This Sunday Sept 12th: Tea and Wellness @Indy Hall with Alexis Siemons and Jolene Hart
Filed under: Announcements, Events, Independents Hall
I wanted to share some news about a tea & wellness event that will be taking place at IndyHall on Sept 12th. For those of you that don’t know me, I am passionate about tea (you might have seen me steeping tea at Indy or convincing Parker to try a new blend that I created).
As we begin to embrace fall, I find myself falling deeper and deeper in love with tea as the crisp air has me craving pots of warming teas. So, I wanted to share this love and passion by inviting you to Steeped in Beauty, a tea and wellness event that I am leading at IndyHall with my friend and colleague, Jolene Hart (natural beauty expert). On September 12th, you are welcome to indulge in an afternoon of tea and natural skin care through interactive cooking demos and workshop sessions that highlight the impact of tea and natural beauty on health and wellness. Learn how to cook with tea (white chai smoothie, earl grey cookies, lavender simple syrup) and how to make your own tea inspired beauty treatments.
Beyond the tea and healthy treats prepared during the interactive cooking demos, guests will sample treats provided by Sweet Freedom, Philadelphia’s first and only completely gluten-free, vegan, allergen-friendly bakery. The lovely flower shop, Poppy, will be sharing a few of their delicate arrangements with us (one will even be nestled in a tea pot! hooray!).
Gift bags with our recipes, natural beauty samples, Rishi’s white detox tea/green oolong tea and other goodies are included. All guests will be entered to win one of several raffle prizes, including a personal health and beauty coaching session with Jolene, a tea party consultation with me, a haiku teacup from teaspoons & petals, a pint of Nectarine-Lime jam from Marisa McClellan from Food In Jars, gift certificates to Tbar, a tea & tea documentary film package from The Meaning Of Tea, and a wellness vacation consultation session with professional travel planner, Maya Northen.
I hope you will join me in learning a bit more about how and why its so very special to have tea in our lives. Looking forward to seeing some friendly faces as we sip, cook and talk tea.
Many thanks to Alex and Parker for graciously allowing me to host the event at IndyHall. For those who can’t make it, we’ll try to save a few goodies for members to taste on monday. Although if our guests are extra hungry and thirsty, I’ll stop by the following week with some new tea to share (who knows, maybe I’ll be inspired to make an IndyHall tea blend?).
Steeped in Beauty: An Afternoon of Tea & Natural Skin Care
When: Sunday, September 12th, 1pm-3pm
Where: Independents Hall
20 North 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Admission:
Tickets are available online for $21 and $25 the day of the event at the door (gift bag not guaranteed if purchased at door).
Turning 3
Filed under: Announcements, Events, From the Business Side, Independents Hall
Today is September 1st. That means one thing (ok it means a few things):
Indy Hall has now been open for business for 3 years.
Congratulations to all of us for spending the last 3 years (or some subset thereof) making Philadelphia a better place to make a living doing what we love.
I have a lot to say and a lot on my mind and in my heart, but I’m going to keep it brief for a change and let each of you say your piece instead.
Feel free to use this post and it’s comments to share sentiments, experiences, visions, excitement, joy, friendship, memories, and whatever comes to mind when you realize that before 3 years ago today, Indy Hall was an idea shared by a community, and now it’s one of the greatest things Philadelphia has to offer.
WHERE IS THE PARTY!?!?
For the last 2 years, as well as the re-opening in May of 2007, we’ve thrown an epic party to commemorate our history of accomplishments.
This year, we’re keeping it low key. I invite everyone to head over to – where else – National Mechanics tonight after 6:30pm.
Why no epic shindig with lots of hype?
I think we’re a group noted for action. I want a NEW action to celebrate, rather than a memory of one.
Sooooo let’s plan a MASSIVE multi-product/business/group/whatever launch party to celebrate some of our NEWEST accomplishments a little later this fall. You’ll be hearing more about ways to get involved with that in the coming weeks.
That said – National Mechanics – 6:30pm – you know the drill.
