Buon Giorno Venezia

 Bear is back from Venezia today and wants to share his adventuras with you!BEAR adoro San Marco. What's not to love?

And Italian gelato! Absolutemente perfecto! Ahhhh pistache Bronte... BEAR, being French (permesso Parisien) has expensive tastes.

So we go to Caffe Florian.

Perfecto!

BEAR is crazy for Italian fashion.

The 'wrinkled look' is perfect for the traveler.

Non e vero?

SUPER PERFETO!

:)

BEAR spots his first Venetian dog...

On the vaporetto #1 Bear spots his first true Venetian...

You can tell by the complicated boots.

Venezia te adoro!

BUON GIORNO VENEZIA!

Stalking Paris Boots

Stalking bottes/boots in Paris requires some work... Hanging out in le Grand Epicerie is an awfully good way... To catch up... On what boots THEY are wearing...

Another option is go to a hot exhibit like Basquiat at the musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris...

Get on the very long line and just watch the latest Paris boots walze by...

Sometimes the boots get fed up with standing on line and sit down to wait. I got fed up waiting after an hour, but I saw a lot of fashion...

A bit of leche-vitrine/window shopping is required for trend following...

The riding style boots, L'Aigle are very hot now in Paris...

Carrying around their signature bag is de rigeur...

'Uggish' boots have made a comeback - these in Sonia's vitrine...

Added multi-straps update them...

One could get away with wearing one's old Uggs I suppose...

But when Galerie Lafayettes has a special promotion of Uggs + Jimmy Choo...

Offering jazzed up versions...

Who can resist?

A careful inspection is essential...

The prix - 740 euros, could help one curb ones impulsivity I suppose...hmmm

One does wonder how French Girls...

Eat all these divine desserts and yet fit into the skin-tight boots seen dans la rue...

True some Frenchies are quite busy working off those tartes...
I alone, was not wearing boots in Paris, but your friendly stalker-in-the-street must think of comfort 1st and be able to stalk another day.

BONJOUR PARIS BOOTS!

Paris Dogs Rule

Does your pampered pet have a diamond collar? Paris dogs do.

Postcards available on every street corner immortalize Paris dogs... Paris dogs are in every art galerie vitrine on the Left Bank... There are many "don'ts" in Paris. One BIG "do" is it's OK to pet a strange dog. If you take your pup to Le Comptoir for Gawds sake take a blankie!
It can be quite chilly if you sit outside... La Mom in Paris sent me this adorable photo of a pampered Paris pet sitting at the dinner table in his/her OWN chaise/chair!
Wha'?A bit more down scale and no special chair, but still an invited guest - this pug at the Louvre McDo's.
"Stop reading and give me a snack svp vite, Madame".Paris dog on the bus in a rather plain vanilla carrier bag...hmmmNo wonder Ralph Lauren has been awarded the Chevalier de la Legion de Honneur ! According to Andre Leon Talley of Talley Ho-Vogue, he has "the new black alligator doggie carrier with a faux-fur carpet interior for €20,000" in his new Paris store". Definitely an improvement on plain vanilla canvas though I wonder how the 'gator feels about it. You can always just carry your dog as an accessory. No carrier bag required.

Dogs do not rule quite as much as they used to.

Things have changed.

A Paris dog can no longer enter a food shop. *note the sign at Eric Kayser. *note the thoughtfully-designated parking place for your hound.

In a fancy department store like Bon Marche, dogs still rule thank you very much. *Note the fashionable studded collar and leash on this fully co-ordinated hound...

Galeries Lafayette even has dog art plastered on the walls at dog eye-level...

If you're going out walking with your hound, by all means dress head-to-toe in royal purple. Your dog deserves it...

I stalked this dog and owner for quite a few paces. Don't ask me why. Nothing all that special, except it IS a Paris dog.

Bergdorf Goodman's is trying desperately to ape Paris ways by placing a dog in their window. But where are the Louboutins? Shoesless? Barefoot? You would never see this on a Paris street!

No Paris dog would permit it.

BONJOUR PARIS DOGS!!!