I used to love receiving catalogs and magazines in the mail. But it started to get out of hand and I realized I was glutted with all these little, or often not so little, glossy booklets of stuff I don’t need. Not to mention the environmental impact of being a junk mail junkie! So, little by little, I have weaned myself down to my Martha Stewart subscription and the Bas Bleu catalog. Or I should say I have tried to do so, since many of my requests to be removed from mailing lists seem to go unheeded. If there is a point to this post, it is to tell you that one catalog worth receiving and enjoying is the Bas Bleu catalog. When I see it in my mailbox, a mundane day suddenly becomes a little extra special! Bas Bleu is French for “blue stocking,” which apparently is also a reference to a literary woman. It is a catalog of off the beaten path reads and all things book and literary related. This is a catalog I actually read because the reviews of books and products are so well written. By the time I get through my Bas Bleu catalog, it is earmarked all over the place and my next step is usually to hop on-line to our library system and see if any of those reads might be available to check out. You could certainly shop from or peruse the website, but in the case of Bas Bleu, getting that beautiful little catalog in your mailbox and poring over its pages is the way to go.
hiya rachel. thanks for this post–I have never heard of this company/catalogue! I look forward to perhaps browsing through it the next time I come and visit–it sounds pretty neat.
I remember all the catalogs you used to get!! And I remember your endless browsing of Spiegel too….lol…..my guilty pleasure catalog is the Anthropologie catalog; I could get lost in it for days.
I forgot about Spiegel! Wow, you have a great memory. And now that you mention it, Anthropologie just might deserve a spot on the “postmail worthy” catalog list.