Online - March 29, 2006

Franco American

The Paris Market Online

From the look of things (Subway six-incher in your hand, torn sweatpants, American Idol on the tube), you’re a far cry from nibbling flaky pastry and reading Anais Nin at Chez Paul.

But even as we speak (and you couch), Paris is burning a big old hole in your heart.

The Paris Market & Brocante has arrived online just in time to appease the Francophile within. The Savannah, Georgia-based shop sells tons of items that look like gems you discovered while strolling the Left Bank: couture silk pillows decorated with women’s silhouettes, French-made pens, one-of-a-kind vintage jewelry and furniture.

The only catch: Being online, it provides little incentive to change out of those sweats.

Oh, well. Every vie en rose has its thorn.

Available online at theparismarket.com.