**Warning – this will be a long post with lots of pictures!** We were in Sin City for World Tea Expo but I also made sure that my fiance and I were able to hit the town a time or two. We haven’t been able to go on vacation together in years so it was really nice to get away from everything back home for a while. We stayed at The Mardi Gras Hotel and Casino, which was a bit a time warp. It was a bit run down but served the purpose well enough. It was a very short walk to the Las Vegas Convention Center so that made life a lot…

The educational conference at World Tea Expo is something I always look forward to attending. As someone trying to make my way in the world of tea, the search for knowledge never ends. Having the opportunity to learn from so many voices in different fields is invaluable. I couldn’t make every session on my to-do list, mostly due to scheduling conflicts, but the ones that I was able to attend were fantastic. This also my very first year speaking on my own. Talk about nerve wracking! I’ll save all of that stuff for the end. Re-evaluating Tea Education The first thing on my WTE agenda was a panel helmed by +Jo J. I don’t…