Happy Halloween Saturday, Oct 31 2009 

Review: Seeing Pink at Crown & Crumpet Wednesday, Oct 21 2009 

Pot of tea at Crown & Crumpet (Photo by: Lydia)

Pot of tea at Crown & Crumpet (Photo by: Lydia)

Tea Place: Crown and Crumpet
Location: Ghiradelli Square, 900 North Point, San Francisco, CA
Website: www.crownandcrumpet.com
Date Reviewed: September 27, 2009
“SpecialTeas”: Marie Antoinette
Menu: Tea for Two
We Recommend: Marie Antoinette, Happiness is…, Hibiscus and Cinnamon
Highlights: Wonderful service, cute decor,wide selection of great tea, good food, Lolita-friendly owners
Needs more sugar: Cupcake frosting not to our taste, expensive parking
in Ghiradelli Square

Full review under the cut.

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Rounding Off: 2009/2010 Winter Coats Friday, Oct 16 2009 

Metamorphose Frilly Dolly Coat in red (Source: Metamorphose)

Metamorphose Frilly Dolly Coat in red (Source: Metamorphose)

Somehow, mid-October has come around. If you’re still searching  for a winter coat and haven’t found a design you love yet, perhaps one of these will tickle your fancy. The remaining coats in the Winter 2009/2010 lineup are offered in Sweet, Military and Gothic styles.

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New Staff Member! New Advice Column! Thursday, Oct 15 2009 

Some home Internet problems have been keeping me from posting and the blog has become quite stale because of it.  To help keep Carousel of Crowns fresh, we here at CoC have invited a new staffer to join the team – a gentleman advice columnist. He will be making a self-introductory post in due time, however, please join us in welcoming him.

We’re very lucky to have him join our humble little blog as he an expert on fashion, party planning, etiquette and tea-quette, so please send him any questions, quandaries or condundrums you have. Want to have a tea party, but can’t figure out how to brew a pot of tea? Need some advice on what present to give your Lolita-loving friend? Not sure how to accessorize an outfit (include pictures!)? Please send your burning questions, even those you think might be a little silly, to deercarouselofcrowns@gmail.com and he’ll post responses as soon as possible.

For purposes of suspense, we’re not telling you who this is yet. Any guesses?