OK, enough tobacco for a while, let's look at nice things today... I took this photo a little close to home, in the Passage Verdeau, at a new antique store called Galerie Valence. The owner has decorated it to look like a cozy living room, enticing people to come in and spend their money (not necessarily their time). Really nice antiques, decorations, and as their card says, "objets de charme".
This is a store? It looks like somebody's apartment! You'd almost expect someone to walk out with a drink in their hand! Maybe the guy seated way in the back help give that "cozy" feeling.
ReplyDeleteHaha, they paid that guy to sit there and look inviting. He has to give every passer-by the eye without coming off too creepy.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really nice and appealing store!
ReplyDeleteI'd definitely give it a try.
The warm colors in the walls, mixed with a proper lighting make it look very cozy.
cette boutique est tres belle, et vraiment typique de ces petites boutiques que l'on trouve dans les galeries parisiennes
ReplyDeleteOhh..very nice decorations and the fine furnishings...wow...interesting to see that instruments on that seat:D
ReplyDeleteand ooh Eric, I would like to invite you to my 2nd 'Circles....Circles...' - MR Sharp EYES DP quiz...pls see my post today;)
So beautiful! I'm ready to buy something. That reddish/orangy color is so appealing.
ReplyDeletewow. i wonder how much all the things cost there....
ReplyDeleteWithout the information in your post, I would have been fooled into thinking this was a house - now I wonder which items are for sale or everything that is movable is for sale - interesting concept - I hope he/she, the owner, does well, considering the creativity of this shop =)
ReplyDeleteWhat an effective use of mirrors in the back "windows"! I'd like to buy the lamp hanging at the back left, the alabaster vase at the center, and perhaps to sit in that over-stuffed chair and play that lute! Wonderful composition, Eric, and such an inviting shot.
ReplyDelete-Kim
rustic and beautiful. I've been toying with the idea of painting my living room that colour.
ReplyDeleteWe went to a concert last week where they played the lute. The lute and the white chair makes a terrific center of interest in this shot. The photo makes me tranquil, especially after our hectic voting day, yesterday. Some of the outcomes won't be announced for two weeks due to voting machine glitches. You'd think they could get it right in the 21st century.
ReplyDeleteQue voici une charmante raison de voisiner, n'est-il pas ?
ReplyDeleteNow I know why my sis's apartment is so uninteresting even though it has identical color scheme with this photo...the missing wall artifacts! Her's is totally blank. She shall be advised. Great photo Eric.
ReplyDeleteKeropok: probably a lot (especially with our current exchange rate!)
ReplyDeleteJohnny Parsons: we used pen and cardboard here, in my district, in California. There was one electronic machine in a corner which everybody dutifully ignored, probably because they showed us the night before on prime time TV how easy it was to manipulate the software to alter the votes.
Hmm it looks very comfortable...
ReplyDeleteI thought you were posting a picture of your living room! What a great looking salon.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, LOVE the color! So warm and cozy.
ReplyDeleteAlas, I've been charged with the task of being witty and fun for the next couple days and I have nothing but a couple of sad, sad jokes. Oen lute joke, one antique store joke:
Lute players spend half their time tuning their instrument and the other half playing out of tune.
A man was browsing in an antique store when he came upon a statue of a cat. He asked the price and the owner said, "The statue of the cat is $100; the legend behind the statue is another $100." The man agreed to buy only the statue itself, although the owner warned as he left, "You'll be back for the legend!" The man tossed the statue into the back seat of his car and started to drive away. There were several cats in the alley that began to chase the car. As he went through town, many more cats began to chase the car, until literally hundreds of cats were swarming the car. Frightened, the man sped toward the edge of town to a bridge over the river. He tossed the statue over the bridge and into the water below. All the cats jumped in after the statue and drowned.
The man, now visibly shaken, returned to the antique store. The owner, seeing him approach, said, "Now, do you want the legend behind the statue of the cat?"
"No," the man replied, "... but do you have any lawyer statues?"
Somehow I imagine Michael would love them. Perhaps Susan, too!
Soosha....I do! I do! Especially if changed it to "lobbyists"! LOL
ReplyDeleteSoosha: I like it just fine with "laywers" ! :-)
ReplyDeletethanks Susan and tomate! Lobbyists! Ha! Thank goodness they wont be caling us every 5 minuts for another couple of years!
ReplyDeleteAhhh Soosha....love them. You have done such a fine job.
ReplyDeleteAs for the photo, this business guy doesn't look too anxious to sell anything Eric.
Well, most lobbyists are lawyers come to think of it!
ReplyDeleteLobbyists are calling you soosha??? You must be more powerful than I thought!
Usually they just call on (bribe) congress!
Ha, no! Just the prerecorded messages they call with 500 times within weeks before elections.
ReplyDeleteThose people are volunteers for a party or specific politician.
ReplyDeleteI've done that myself when I joined the campaign for Clinton during his first Presidential election. We were trying to get people (who were suspected to vote for Clinton) to show up at the polls.
As a volunteer, I actually met Clinton (and the other three)! He is very tall! And very charismatic...the only one out of the four that actually looked me in the eye when we shook hands...
ReplyDeleteSusan, that is interesting. On two recent trips to India and Turkey, the tour guides both pointed out photographs of the Clinton (and other world leaders sauf Bush) as people who have visited. At the Taj Mahal, they have a wall of photographs of visitors and they really made a point of showing Clinton which certainly has something to do with his charisma as well.
ReplyDeleteHow did you like India and Turkey? I have a friend that visited India a few years back.
ReplyDeleteAh...the days of Clinton...that's back when the world liked us...
I even have a (previously staunch) Republican friend that has changed his mind on Clinton. Now that he has GWB as a comparison, he thinks Clinton wasn't so bad afterall! LOL.
Susan, India was great. Poor, but in the business world the people are quite motivated to get ahead. Turkey is just a big mix of cultures with mosques everywhere you look (and hear in the morning), but with high street shops as well. A nice mix I think. It will be interesting to see if they get accepted into the E.U. and if not, what will happen.
ReplyDeleteThat's is what I heard as well about India.
ReplyDeleteI am wondering what people you know in Paris think about Turkey entering the EU. I have my own opinion but I wont' post here.
If you get time, email me at my hotmail account and let me know what the "word on the street is." susane@hotmail.com Not an account I check often as I use it mainly when I'm forced to give an email address! I don't like the idea of giving my regular one here...otherwise, I'll start getting spam...you know.