My favorite Christmas gift
I got a tweet from Paris Boutique Hotel asking, "what was your favorite vintage Christmas gift"? I replied, a vintage, french, seaweed soap display from French Blue & Co. I emailed Janet at French Blue and asked if there was a story behind my unusual seaweed soap display. She emailed me back with this story... "Walking the streets of Paris, tired and needing my vintage fix, I spotted this crazy wonderful piece in a window of a beautiful little old soap boutique. I went in through the charming doors greeted by an amazing strong scent of french soap. I dove to the window. To my disappointment, the nice lady would not sell it to me, she shook her head..."non". It was not for sale. I begged and begged. She called the owner who came to the shop who also told me, "non". I don't speak any french and it is difficult buying items that are for sale much less begging for an item that they would not sell. I would not leave. It was ab...