About Laurie Nienhaus
"A child who loves tea and history as much
as I did grows up and wonders how
on earth she can combine such passions."
While loving history, vintage fashion, tea, and Jane Eyre even as a child, her passion for the 19th century was born during a month's visit to England with her grandmother when she was 24 years old. Both tea and history have always played a large part in her life and her endeavors.
Laurie is also the author of the teatime comedic plays, A TEATIME TRAVESTY and TEA-A-RIA. She is currently collaborating with a local Estero, Florida woman on a third teatime comedy witht he working title of THE MAJESTIC MERMAIDS.
Her first book, AND THEN IT WAS TEATIME, was released in the fall of 2007 and is a compilation of excerpts from literature where authors threw their thoughts, their characters and/or the action of their story into the tea hour. Her children's teatime tale, NANA'S SOCKS, was released in early 2008. Laurie is currently working on her third book, STEEPED: THE WANDERINGS & DELIGHTS OF A TEA ADVENTURER.
With a passion for designing handbags reminiscent of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Laurie is also the creative force behind Designs by Lady Montana, a pattern company she established in 1996 which specializes in vintage inspired accessories.
Laurie is a public speaker. Arriving in vintage reproduction attire and with presentations such as Tea - What On Earth Were They Thinking?!, The Silliness of Vintage Fashion, and Remembering Miss Millay, her audiences, for well over seven years, have been hugely entertained while learning something of the past.
Those interested in receiving the latest brochure regarding the details of Laurie's various presentations are asked to write to editor@glily.com or to P.O. Box 2576, Fort Myers Beach, Florida 33932. She can also be reached by phone at 239-463-1079.
2012 Speaking Schedule What People Are Saying
Teatime Tuesdays at the Burroughs Home