I am so shocked. The lovely Tara (Paris Parfait) and her husband David are in the UK at the moment and we met them in Corbridge for lunch. Corbridge is the home of the wonderful RE my all time favourite shop. Tara has wanted to visit this shop for ages.
We had coffee then walked around the corner to the shop and IT WAS SHUT. Shut Mondays - it said on the door. I wanted to cry. Tara was brilliant and did a great job of hiding her disappointment - such a gracious lady.
We did however have a great day and we brought Tara and David up to the cottage and showed them my workshop and some of the Ghost Furniture. We of course served them with English Tea and French Biscuits.
I can really recommend meeting up with other bloggers as this is the 2nd time for me in 2 weeks and each visit has been a delight.
Tara is taking me to the Brocante et aux Jambons in Paris in late September and on a visit to meet the owner of Agape - HEAVEN. Now I couldn't think of anyone better than Tara to take me around a Brocante as she has such an eye for antiques and she is such an interesting lady.
Being the gracious sole that I am I let her take most of the pictures today, besides she is much better than me at photography and I will let you know when she does her post on the visit. She has a great shot of her and I standing outside a CLOSED Shop.
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I hate it when that happens
Sounds like you had a great time anyway. If ever your in Nottinghamshire let me know.
What rotten luck but as I would love to visit RE sometime and now at least I know that there is no point on going on a MOnday.
Bonjour Di,
If you ever visit my shop you'll find that I have a sign in the window saying that if you've come on a day that I'm closed you can telephone me at home and I will open the shop for you.
Don't forget to bring Tara with you!
Di, we had the best day together! Thank you so much; will post photographs beginning Monday. We arrived home late this afternoon, exhausted but had a fantastic time. Did I mention I bought seven pairs of shoes? How it all fit in the luggage is a mystery. Certainly a big highlight of our trip was spending a day with you and Harvey! Looking forward to seeing you here next month. Thanks for all the kind words in your post. xo
And still, she conquered! I'm here via said conquerer and am delighted by your blog, your eye, and your voice.
I'll be seeing Tara in a few days in Paris and had the great pleasure of meeting here there last fall. The internet makes possible lots of good things!
I didn't know you were a fish... ;)
Thanks for the tip about Monday closing! Re had been reccomended to me as a 'must do' by Cheryl, her sister and their friend. All of whom I met on the 18.20 York to Newcastle train 08/11/08.
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