Whenever I arrive in Bangkok and head out for some shopping, one of my priorities is Fai Sor Kam at the Siam Paragon. I can still remember the first time I stepped into this home boutique. The entrance had tall shelves with hundreds of their signature stuffed elephants in a variety of sizes all greeting […]
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Around the World in 52 Books: February
WanderShopper’s Around the World in 52 Books Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com With February coming to an end, so is the second month of the Around the World in 52 Books challenge. I decided to join WanderLit on her WanderLit World Tour, a quest to read a book representing a different country each week of the […]
An American Shakespeare in Paris: Discovering an English Bookstore in the City of Light
Discover an American Shakespeare in Paris, Shakespeare and Company, if you are on the hunt for an English bookstore in the City of Light. In 1951, American expat George Whitman opened his bookstore, then Le Mistral, with some of the books he had collected while a student at the Sorbonne. In 1964, Whitman changed it […]