SEXY BILLBOARDS AROUND TOWN

ASK and TELL….SEX SELLS…..just ask Armani and Calvin Klein and POLO and

ABERCROMBIE and FITCH….and a whole bunch more.  They want your dollars……..

La Pet-isserie

La Pet-isserie  a pop-up shop……was parked on Columbus avenue today……with their BALANCED SEEDS.

Boost your kibble with the POWER of VEGGIE & SEED.

https://lapet-isserie.com

ORGANIC, GRAIN FREE TREATS FOR YOU DOGGIE

HOTEL LUTETIA PARIS…….Renovated for $200 million…..and now open.

In the 1920’s……  guests were Charles de Gaulle, James Joyce, Albert Camus.  Picasso and Matisse lived here in the 1030’s.  In the 1950’s Josephine Baker crooned in the bar.

More recent guests ……..Brad Pitt and Catherine Deneuve…..and the list goes on.

After 100 years………the grand LUTETIA is once again grand.  When I stayed here in 1970….my room was $20 [and that was a lot]……..now it is almost $1000.

1700 man hours to restore the ceiling

$1500 a night

SPA SPA CHARGE is extra

HERMES BOUTIQUE

Bar Josephine…..Murano glass chandeliers ………new baths.  There are seven signature suites  but those go for $5000 a night.

BOOK CULTURE on Columbus

We have a delightful BOOK STORE in the neighborhood….

on Columbus Ave.

I did this coloring for the WEST SIDER………..our local newspaper.

Yes, a nook for kids and TEAPOTS too.

Will we be more cultured after shopping here.  Hopefully!!!

La Double J • Tippetto Glass Goblets

The housewares brand of J.J.Martin is now selling Tippetto Goblets based on vintage designs and handmade by SILVIATI glassmakers in Murano.

They are reasonably priced at $4,900 each.

ETSY at the GRAND BAZAAR

Today was ETSY day at my local flea market.

Tho……..we no longer call it the FLEA………..rather the GRAND BAZAAR.……….and it is not all that grand……..but fun for a FLEA!!!

Antiques……..Artisans and Edibles………..and no mention of the FLEAS.

MATHILDE FREUND….102 years “young” has been selling her wares at the GRAND BAZAAR for 30 years.  She fled from the Germans in 1937…..to PARIS…..then to NEW YORK.  When I see her at the “Flea” we converse in German….and in FRENCH when I am with my friend Julie [from Paris].

JOANNA BAKER will delight you with her amusing cards…..and phone cases…… art prints and gifts.

I LOVE FELTING…………..and Erin von Holdt-Gilbert is a pro with her handmade designs and gifts…awaiting you at THE MODERN DREAM

Her truck drives right up to you for vintage finds

TOASTER CENTRAL for you vintage “toast”

ABIJOU STUDIO…..uniquely designed culturally inspired and handmade JUST FOR YOU jewelry

LARRY the fleaman……with his fabulous finds

PET PORTRAITS from your photos at THE MODERN DREAM

CARMIN and her Victorian collectables for your boudoir

JUDITH LIEBER passed away on Saturday

The famous handbag designer JUDITH LIEBER and her husband, GERSON LIEBER, the modernist artist………..both passed away on Saturday of heart attacks.

Her handbags were luxurious and collected by museums . Many of her clients collected dozens of her bags.  WARHOL called them works of art.  Judith did not consider them to be works of art…..she answered….”I am an artisan”.

CLICK ON THE WATERMELON.……….

Her bags run about $5,000 each…….more for vintage bags.