Merci, Paris

Yesterday, we headed out to find a shop I’d read about at various blogs, Merci — an interesting enterprise which sells designer goods from a variety of sources at discounted prices and donates some/most/all??? of…

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Shopping with Nola

I warned you, didn’t I, that I’d come back from Vancouver with all kinds of Nola pictures. Well, I’m still over here, and I’m already foisting them on you. But I managed to sneak a…

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Momma’sMater’s got a brand new bag!

My latest coup de foudre. Pretty much finished my window-shopping on Saturday, ready to head back to the apartment, I decided to enter the slightly-intimidating but beautifully intriguing shop I’d noticed on Alberni, just off…

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Stash it, like Georgia

About this time last year, I was just finishing a biography of Georgia O’Keeffe in which I was impressed and surprised and somewhat bemused to learn that whenever O’Keeffe bought something new, for her personal…

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Christmas shopping

So there’s me, Saturday morning, heading out for some Christmas shopping. Flat boots so I can put in the shopping miles comfortably, light coat which will break the wind and fend off the rain but…

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