Afternoon Tea at Hotel Wales

When Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012 our Manhattan apartment building was severely affected,  we were evacuated and moved to a Marriott hotel three blocks away for a few days .  (See Cooking with Gas)

A few years earlier we also had to vacate when during a renovation the construction dust forced us out.  (See  The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)

We moved to Hotel Wales on Madison Ave and 92 St where the elegant decor and the afternoon tea were not hard to take.

A few years ago when I heard the hotel closed,  I felt I’d lost a little piece of home.

RetroFlash /  100 Words

– Dana Susan Lehrman

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