We drove to Mandeville to Vianne's on Tuesday afternoon. They certainly couldn't be accused of lacking variety in their teas. This was to be a continuation of the birthday celebration for Jordan.

Our group of eight included Ashleigh, Judy, Jordan, Kylea Milton, Elyse, Lindsey, Brenda and Rod. We were seated in this nicely decorated tea room.

The first course was two kinds of scones. From the first bite of one of the scones I was completely sold on this idea of a high tea. I have to confess to some misgivings coming in, but none going out. These were the best scones I had ever had, and we had a lot when we lived in Wales.

The next course was a collection of fancy sandwiches, all tasty. And, Oh yes, we had tea! We had pots of four different kinds of teas.

Finally our hostess brought this array of fancy desserts. The whole process certainly wiped away my doubts about how nice a high tea could be! Everything was excellent and we had a nice time of family celebration.

After delivering everyone home after our tea, we headed back to New Orleans. It was about 40 miles from Pearl River to our hotel. We enjoyed watching the skyline of New Orleans from I-10 as we went through.

The downtown expressway I-10 swung us by the Superdome and we took the flyover to Hwy 90 and had to watch lanes carefully to find the exit to St. Charles Avenue. We could get a glimpse of the Crescent City Connector over the Mississippi River.