Paris Boutiques

"A Nation of Shopkeepers" ("L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers") the disparaging remark made by Napoleon to describe the U.K. I think it applies as well to Paris.  M. asked me to paint her mother's two cats in front of a Paris Boutique (with her mom's name on it!), I started looking again at photos of Parisien shops.... It's my belief give a Parisian a few meters,
(1 Meter = 3.2808399 Feet) and they'll create a wonderful shop you can't pass without looking in, much less resist going inside....Perhaps the tiniest porcelaine shop ever, located in the 6th. What treasures lurk within - the vitrine is full of them to tempt you to return when it's open...

Ballerinas belong in a tiny shop don't they?

Little ice cream shops make you feel less guilty about the calories...

Two tiny shops side by side in the Marais, full of these hole-the-wall wonders...

Cheese shops should be small and intimate to capture all the aromas?

Flower shops spread their wares on the street..

  Florist chain Nom de la Rose are usually closet-sized.

On rue Vavin, a chic mini barber cuts only kids hair and it's un peu cher.

Sometimes the smallest shops have the biggest signs.

There are plenty small fruitiers, you may not have noticed, they are so small.

I love this game shop, Rouge et Noir on rue Vavin (a street full of tiny shops). Everything inside is red, black or both.

Here's a favorite PB petite boutique....ahem

Can you name it? Want to go inside?

 The desserts are not petite!

BONJOUR PARIS BOUTIQUES!