Rue d'Antibes - That Riviera Touch

I like shopping in SL. And I like shopping in pretty places. My upbringing actually makes the latter a necessity because when I wander around clothes shops my mother’s voice is forever in my ear saying, “You could make that…that’s a lot of money for a simple design.” Even the fact that I possess the SL clothes designing skills of a chimpanzee fails to drown out this voice so I am a browser rather than a wild spender. So if I arrive at a mall to discover that it’s yet another rather soulless corner of this world, I won’t linger. Who needs to shop that badly? I need to be wooed into splashing the cash and, like any romantic venue the place has got to have some ambience.

So here’s my tip for this week: Rue d’Antibes. I found it by accident because I needed some riviera romance and, boy, have I found it here. Tree-lined pedestrian boulevards and promenades lead the eye to stucco-fronted stores. There are benches and café tables for taking the weight off one’s heels and when I arrived yesterday there was a fabulous stream of French music playing.

“What about the stores, Cortes?” I hear you cry. Well for starters there's Anti Cute, Indyra Originals, Blooberry. Ingenue, Funk, Mimikiri, Digit Darkes Pixeldolls…actually there are far too many stores to give credit. Many of the stores have a great European boutique feel to them, making this avi feel a million dollars as she browsed. I was so relaxed I even parted with Lindens for a fantastic flexi hairstyle by Calico Creations. More importantly I will be back to investigate the skin and shape stores, the art gallery, the animations store…and when I just need to be somewhere with a character.

Rue d'Antibes