Lady Ann's Victorian Tea Room Circa 2003

I read online in the Stuart News recently that a tea room in downtown Stuart, Florida closed this month after many years in business. I did not think much about it until I spotted the photograph above on a bookcase here in my Denver condo. It shows my mother Mary with some of her neighbors at Lady Ann's Victorian Tea Room back in 2003. I can't find the article now, but I did see on the internet that this place is indeed closed, and so I assume it is the same tea room. Another part of old Stuart gone forever, although I have to admit that I am not a big tea room fan. I am more a fan of the Jolly Sailor, an outdoor bar and patio in Stuart, overlooking the boats in the Sunset Bay Marina. A wonderful place to sit, have a beer, and watch the sunset over the St. Lucie River. I just hope that place never closes. In any case, in the photograph above, from left to right, are my mother Mary Hoyt, and her neighbors Dorothy Maxwell, Elaine Sabine, and Jane Hoy, all sadly no longer with us.