BLACK DAHLIA DEATH DAY TEA SALON @ TOM'S HOUSE

THIS YEAR ANTEBELLUM HOSTED THE BLACK DAHLIA DEATH DAY TEA SALON @ THE TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE IN ECHO PARK.

IT WAS A PERFECT DARK SALON FOR THE DARK TIMES WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER.

70 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY-( JANUARY 15TH)- THE SEVERED BODY OF 

ELIZABETH SHORT WAS FOUND IN A VACANT LOT WHICH IS NOW LEIMERT PARK.

"The Black Dahlia"
 was a nickname given to Elizabeth Short 
(July 29, 1924 – c. January 15, 1947), 
 Short acquired the moniker posthumously from newspapers in the habit of nicknaming crimes they found particularly lurid. The "Black Dahlia" nickname may have been derived from a film noir murder mystery, The Blue Dahlia, released in April 1946. Short was found mutilated, her body sliced in half at the waist, on January 15, 1947, in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, California. Short's unsolved murder has been the source of widespread speculation, leading to many suspects, along with several books, television, and film adaptations of the story. Short's murder is one of the oldest unsolved murder cases in  Los Angeles history

MY TEA GUESTS INCLUDED-

SRS. SHARP
MARK HAYWARD
NICOLAS BEGER
TARA GELLMAN 
SIR GIO
 BLANKET HENDERSON
RODNEY BROWN
RINALDO HOPF
LOUIS JAY

I SERVED~

BOURBON TEA
FANCY EARL GREY

ACCOMPANIED BY~
CHOCOLATE COOKIES
BLACK RUM BALLS
CHOCOLATE BISCOTTATE
DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CAKE
BREAD PUDDING 
CREAM PUFFS
FRESH STRAWBERRIES
PALM SPRINGS ORANGE SLICES

ANTEBELLUM WILL HOST OUR WEEKLY TEA SALON @ THE TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE EVERY WEDNESDAY STARTING IN FEBRUARY

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