Lulu the Shop Sleeper

Was this ever a lucky break!  I have found the perfect shopkeeper.  When you’re in the neighborhood, you must pop in to meet her!  I nabbed her off an Air France flight to Paris! Lulu was longing for a silver platter of oysters on the half shell served, as only the French can do, on a delicate bed of shaved ice.  She was headed to Le Petit Zinc on Rue de Buci where once I asked a man to marry me…that was years ago and, for the record, he declined. (Which was a lucky break for both of us!)  But enough about me and more on Lulu.  As you know, Lulu was the constant companion of Wally, whose death last month has made this dear pug deeply sad.  Now, I haven’t a clue why the trip to Paris…she claims it was for the oysters and who am I to argue.  I would head there this minute for those very oysters and the light of the place, and I would wander down the side streets I so love.  Lulu and I are avoiding travel, just now, and continuing with the management of 6 Birch Street…a little oasis of its own…minus the oysters and the wonders of Paris!

Wally's Garden Shrine

Wally loved the garden!  The head stone was mined from the Cortez Mine in Northern Nevada…it is filled with glittery bits of crystal on its cut edge…a fine tribute to a dog who loved nothing more than a little flash for any occasion!

Bae's Monkey After Five

A couple weeks ago, Bae’s (my granddaughter) monkey came to the “House of Couture” for a little fitting of a dress suitable for a monkey and a matching one for Ms. Bae.  Monkey spent the night, and by the afternoon of the second day there was no pleasing her…I tried bananas, peanuts, to no avail….the wine was best suited for such an occasion…after all how often do I have a monkey house guest?

Monkey Fully Dressed!

New Store Merchandise!

Come by and see the new/old footstools and chairs covered in vintage Kantha cloth!  I have been gathering stools and old chairs over the winter months…which have been given a whole new life!  We adore them!