Other shopping in USA
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Powell's City of Books
The largest independent bookstore in the US, this place is dangerously addictive. Bank on your quick one-hour 'browse' turning into three. Fantastic travel section.
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Whole Foods Market
Austinites remember Whole Foods back when it was just a low-key hippie grocer, and look at it now, with more than 140 stores nationwide focusing on healthy, natural and organic groceries. There’s a great selection of takeout at this enormous flagship store, perfect for stocking a picnic.
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Title Wave Books
Northern Lights Center (1360 W Northern Lights Blvd); W 5th Ave (415 W 5th Ave) The best bookstore in Anchorage with two branches, both equipped with internet cafés.
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Half Price Books, Records & Magazines
A broad selection of excellent new and used books, with multiple locations around town.
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Melissa Guerra
San Antonio’s answer to Williams Sonoma, Melissa Guerra has upscale kitchen implements and table settings with a Latin flavor, layered in with Mexican craft items such as lotería jewelry and painted pottery. It’s one of the first stores in the new Pearl Brewery development.
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Uncommon Objects
‘Curious oddities’ is what they advertise at this quirky antique store that sells all manner of fabulous knick-knackery. The merchandise is displayed with an artful eye that makes browsing akin to visiting a rambling museum of memorabilia, all of which happens to be for sale.
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Room Service
Whether your style is ’70s moon chairs or art-nouveau fainting couches, this is the most fabulous place in the city for vintage furnishings. Plenty of smaller (and more portable) stuff is for sale, like gobstopping ashtrays, silk kimonos and more.
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Waterloo Records
Waterloo is a landmark and the best music store in town, with a huge selection and low prices on new and used CDs and vinyl. There are sections reserved just for local bands, and listening stations featuring Texas, indie and alt-country acts.
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Allen’s Boots
In hip South Austin, family-owned Allen’s sells rows upon rows of traditional cowboy boots for ladies, gents and kids. A basic pair costs from $50, while somethin’ fancy runs a few hundred dollars.
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Dane County Farmers’ Market
On Saturday, the Dane County Farmers’ Market takes over Capitol Sq. It’s one of the nation’s largest markets, famed for its artisanal cheeses.
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Fromagination
Fromagination specializes in small-batch and hard-to-find local hunks. Be sure to pick up some cheese curds to experience their squeaky bite.
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Twig Bookshop
This great little indie bookstore located in the Pearl Brewery development specializes in regional interest, children’s books and author events.
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Arboretum
About 20 minutes northwest of downtown, the Arboretum is a parklike collection of high-end stores like Sharper Image and Restoration Hardware.
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Mizner Park
The Mizner Park is a ritzy outdoor mall with stores, restaurants and regular free concerts.
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Papa Jim’s
If you have never visited a botanica before, be sure to make a special trip out to Papa Jim’s in the southern part of the city. It’s basically a religious and Santeria superstore (mixed with a bit of voodoo), selling items to rid you of the problem of your choice: Get-Rich candles, Do-As-I-Say floor wash, Jinx Removal air-freshener, Run-Devil-Run and Get-out-of-Jail oil, and Stop-Gossip soap, all for a few dollars apiece. The store also has books, herbal teas, incense, good-luck charms and other items related to Santeria, a synthesis of Catholicism and the Nigerian Yoruba folk beliefs of slaves brought to the Caribbean. Papa Jim’s motto is ‘Whatever Works, ’ and obvious…
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Arthur Godfrey Road
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 the Jewish population of Miami Beach, and possibly the best place outside Manhattan to enjoy a good reuben sandwich (and the only place outside Tel Aviv with kosher sushi houses). Just as Jews have shaped Miami Beach, so has the beach shaped its Jews: you can eat lox yarroz con moros (salmon with rice and beans) and while the Orthodox men don yarmulkes and the women wear headscarves, they’ve all got nice tans and drive flashy SUVs.
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Rocketbuster Boots
Even if you can’t round up the $800 to $3500 a custom pair costs, make an appointment to visit Rocketbuster Boots and you’ll see what all the fuss is about. As boot-maker for the stars, Rocketbuster has shod such celebrities as Julia Roberts, Dwight Yoakum, Emmylou Harris and Oprah Winfrey. Their over-the-top designs include everything from wild floral prints to 1950s-era pin-up cowgirls to Day of the Dead skeletons. Owner-designer Nevena Christi will gladly show you around, and you can pick up leather pillows and boot-shaped Christmas stockings for just $75 to $300.
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Louisiana Tax Free Shopping
Some merchants in Louisiana participate in a program called Louisiana Tax Free Shopping. Look for the snazzy red-and-blue ‘tax free’ logo in the window or on the sign of the store. Usually these stores specialize in the kinds of impulse purchases people are likely to make while on vacation. In these stores, present a passport to verify you are not a US citizen and request a voucher as you make your purchase. Reimbursement centers are located in the DowntownRefundCenter and the main lobby of the LouisArmstrongAirport.
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City Market
But judging from our unscientific but extensive tasting, it's nearby Luling's City Market that wins all-round best BBQ in the state. Years of smoke blacken the pit room, the brisket is always succulent, the sausage is made on-site and a tart-and-tangy sauce adds a lot. Besides, everybody knows everybody here - it's a real slice of small-town life. Don't ask for utensils or plates: there haven't been any since it opened in the 1930s. Why fix what ain't broke? Your hands and butcher paper will do just fine.
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Barberville Produce
On Route 40, plunked halfway between Ocala and Daytona and roughly one-third the way between DeLand and Palatka, nestled cozily beneath a Spanish moss canopy, sits the king of roadside stands, Barberville Produce. Offering more than just fruits, veggies and honey, this open-air market fills three acres with mounds of fountains, wrought-iron furniture, gazing balls, ceramic drop-in sinks and old-fashioned peanut brittle. There’s even an 8ft-tall aluminum rooster. Who doesn’t need one of those?
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Zitomers
When your clientele consists mainly of fussy Upper East Siders, you know you'd better stock the very best of everything. That's why Zitomers, the preferred neighborhood pharmacy to the Upper East Side, carries all things European – including products that aren't exactly (ahem) FDA approved. We're not talking illicit drugs – just high-powered sunscreens and skin-care creams that usually are only available across the pond. This three-story drugstore is sure to have a cure for whatever ails you.
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Mizner Park
This outdoor shopping mall, bounded by Federal Hwy and Mizner Blvd north of NE 2nd St, and bookended on one side by the Boca Raton Museum of Art offers free valet parking plus live music on Saturday nights. The lovely mall provides a nice breezy stroll, but the abundant chain stores squelch its uniqueness. A notable exception is Kerzen Candles, whose non-toxic, gourmet candles are fascinating displays of waxen art.
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Collector’s Firearms
Look Ma! No waiting period! Hey, this is Texas. Collector’s Firearms is a great place to live out your Charlton Heston (but probably not your Michael Moore) fantasies: a full-service shop that’s definitely not for the gun-shy. With enough cash and a clean background check, you can walk out with anything from a Civil War–era shotgun to a Gatling. Whatever your gun politics, the professional staff are happy to educate you.
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