Parati Shopping Tips by Mazely

Columbe: Kinda hippie stuff - but good stuff!

This shop sells things to be used at home, like furniture, pillows, light spots and so on. They are very beautiful. Even though I dislike hippie stuff, I have to agree that the shop is kinda hippie - I would say, fashion-contemporary-desing-hippie. They have good taste, and their objects have good quality, which are not - i.m.o. - characteristics of the common hippie art. The manager of the shop is very sympathetic and helpful.

What to buy: Light spots, wooden boxes to put tea bags, and the beautiful pillows they have.

What to pay: Depends on the object. Reasonable prices, nothing exagerated; some objects can even been baught as souvenirs.

Address: what's the name of that street?

Directions: On the opposite side of the side-entry (not the front entry) of Café Paraty restaurant.

Theme: Home Furnishing

Marcio's attelier: Paraty paintings

Well, first of all, Marcio is a kind of Da Vinci from Paraty. He was the decorator of my wedding party, and he's considered one of the best artists in Paraty - by the way, he has one of the best talks in the city! His paintings try to escape from the pattern of a Brazilian-beach-city-art; he's not an artist interested only on painting tropical landscapes and plants - even though they're present in his works -, but a complete artist with a contemporaneous view of the world as a whole. He's cosmopolite and regional at the same time. His paintings tend to be qualified as naif, even though it would be simplistic to perform such a narrow judgement.

What to buy: Art objects, mainly paintings

What to pay: His works worth what he asks for.

Address: Behind Rosario church

Directions: Behind Rosario church, on the right side. It's located in front of the new indian restaurant.

Theme: Art