I am getting rid of old stuff because I am moving my home.  I have collected various things over the years.   Damask tablecloths, Kokeshi dolls, Mirth is King bottles and figurines.   I often ponder the difference between old stuff and vintage.   A tablecloth clean and ironed from the 50’s is vintage and folks covet them.  The same tablecloth wrinkled and in a heap is a less than $5 garage sale item. 

Tonight from 6-7 our book signing event for “Eat Good Food” is happening!   Meet SF local Sam Mogannam and hear him chat about food.   Our loose tea has arrived and we will be giving out samples for the purpose of you voting on what loose teas are your favorites and which ones we should carry!   See you tonight!

The question of the week has been “Did you find any new, good stuff in NY?”.   Of course I did.   It is an airless bubble of humanity filled with carefully arranged stuff, (99% not me) but somehow, like any steady persistent search in land one is very familiar with you find treasures.   I found a thing that holds your Iphone so you can hang it, great for contractors or pocketless days.    I found a take out container made of silicon to bring your lunch to work in.  Practical style is my new mantra.   Please stay tuned as UPS brings more boxes from around the world each day.   Tea is arriving by Monday stop by and choose some samples of tea to try at home.  Then vote for which one is your favorite.    

Valentine window is up.

Hello,

This is news from Heartfelt to begin the year 2012.   

As many of you know I had a dream of a tea room in my imagination for a few years now.  I firmly believe that with all the time we spend behind or in front of inanimate objects with keyboards, that sitting down with each other over a hot cup of tea would enrich our neighborhood and in turn our lives in perhaps a small way.  There is this soft, no stress, visually pleasing spot that I have tried to offer within Heartfelt over the years and I was ready to spill it over into tea and small sandwiches. The logistics were not aligning and the project has been put away. The good news is that we are going to sell loose tea in the store and there will be opportunity to taste within the store. I am also selling vintage tea pots and tea cups that I have collected over time.  

Movement and shifting is healthy and I am determined to focus on the positive outcome of a project passing and new opportunities popping up.

I have a lot of vintage fabrics, I wanted to put them to good use.   Within our Heartfelt walls is a very creative skilled person, Brook. 

All good vibes for you in this year of the dragon, keep wishing and hoping and sitting down with friends and family sans connection device. 

Warm regards,

Heartfelt

We have a red carnival light up arrow in the store and it points up.  I have started to attach good vibes/luck to it.   I don’t think it matters where we get this energy from or what inanimate object we attach it to.  In other words I will take it wherever I can get it.   On on  a totally unrelated topic the tea room is not happening so I am selling the teapots I have collected over the years.  This is not sad, this is moving ahead.   I am going to the fancy food show today to check out loose teas and tins.  We are planning on selling tea and cookies in tins in 2012.   

Woo hoo on Tuesday, February 7th at 6 p.m.  Heartfelt will host a talk and book signing event with Sam Mogannam of Bi-Rite Market.    Snacks and tea will be served.  We are so lucky in the bay area to have masters of food know-how.   Sam will share words and then sign books so gather at 6:00 please.  See you at the store!