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It used to be a different time. Ladies wore gloves, hats and nice attire to luncheons on the Woman’s Exchange. Shillito’s provided a worldly environment for its patrons, even as Mullane’s used to be the very best place to sip and socialize. The preferred Just right Morning Show radio program hosted by charming Bob Braun, and later Nick Clooney, used to be broadcast from McAlpin’s Tea Room. Women gathered at Pogue’s and Mabley & Carew tea rooms to celebrate birthdays, in addition to wedding and baby showers, over dainty tea sandwiches. Creator Cynthia Kuhn Beischel brings the Queen City’s bygone downtown tea rooms back to life and shares a couple of hundred beloved recipes.