Afternoon Tea, Drive-In Theaters, Women Authors, Murdery Gardens & More: Endnotes 15 March

Every Friday, we celebrate the weekend — and all the reading and relaxing and daydreaming time ahead — with Melissa's favorite book- and travel-related links of the week. Why work when you can read fun stuff?!

This post is part of our Endnotes series.

The Strong Sense of Place staff — jk, that’s just Dave and I — are on a company retreat in London this week. An important meeting will be held over afternoon at Tea and Tattle, a little teashop that shares a building with the Arthur Probsthain bookshop, specializing in books about Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. (‘Established in 1903 Arthur Probsthain has a history of over a hundred years. For many years, our reputation was for a vast library of books from all over the world piled high from the floor to the ceiling, from corner to corner.’) We had a very posh afternoon tea at The Goring hotel a few years ago; it was fantastic. This time, we’re going the more neighborhood-y route, based on this review and this one and this cute video. Need more tea intel? Here’s a look at four different price points and Insider Food on finding the best afternoon tea in London.

• The Booker Prizes website is a treasure trove of literary goodies. I loved their podcast episode about The Remains of the Day — and this article about how Kazuo Ishiguro wrote his prize-winning novel is a good one. (If you haven’t read this amazing book yet, here’s an excerpt.)

• From New York to Iowa, California to North Carolina, here are the 25 most charming drive-in movie theaters left in America.

• This restaurant in Toronto is dreamy.

• Boston.com wants to know your favorite women authors. ‘For as long as there have been books, there have been women writers telling their stories. One of the first novels in recorded history, written in 11th century Japan, was written by a woman, Murasaki Shikibu. In the thousand years since, women have crafted a long lineage of storytelling, from Agatha Christie to Ann Patchett, Jane Austen to Joan Didion, Toni Morrison to Taylor Jenkins Reid, and everyone in between. This Women’s History Month, we want to know: What is your favorite book (poetry, fiction, or nonfiction) by a woman writer?’

• Ooh, I know you want to read this Esquire interview with Tana French about her new book The Hunter.

• Breakfast is my favorite email to eat in a restaurant, and I’m obsessed with breakfasts that go beyond eggs and toast. Here’s a roundup of delicious breakfasts from around the world.

• This is a very fun read: What Do Gardens and Murder Have in Common? ‘The mysterious people that tend to [gardens] also feature commonly in these stories. Sometimes, they’re the victims, sometimes the killers, sometimes the unlikely heroes who save the day. Gardens invariably lend setting, motivation, and symbolism. On occasion… gardening even provides the all-important clues to solving the crime.’

• Tangentially related: The brilliant Maureen Johnson has a new book out this summer. But you can read a sneak peek of Death at Morning House now.

• Treat yourself to this interactive history of the romantic, revolutionary Pullman train cars.

• This is silly, excellent fun: Wonders of Street View collects charming, adorable, funny, unusual photos from Google Street View.

Wishing you a lovely cuppa.

Top image courtesy of Soyoung Han/Unsplash.