Everything is given a score, from her small talk in the elevator to the quality of her cutesy coffee shop pictures.
Cue headlines about "the way we used to shop", pictures of brass pendant lights and easy-care checked shirts; memories of sausage 'n' chips washed down with tea at the in-store cafe; and retail sector analysts sharing expertise about how out-of-town malls, e-commerce and supermarkets that peddle kitchenware have done for the all-purpose store on the high street.
Known as a "social wine store" (whatever that means), the shop pictured claims to provide "curated" craft beer and spirits.
Try adding a photo shopped picture, or one you made at home to take over, a minimum of 2/3 of the page.
Much of his work was made with found materials, resulting in Cornell-like boxes, puzzles, collages and artists' books; totemic sculptures, like bottles filled with semen and grave dirt; and a vast variety of paintings, some incorporating numbers and text, some made on planks of wood or junk-shop pictures and photographs.
Just get a tough looking guy or dog (depending on what the name is) and photo shop a picture of the guy or dog until you and your gang members like it.
Manière complains about how "disgusting" the Disneyfied Champs-Élysées has become, with hordes of teenage tourists snapping pictures of themselves in front of Ladurée, the macaroon shop, and pictures of the French without even a "s'il vous plait".
He spoke of his zeal for "making the shop look picture-perfect every day".
(Opening day at Geppetto's toy shop is pictured as the equivalent of the week before Christmas at F.A.O. Schwarz).
To the Editor: Regarding "Postcards From the Edge of Good Taste" (Jan . 28: We have assiduously shopped for picture postcards throughout our travels for 25 years.
