Tea Time with Her Majesty
Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild

author, interviewer, gardener, pastry chef, retailer of English China, tea, exquisite  jewelry, romantic things to wear

Derby Day is this Saturday ... Don't forget to wear a hat! Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild--author: Greater Expectations. Her Majesty's English Tea Room Hats can be edible...

I'm lucky enough to have Pie...Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild--author: Greater Expectations. Her Majesty's English Tea Room

Recently Jerry and I took a road trip to Waco Texas to Magnolia Silos to see what all the buzz was about... you can see me standing between the silos. The displays were all dramatic! And of course it was crowded with happy shoppers... The outside gardens were so pretty, we felt like we had a jump on spring... We plant Swiss Chard for decorative purposes and were thrilled to see beds of it. I wanted this garden bench... There were so many old pieces of hardware like this sink

A special thank you to the Little Traveler and Debbie Fischer for all your help in making my book signing a huge success. A special thank you to Joseph Greenberg, Little Traveler photographer for the great photos. My friends Lucy and Peggy joined me. And of course Jerry helped...and chatted up our guests. If you have not been to the Little Traveler, well, it is worth the trip--I snuck away to do some shopping... My first novel Estate of Mind... Thank you Debbie for all your

Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild-author: Greater Expectations

Jerry indulging (well I helped of course) in an Onion Loaf. If you have read any of my novels, most of the characters end up at Dink's Diner and have an Onion Loaf... Okay it was fabulous! This was at a restaurant called Shorty Small's. Oh, this was the SMALL size... Jerry loves meat loaf...we were at Turf with our good friend Peggy Beavers and Jerry ordered the meat loaf sampler...it was pretty awesome! My meal was equally as outrageous... We love tea time but we also lov

The new copies of Present Magazine are here. Stop by for a copy.

Bunny time...they seem to be hopping all over my garden... We had a pet bunny for a couple of years, one of our cats loved him dearly and would curl up with him... I guess if it has a bunny on it, I'm pretty weak... Peoria has a rabbit show--check on line for the dates. But I warn you, you will probably come home with a bunny... Bunny cakes are easy to make and coconut cake is one of my favs... Though this one is pretty cute ... Once you start looking, you'll see them every w

Jacqueline Gillam Fairchild--author: Greater Expectations. youtu.be/HK3_bUCqbWE, youtu.be/CO5bCckEUs. Her Majesty's English Tea Room--309-243-8322. Hope to see you at my book signing Sunday April 7th at The Little Traveler in Geneva, Ill