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action is between Second and Third. If you're in search of the harder-
edge East Village and feeling a little brave, explore the side streets
closer to Avenue A and southward toward the Bowery.
GREENWICH VILLAGE
The West Village is great for browsing and gift shopping. Specialty
bookstores and record stores, antiques and craft shops, and gourmet
food markets dominate. On 8th Street—NYU territory between
Broadway and Sixth Avenue—you can find trendy footwear and
affordable fashions.
But the biggest shopping boom of late has happened on
Bleecker
Street
west of Sixth Avenue. Between Carmine Street and Seventh
Avenue, foodies will delight in the strip of boutique food shops,
including
Amy's Bread, Wild Edibles,
and
Murray's Cheese.
In
between are record stores, guitar shops, and a sprinkling of artsy
boutiques. On
Christopher Street,
you'll find such wonders as
Aedes De Venutas,
a gorgeous little boutique selling fabulous per-
fumes and scented candles that are difficult to find in the States, and
The Porcelain Room,
13 Christopher St. (
&
212/367-8206
),
Additional Sources for Serious Shoppers
If you're looking for specific items, check the shopping list-
ings at
www.newyork.citysearch.com
,
www.timeoutny.com
,
and
www.nymag.com
before you leave home.
For an online guide to sample sales/designer bargains, visit
www.nysale.com
, which will let you in on unadvertised sales
taking place throughout the city.
Information about current sales, new shops, sample and
close-out sales, and arts, crafts, and antiques shows is found
in the “Check Out” section of
Time Out New York
or the
“Sales & Bargains,” “Best Bets,” and “Smart City” sections of
New York
magazine.
New York
also runs daily updates of
sales at
www.nymag.com
, and
Time Out
publishes a twice-
yearly shopping guide available on newsstands for about $6.
Other Web sources include
www.dailycandy.com
, a daily
online newsletter highlighting store openings and where to
find the day's sales, and
www.girlshop.com
, a website dedi-
cated to New York insider fashion news. In 2005, the flagship
Girlshop Boutique
opened at 819 Washington St., between
Little W. 12th and Gansevoort sts.; (
&
212/255-4985
).
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