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3x3 Santa Barbara Botanica
Botanica storefronts promise to help in matters of love, work and sometimes 'immigration services,' but trust us, there are no marriage counselors or INS guys in these shops. Welcome to the wide world of vodou . As you enter you'll probably get a funny look, but be courteous, curious and respectful and you should be welcomed.
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A/X Armani Exchange
The 'affordable' (hah!) retail branch of Armani, A/X is well stocked with all manner of sporty-chic pants, sweaters, jackets, button-downs and dresses.
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Absolutely Suitable
For looking your best on the beach and by the pool, peruse these fine racks for bikinis and swimsuits, in all sizes and shapes, plus swim trunks, flip-flops and sun hats.
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Alexa & Jack
Can't they just stay little till their Moschinos wear out? This popular Lincoln Rd stop hawks minifashions from the Italian designer, plus D&G Junior and Juicy Couture. Also find quality toys, gifts and accessories.
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Apple Store
Macbook junkies and Ipod-lovers, get your fix of Apple technology in a showroom that's as stripped down as an ipod nano, and just as preciously cute.
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Architectural Antiques
Since much of the merchandise in this warehouse comes from mansions, there's some real treasure in these serious piles of furniture, paintings and other household items. Get ready for a scavenger hunt.
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Art Deco Welcome Center
You could get lost in this quirky gift shop - despite the fact that it's teeny. The retail outlet of this information center has shelves stocked with all the books, jewelry, vintage postcards, posters, souvenir T-shirts and cool little knickknacks a deco-obsessive could ever want. If not: dude, you are really into deco.
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Art Fusion Gallery
Here you'll find the Design District's largest selection of French art-deco lighting, furniture and accessories, including unique pieces by Lalique Sabino and De Gue.
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ArtCenter/South Florida
If you're in the market for painting, sculpture and any other medium by young, up-and-coming artists, this dynamic space, featuring open studios and gallery exhibits, is a good place to start.
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Arthur Godfrey Road (41st Street)
If the main shopping drag in Miami Beach were a movie, it might be titled 'Jews in Paradise.' It's no shetl , but Arthur Godfrey Rd is a popular thoroughfare for Miami Beach Jews, and possibly the best place outside Manhattan to enjoy a good Reuben (and the only place outside Tel Aviv with kosher sushi houses).
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Artisan Antiques Art Deco
This wonderful shop houses one of the world's largest collections of French art-deco lighting, furniture and accessories, including unique pieces by Lalique Sabino and De Gue.
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Aventura Mall
This upscale granddaddy of a mall, which attracts families with its enormous indoor playground, has a Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Burdines, Bloomingdale's and a 24-screen movie theatre with newfangled stadium seating. Look for South Beach shuttles from many hotels.
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Bal Harbour Shops
The Shops are a mall. OK. But they're also kind of the ultimate perfection of mall, the mall all the other malls want to be when they graduate from Mall School. Perfectly landscaped, decked in paintings, and exclusively high end, the only places to shop here are stores such as Chanel and Jimmy Choo, Prada and Agent Provocateur.
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Barney's New York Co-Op
The Miami outpost of New York City's den of style, this always bustling shop has a little of everything to satiate label whores - Seven Jeans, Marc by Marc Jacobs trousers and Carrie-worthy Manolo Blahniks.
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Base
This groovy hip-hop outlet has everything you need to be a good clubber - the latest Pumas, edgy streetwear, designer baseball caps, men's shaving and skincare products from gourmet labels, and a whole range of thumpa-thumpa and bom-chika-bom-chika CDs available for sampling at storefront listening stations.
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Bass Museum Shop
The small, well-curated shop inside this excellent art museum has art, photography and architecture books, unique gift items, postcards, educational toys, and affordable original works of art and jewelry made by local artisans.
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Bayside Marketplace
This touristy bayfront mall has entertainment, restaurants, bars, tour-boat docks, push-cart vendors and name-brand shops. A sampling of usual suspects includes the Disney Store, Victoria's Secret, Sunglass Hut, Bath & Body Works, the Gap, Express, Skechers and, of course, Starbucks. There are no surprises, except for the nice views.
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Beatnix
Basically, this is where you come to get dressed up in some nightmarish outfit of your better-forgotten past. They've got vinyl dresses, '70s tracksuits and platform heels, plus coasters, postcards, glasses and wacky wigs.
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Betsey Johnson
The bright, quirky and thoroughly eclectic line from the bright-eyed Betsey specializes in fun and sexy skirts and dresses, with funkified frilly blouses and hose thrown in for good measure.
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Bird's Surf Shop
Surf shop, also offers information about daily surf conditions.
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Books & Books
Like its branch in Coral Gables, this beautiful indie bookstore has an excellent array of titles, especially when it comes to Floridian and Miamian history, photography, coffee-table tomes, and literature by local authors from Edna Buchanan to Carl Hiaasen. You can also catch poetry readings and author book signings.
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Books & Books
This well-stocked and popular bookseller (also has a branch in South Beach) features frequent solo readings from famous (and not so famous) local authors, as well as group readings on a particular theme (science fiction, Tibetan culture, Brazil) and various book-discussion groups.
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Bookstore In The Grove
Just what the doctor ordered: a cute little indie bookstore, casual café, community-oriented activity center and cool escape from the gentrified junk so ubiquitous on Grand Ave.
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Brioni
Power suits of the Samantha (of Sex and the City ) school of design compete for rack space with elegant night wear and perfect-by-day dresses.
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Britto Central
Should you have several thousand dollars and the desire to purchase one of Romero Britto's pieces - either iconic Miami or glaringly commercial installation art, depending on your tastes - this is the place to do so.
