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SHOPPINGetc
Where to go, what to buy. By Helen Racanelli
home on water st.
St. John’s, Nfld., 168 Water St., 709-738-8228
twacking in st. john’s
celebrating style
Five years ago, owners Peter Alyward
(above, sitting) and Donald Moores opened
the shop with a small inventory. The goods
flew out the door so quickly, they knew they
had a good thing going. “The store intrigued people,” says Donald, something it
continues to do, thanks to the duo’s inspired
goods and coordinated displays.
book smarts
Donald and Peter scout titles people are
talking about. A sampling of must-have
books: The Art of the Handwritten Note,
Tiffany’s Table Manners for Teenagers and
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cookbooks from famed restos like Balthazar,
Nobu and French Laundry.
must-haves
We couldn’t walk a foot in this store without
stumbling into something we adored, but
here’s a shortlist: Prince Charles’ (yes, that
Prince Charles) Duchy Originals organic
cookies, $8 a box, Pillivuyt white French
porcelain footed bowls, from $40 each, and
David Fussenegger organic cotton Argyle
!
blankets, from $145 each.
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great gifts
• Pillivuyt covered casserole, $98 • David
Fussenegger cotton robe, $148 • Gift basket
brimming with Acca Kappa’s luxe bath
products, $80 • Famed Brit florist Kenneth
Turner’s large pewter candlestick, $185
• Ceramic jar of hand-collected Sal de Ibiza
Fleur de Sel (a specialty salt), $28
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY NED PRATT
Any St. John’s shopaholic worth her sea salt
will tell you Home on Water St. is the spot to
grab splendid home accents. After twacking
(Newfoundlander for “window shopping”)
on boutique-lined Water Street, we dropped
by the shop. It was elegantly stacked with
on-trend accessories at practical prices,
and local ladies were past merely twacking
– they were buying up a storm.