Target Dog

If you don't get that title, congratulations, you aren't watching too much t.v. After a walk through the Marais this evening (and a Ruby photo shoot in the Place des Vosges) we passed a place called BHV, just next door to the Hotel de Ville. It is Target on crack. I love it. I was so worried I wouldn't find a replacement for my Target addiction in the land where boutique shopping rules, but alas, it is here, and it is glorious.

Don't get me wrong, boutique shopping is still the highlight of being a window shopper in this city. Our evening was intended to be a walking tour of the Marais a la Rick Steves. In an effort to locate a shop he highlighted as a must see in the neighborhood we fell onto the rue de Francis Bourgois. This is the street to shop on. Here, every style and every budget is addressed. I haven't yet heard the street mentioned in any of my guide books as a place to hit, but thus far, it is the best consolidated boutique area, a Parisian version of the outlet mall.

I promise, soon, very soon we will have pictures that show you why these places are more fab than I can even explain.