For this week's
contribution to The
Tablescaper's “Oh, the places I've been" link up, I am taking you to lunch at Josephine's
Tea Room (and shops!) in Godfrey, Illinois. A 30 minute drive from downtown St.
Louis, if you live close, or are passing through, it is well worth a stop.
I celebrated my last
two birthdays here (October 7th in case you want to send a card), which is why
the pictures are more fall-ish than summery, but if you're anything like me,
you are probably looking for seasonal decorating ideas all year long. So
relax, take a good look, and soak up all of this botanical gorgeousness.
Every time I see the
gardens here I wonder what the heck I am doing wrong with my own faded, spindly
plants. Look at these! So lush!
This “planted” window just blew me away, well, not literally, but the day was windy.
Again, lush, gorgeous, and very clever the way the pots are attached to
the shutters. I love this look, but my shutters are brand new and I just can't
see myself heading toward them wielding a power drill even though I know that
I'd love the outcome.
The interior of
Josephine's is as pretty as the exterior. Items that are available for
sale in the shops are attractively displayed everywhere. When I see displays
like this, well, I just want to go home and spit on my mantle.
Little bits of charm
lie everywhere.
This picture is fuzzy
because the dining room was packed, we were sitting across the room in the
corner, and I was without flash and using a telephoto lens, but check out the
stenciling! Back in the day, every room in my house was stenciled.
I was a woman on a mission with a stencil brush in my hand. For a while I
hired out and managed to stencil English ivy around a room in an old house,
even across the front of a radiator! Tricky, but it looked great. If
any of you stencil, please tell me where I can find this monkey stencil. I have
the PERFECT place for it in my house.
More stenciling, more
fuzziness, but you get the idea as to what a visual wonder this place is inside
and out.
Now for the food.
I had a salad and the lobster bisque. Yummy!
The dessert tray.
Need I say more?
Maybe that I selected
the biggest one!
Josephine's Ltd.
Tea Rooms and Gift Shops
6109 Godfrey Road
Godfrey, Illinois
618 466 7792
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