I’m in search of a French bistro table (aka a guéridon) with a cast iron base and a simple black marble top, about 28 inches in diameter. Stephanie and I have seen several at cafes in the city, but have yet to track down a reliable source. I’ve also found very little online, which is unusual. If anyone has any leads or suggestions, please leave a comment. Let’s see if Craigslist can help.

While on the lookout this morning, we stopped by The Butler and the Chef, a very cool French antique store on 16th and Utah. They didn’t have any marble bistro tables, but they did have some custom enameled metal ones. The base was new (and just what we’re looking for), but I thought the table tops were so-so, and the price was a little high ($475). They had some other neat things, including two or three old wooden butcher tables with surfaces worn down to hills and valleys, but nothing we really needed.

We also stumbled upon the Design Within Reach studio on Potrero, my first time experiencing DWR outside of their catalog. Lots of nice, pricey things, but nothing especially we wanted, well except for the Nelson Sunburst Clock.

After a brunch at Noah’s Bagels, we discovered a real gem, Khyber Pass on 16th and Kansas. They have all manner of interesting reproduction and reconditioned furniture, most of it from China and Indonesia, as well as reasonably priced leather chairs and couches, and rugs. Though we were intrigued by several of their wood pieces, we held ourselves back, and instead got a black leather bench with narrow wood legs—for the end of the bed or in one of the bay windows—we haven’t decided yet.

Before heading home we poked our heads in an elegant (read: gaudy) housewares store where Stephanie spied this excellent specimen:

I should have bought it, huh?