No joy in Teaville

I was crushed to learn today that my favorite Scottsdale tea shop is closing at the end of the month:

Souvia Tea will be relocating our Scottsdale store. The existng Scottsdale location will close permanently on Dec. 31st, 2009 at 3 p.m. The process to select a new location is expected to take 12-18 months. We very much appreciate all of your business during the last three years but there were just not enough of great customers like you. We also want to thank the great staff that worked with us over the last three years.

We hope you'll continue to shop for tea at our Phoenix location (15414 7th St) or online at www.souviatea.com.

Where will I get my Lemon Basil Oolong now? Where will Mom get her Grey Duchess? I know we can order them online but the shop is more fun and the Phoenix store is so far from us. I hope I can get frequent driver miles....

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout . . .