Paris Rouge à Nöel - Merci

Merci, located in the Marais, is one of our favorite stores. At Christmas this cute little voiture rouge is perfect.

Les letteres d'alphabet

Merci is one of my favorite shops in Paris. Always full of quirky items for the home, clothing, and an assortment of letters, large and small.

Merci

111 blvd Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Paris Rouge - Packing ....

ma valise soon! Mary and I are planning our trip the second week in November. Would love to meet up with blog friends in the city while we're there!

These colorful red suitcases were spotted at

 Merci.

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Bon...

weekend tout le monde!

Merci

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

L'alphabet français

Merci , one of my favorite shops, always has bins full of these wonderful letters. Today I share wth you how I learned the French Alphabet! 

Merci

11 boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Paris Rouge - Soixante

The Used Book Café at Merci, where while shopping, you may shop the wall of used books and enjoy a café or thé. The café is closed now for renovations, but will reopen on 8 août, 2016.

Merci

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Les Lettres

If I had an ENORMOUS suitcase, I would purchase PARIS JE T'AIME in colorful letters for my home from Merci!

Merci

111 boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Signes du Samedi - BON!

C'est toujours bon à Paris! 

(I'm feeling very proud of my French as I ran this past Veronique, my ever faithful translator and
she said I was correct!!! Oh this is really big.)

Merci

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais 

75003 Paris

S'il Vous Plait et Merci

I saw a photo on Facebook this week.  It was a Parisian chalkboard outside a café.  It said, " Un Café 2 euro. Un café s'il vous plait 1.80 euro!!!  When anyone asks me about  Paris,  I always start with, "Bonjour, merci et s'il vous plait."  It works every time.

These letters brought to you by one of my favorite shops in Paris, MERCI, bien sûr.

Merci

111 boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Merci de Merci

I try to visit Merci every time I get to Paris. They have a treasure trove of letters of all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they are on the wall, other times dumped in bins. This day, they spelled out the magic word in Paris!

Merci 

111  Boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Beaucoup de couleurs

Merci, the concept store in the Marais, is always on our To Do list.  Honestly I don't think I've ever purchased anything ( trop cher) but I LOVE their colorful and creative displays and they welcome photographs. Merci, Merci!

Merci

111 boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

M Is For...

Merry Christmas from Merci and me!

Merci

111 boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Métro: Saint Sébastien Froissart

Signes du Samedi - Merci!

 Merci, a wonderful shop in the Marais that donates a portion of their profits to charity has an ever changing wall with their extensive collection of letters of all sizes and colors.  Loved this message. It's sooo Paris!

La Cantine Merci

Merci is one of my favorite shops in Paris, and the lower level is probably the place I head first.  It's full of très chic household and garden items and overlooking the little courtyard, the cantine. ( I've also posted a photo here. )  I think we need to have lunch there one day.

Merci

111 Boulevard Beaumarchais

75003 Paris

Samedi Signes - Bon!

By now you know how I love to visit Merci , every trip I make to Paris.  What many don't know about this store is that profits go back to a children's charity in Madagascar, hence the name.  One of my favorite spots is the downstairs area where you can find all kinds of hip household and garden items. There's also a neat little café overlooking their courtyard garden.  This trip, they'd used some of their terrific metal letters for the wall.  How apropos!

And on that note, may I wish you all al BON weekend!
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Morning Snowfall - Merci

Perhaps this needs some explanation.  Last January's snowfall found us strolling the streets of the Marais.  We went right to * Merci and found this charming café on the lower level.  This employee was chatting on her phone while overlooking the snow covered courtyard garden.
* see header photo

Beaucoup de Couleurs

crayons de couleur

Merci, the very trendy concept store in the Marais, has the most wonderful displays. Maybe it's the former teacher in me, but I wanted one in every color!

Paris Rouge XIX- Packed and Ready to Go!

You read my mind didn't you! Oui, I'd love to be traveling to Paris with one of these fabulous valises from Merci ....TOMORROW!

MERCI Beaucoup!

I thought we would just make another quick trip back to Merci for one more day and have a look around. Of course the show stopper has to be the adorable red Fiat parked out front in the courtyard. When we visited, it was adorned with a live Christmas tree. The snow that day was made to order! My talented artist/blog friend Shell Sherree, way down in Brisbane has a delightful watercolor of this trés jolie voiture! Take a look here.

As I mentioned yesterday, Merci offers clothing for men, women, and children, plus housewares, furnishings, and garden accessories. I'm sure you're wondering about prices. Well let's just say this is no Monoprix!

For more information about Merci, scroll down to Wednesday's post!

My thanks to reader Stephanie who kindly sent me this live webcam site of la Tour Eiffel.

Enjoy~

Mary and I loved the housewares section. We would have spent our last euro

if we could have figured out a way to get it all in a petite valise for the trip home.

The library was amazing. Sorry we didn't have the time to peruse the enormous selection of books

Spell Check!

Just say, "YES" to a Parisian Strip Tease!!

I was fascinated with their wide selection of colorful letters and the display wall from the minute we walked in the store.

Merci, near the Bastille, is Paris' newest concept store. Created by Marie- France and Bernard Cohen, founders of the fabulous Bonpoint children's stores, all proceeds (after breaking even) are donated to a co op for young women in Madagascar. This part loft, part library, part clothing and garden shop has a little something for everyone, from trés chic home accessories and furnishings to colored pencils artfully displayed. Need a shopping break? Stop in the cozy coffee shop or have lunch downstairs in the cafe. Regardless, plan to spend a lot of time here! Today a taste of Merci. More to come!

Want to puchase one of the words on the wall? Well you can certainly have it, but I hope you have around 800-900 euros in your pocket!

I am pleased to announce that Linda Donahue , editor of Parisiensalon.com has chosen another of my Paris street portraits for a recent article here.