tea – may there please be little crustless cucumber sandwiches?

  98. This sounds fun! If you ever feel like inviting someone mental, I’d be up for some virtual tea!

  99. Wow, am I ever late with this RSVP. Congrats on the excellent response!

  100. Jeez louise looks like many other people like a good tea party.

  101. Just call me ms. tardy to the party. How did I miss this invitation? Caterers, venues, menus…so glad you’re handling this, dear Madame! xoM

  102. I fear I may have missed the tea party, but I was asleep in the teapot :O

  103. You know . . .great minds think alike, right?

    Am I too late to RSVP? Looky here at how many responses you received! You are going to be swimming in tea. Or flood waters.

  104. Are you still doing this?!?! Because that would be AWESOME!! I could show up in full Batman costumes and even bring a few homemade goodies myself! Like Three-Layered Oreo Fudge? Or how about some Truffle-Stuffed Oreo Cupcakes? Perhaps, S’moas (Samoas and S’mores have a baby) is more your thing? Let me know! :P

  105. I know everyone has already said this, but AMAZING idea! I can’t wait to see what types of questions you ask/how people respond! If it’s not too late, I’d love to RSVP as well. But if it is, I’m still excited to see the posts!

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