West Hollywood & Mid-City
The West Hollywood branch of this noted fragrance lab based in New York offers 15 fragrances, including one you can only purchase here. All are alchemized…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
The West Hollywood branch of this noted fragrance lab based in New York offers 15 fragrances, including one you can only purchase here. All are alchemized…
Marin County
Stop for free tastings at one of Marin County's most renowned cheesemaking shops. Crafted on a ranch started by a Swiss immigrant family, these wheels of…
San Fernando Valley
Here are fashionable, post-production wares worn by TV and film stars. What that means to you is great prices on mainstream designer labels, including…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
An installation artwork that doubles as a store, where bird baths overflow with hand-dyed shawls and ladders are laden with cocktail cookbooks and dessert…
Along Highway 101
Family-owned and operated, this central mercantile is a good reflection of Willits itself, balancing cowboy essentials – boots and grain, tools and denim …
West Hollywood & Mid-City
If you dig vinyl – specifically jazz and classical on vinyl – you must check out this record trader. It's stuffed floor to ceiling and staffed with a…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
The actual pool hall's across the street - here the green felt table is piled with an array of belts, PF Flyers high tops and retro bandannas, as though a…
Los Angeles
One of the more popular stores at the Helms Bakery district, Room and Board showcases beautiful furniture and accessories crafted by mainly American…
Coastal Orange County
This shop specialty is kites in every color of the rainbow and tons of decorative flags: lighthouses, sailboats, sports-team logos, frogs wearing…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
If other erotica stores are too tame or hetero-friendly for you, make your way to this (not just) gay-oriented store owned by a legendary drag queen. You…
San Diego
This is San Diego’s main ‘antique row,’ featuring dozens of shops selling furniture, art and antiques from around the world; it cuts across some of San…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
If you love vintage interiors, step into this gem of a gallery, where (almost) everything from vintage baseball bats to armchairs and desks to the art on…
Greater Palm Springs
Trina makes form-flattering ‘California-chic’ fashions that are beautifully presented in her original flagship boutique housed in a low-slung 1960s Albert…
La Jolla
Mall shoppers: make a beeline for this large mall out of downtown La Jolla and east of I-5; anchor stores include Nordstrom, Macy’s and Sears, and for…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
In business since 1894, Vroman's is a Pasadena institution and claims to be the largest and oldest bookstore in all of SoCal. It's practically a required…
Silver Lake & Echo Park
Who says fashion has to be superficial? Lara Howe crafts her striking, tailored designs from remnant fabrics personally and locally sourced. The fabrics…
Marin County
Take the bicycle-and-pedestrian bridge from the Larkspur ferry terminal across the road to this breezy shopping center with upscale boutiques, excellent…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
A pot dispensary with a great reputation for customer service and a wide range of products, from flowers to edibles, vapes to tropical rubs. The trippy…
Malibu & Pacific Palisades
If you find yourself getting chilly at Malibu Pier, cross PCH to this chill shop for coastal-chic hoodies, T-shirts and more, made in LA and emblazoned…
San Fernando Valley
If you dig the Grove in Mid-City then you’ll enjoy this set-piece shopping mall, developed by the same folks, that feels like an extended walking street…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Nestled in a gentrifying stretch of Spring is this seemingly small, but surprisingly deep, artist-owned gallery, where the creative output focuses on pop…
Greater Palm Springs
At this well-established thrift store, today’s hipsters can shop for clothes and accessories as cool today as when they were first worn a generation or…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Those who worship at the altar of hedonism should check into this cluttered store, stocked with burlesque-inspired corsets, cat masks, school-girl outfits…
Hollywood
Part of a Thai strip mall called New Hollywood Plaza, this heavenly scented food store peddles all manner of Thai desserts, including candy, dried fruit,…
Santa Barbara
Personally sourced, fair-trade cacao from around the world means the chocolates on offer here not only taste good but make you feel good about yourself…
Headquarters at Seaport District
San Diego
San Diego's fairly new shopping center (opened 2013) is also one of its oldest buildings: the 1939 former police headquarters has turned into some 30…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
While everyone else pays retail at the Beverly Center and the Grove down the street, Shopaholic specializes in sample sales – basically, ways for…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
When Marina girls need an outfit that won't break the bank, they shop Y & I for their cute dresses, priced at $50 to $200, by brands including Everly and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A fabulous boutique blessed with a tasteful melange of new and vintage goods. Its jewelry is fantastic, as are the chunky vintage perfume bottles and…
Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood & Westwood
Fans of anime will find their happy place rifling through the T-shirts, action figures, stuffed creatures, throw pillows and books at this ode to weird,…
Long Beach & San Pedro
At 4000 square feet, In Retrospect feels like a vintage department store: clothing, vinyl, furniture, tableware, even Pez dispensers, most from the 1950s…
Pasadena & the San Gabriel Valley
This Pasadena-based company supplies natural hand creams, exfoliants and other treatments, and at its flagship store you can try them. The bamboo…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A sterling-silver jewelry company known for its skulls, Great Frog started in London, has a shop in NYC and this is its latest offering. It casts in gold…
Larchmont Village Wine, Spirits & Cheese
Hollywood
Bellies rumble like fault lines inside this gourmet providore, where shelves are stocked with elegant wines, craft spirits, artisan cheese and high-end…
Berkeley
This store boasts one of the most voluminous collections of Jewish gifts, souvenirs and general tchotckes (trinkets) anywhere. Need something religious,…
Downtown Los Angeles & Boyle Heights
Steps away from Mariachi Plaza lies Espacio 1839, a concrete-floor boutique and artists' co-op. You'll find books, graphic tees and cool Boyle Heights…
Santa Monica
The mall at the south end of the Promenade offers posher shops than those on the comparatively dated Promenade. Think All Saints, Juicy Couture,…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Little girls go gaga for this make-believe toy land where they can take their plastic friends to lunch or afternoon tea at the cafe or a revue-style show,…
Oakland
McMullen is a mainstay of the Oakland fashion scene, boasting labels like Hozen, Clyde, Staud and Ulla Johnson. The selection of shoes, bags, dresses,…
Martinelli's Company Store Tasting Room
Central Coast
Drop into Martinelli's for excellent apple juices and (non-alcoholic) ciders, and learn about the company's interesting local heritage. In cooler weather,…