New Downtown Lodi store French at Heart features French decor

Downtown store brings French style to Lodi shoppers

Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 6:39 am, Thu Jan 3, 2013.

Kay Marie Claxton has never set foot on French soil. But her Downtown Lodi shop is brimming with proof of her love for the country French aesthetic.

The small boutique gift shop is called French at Heart, though Claxton is also French by heritage on her father's side. Her maiden name is Veuve.

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New Downtown Lodi store French at Heart features French decor