Le Paris Paris

The perquisites of my job include challenging, intellectually stimulating projects, flexible scheduling, and of course, a heads-up on what everyone else is working on. Lately the mail has been superbon... My friends at The Little Book Room sent along Paris Chic & Trendy, clearly the new pocket-size essential shopping guide. Many of my best-loved spots, A-Z, including Antik Batik, Colette, Pierre Hardy, Repetto, Vanessa Bruno, and Zadig & Voltaire, made the cut, plus I've discovered some new Windowlicking destinations that will have me charging down the lane on my next trip. It shouldn't be too far off considering the reverie that recollecting an oddly memorable afternoon spent in the Place des Vosges sent me into last night (without a Madeleine in sight). Another new obsession that fell out of the mailbox and into my arms is Everloving Records' BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85. It definitely doesn't get any better!