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Talking with Moore over steaming cups of English Breakfast and vanilla tea in her luxurious Saks location, it’s hard to imagine that this business began as a plan B to avoid unimaginable deportation. But somehow, things for Moore seem to have turned out the way they were supposed to.

“People would say to me, ‘Don’t be silly, you’re not from south of the border, you’re not going to get deported.’ Nobody would think I’d have this kind of issue because I’m from England,” Moore says. “But there’s a huge issue. I’d lived in the country since 2003, I’ve worked here, I had a house here, I had a rental property here and I played the game. I wasn’t an illegal immigrant. I worked within the system, and then to have the system fail me so drastically. From my point of view, it was like look, my back was against the wall because of immigration issues, but out of that came something positive.”

Not only did the new location mean that Tilly’s Tea Room was here to stay, Moore seems to be here for good, too. Just days before Tilly’s reopened on the third floor of Saks Fifth Avenue, Moore finally received her green card. In three years, she’ll be eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship. But still, Moore wonders: “If I’d had this green card three months earlier would I have opened this [location at Saks] or would I have just gone and got a ‘normal’ job?”

Thankfully, we’ll never know the answer.

At Tilly’s Tea Room at Saks, guests can find traditional menu items like Afternoon Tea with scones and cucumber sandwiches or more trendy items like avocado toast and cheese boards. Tilly’s has a wide selection of salads, sandwiches and panini, too. And with their large shared event space, Tilly’s also hosts gatherings like baby showers, corporate lunch meetings and even fashion presentations. Plus, Tilly’s offers a few public events, like joining Saks for their Saks Gallery Third Thursday art events, and partnering with Alice’s Table to offer flowerarranging events beginning in September, complete with wine and hors d’oeuvres.

Tilly’s Tea Room at Saks Fifth Avenue, Third Floor 8701 Keystone Crossing Indianapolis TillysTeaRoom.com.

Charity Singleton Craig is an author, journalist and essayist. She is the coauthor of On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life That Lasts. She is regularly published in various publications, including In Touch Magazine. You can find her online at CharitySingletonCraig.com or at home in the kitchen.

Walnut Green Tea Champagne Cocktail

Serves 1

¼ ounce Tilly’s Loose Leaf Walnut Green Tea 2½ cups hot water 1 cup sugar 4 ounces chilled champagne

Pour hot water into a teapot with the loose leaf tea. Let steep for 5 minutes.

Pour through a tea strainer to remove the leaves and transfer the liquid to a 1-quart saucepan. Add sugar and heat to boiling over a medium-high heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Turn down to a low heat and gently reduce for 5 minutes, until a light golden syrup forms. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.

To make the cocktail, add 2 tablespoons of simple syruptoachampagneflute. Top with chilled champagne. Garnish with blackberries or raspberries, if desired.

Visit EdibleIndy.com for our web exclusive recipe from Tilly’s Tea Room for Beef, Ale and Parsnip Pie.

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Created and directed by ISO artists-in-residence Time for Three, the 2018-19 Stella Artois Happy Hour at the Symphony concert series is a great way to experience the Hilbert Circle Theatre for new and returning patrons. Come mix and mingle with Indy’s fi nest and hear a sensational hour-long concert. The fun starts at 5pm, and all ticket holders are invited to enjoy free food and drink samples from local restaurants like Burger Study, Gallery Pastry Shop, CharBlue and other industry partners during this expanded hour and a half of preconcert mingling. Join the ISO and your fellow music lovers for a laid-back night of food and fun after a long day at work.

Concerts take place on September 19, October 17, April 10 and May 15. “Time for Three” will be featured on select performances.

The full roster for both series, along with performance dates, can be found online at IndianapolisSymphony.org.

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If you’re more of a morning person, the ISO has two series of coffee concerts, offering patrons an hour-long performance with complimentary Tinker Coffee and local pastries. The Coffee Classical series is an eight-concert season including Jazzy Shostakovich, André Watts, selections from the ISO’s Paris Festival conducted by Krzysztof Urbański, and more. The six concerts of the AnthemCoffee Popsseries include Sutton Foster, Ben Crawford and Cirque Goes to the Movies featuring Indianapolis native Jordan Donica. Doors open at 10am for light breakfast pastries, with the concert beginning at 11am.