Patina, 1009, Franklin Avenue South, Minnepolis

Being in Minneapolis at the weekend it was time to visit Patina again. It's one of those eclectic stores that is packed from floor to ceiling with beautiful inspirational goodies, all mixed together in a melting pot of colour and great design. Your eyes get drawn from one exciting display to the next and it's a place you can easily spend a couple of hours exploring. 

Here are some of the photo's :

 

 

A definite Bollywood theme going on !

 

Barnes & Noble

Barnes and Noble have some great new notebooks, journals and planners on their shelves at the moment. They have used several exciting prints and really fresh colours, that add a lot of creativity to their new products. Birds are everywhere this year and are constantly being re-invented. Several of their large erasers in particular, portray some cute new owls :

Trailer Park ... In New York ?

The last time we were in the big Apple we came across this cafe on the 23rd Street. I am sure we must have walked right past it a few times in the past on our way up to ABC, but this time it caught our eye.
We didn't get time to go inside ... maybe next time :

And then a few doors further down, we saw this huge doorway, and the door handles were skulls !