Hot on the heels of the announcement that Chef Daniel Boulud is planning to open a DBGB restaurant at CityCenterDC comes another great (French) news for downtown D.C.: Longchamp is also planning to set up shop at CityCenterDC. Awesome news... well, perhaps not for my wallet. Which, actually, happens to be a Longchamp wallet. What I love about Longchamp is that it is still owned and managed by the Cassegrain family who founded it in Paris back in 1948. Oh, and I love their signature Pliage bags of course... but did you know Longchamp initially started as a leather goods' company, selling leather-covered items for smokers then leather wallets and pouches? Now you do ;-) And I love that they ...