Tea Time with Melody Q

Thursday, March 16, 2023

When You Wish Upon A Star

You Go to The Franklin Institute

And the Disney 100 Exhibit

This was so much fun! Last Saturday Xyra, Nonna, Lady NoTea, and I left early in the morning and headed to Philly and The Franklin Institute to see the Disney 100 exhibit.

Oh, before I get into the details two things.

1) In the past I've shared links, however, I've noticed when an event ends the link goes to dead space. So, you'll have ato search Disney 100 on your own. BUT I will give you the link the Franklin Institute. :-) Okay, okay! Here is the one for Disney 100 too - but only once.

2) This may end up being a bit of a photo dump. So many fun things and a picture is worth 1,000 words.

So let the trip begin!

Here we are waiting in the rotunda to enter. Ben welcomes all!

Mickey greets everyone too!

Check out these great pieces!

Sleeping Beauty! Xyra's favorite prince. This book was fun! The screen changed as you turned the pages.

It's all fun stuff! If you're not sure what I'm showing you, feel free to ask in the comments.

Olaf looks like he's introducing me. (giggles)

And the Oscar goes to...I've never seen one in person before. Very cool!

This one is kind of blurry, but she's so cute I had to share it! She's from the It's A Small World Ride!

And these are just the tip of the ice berg with regards to photos! I picked the best ones. The exhibit was amazing!

What is your favorite Disney movie or TV show or song? What would you love to see if you could? What was your favorite photo from my trip?

Thank you for coming! Hope you have a great day!

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Color Changing Hot "Chocolate"

Ravenclaw Blue

Hi! Xyra received a great Hedwig mug for Christmas. It came with color changing hot chocolate and marshmallows. We had to try it out. It turned blue, so we figured the colors available would be the house colors.

Grace, Pen, and I drew straws to see who would show off our Ravenclaw pride and review the drink.

So here's the breakdown. When we poured the powder into the cup it was pure white. Xyra said it reminded her of the powder in pixie stix or fun dip. I think those are some kind of vintage candy. (giggles)

Then we poured in the boiling water. Immediately, as the power turned to liquid, it turned robin's egg blue. Very pretty. Of course, we added marshmallows. It's "hot chocolate" after all. Looks great!

Now for the taste test!

Um, blech!

So...definitely not hot chocolate. Not even the white chocolate type. Was worth the try, but we won't go searching for that! Real hot chocolate and hot cocoa for the win.

Have a great day! Stay safe and warm!