Travel Reference
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SHOPPING
Bookstores and record stores are the main thing here, although everyone
should make time to explore the bins at Hardwick's Hardware Store. The
Ave is the main shopping drag.
UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
BOOKS
( 206-634-3400; 4326 University Way NE; 9am-9pm Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm Sat, noon-5pm
Sun; 72)
University Bookstore is vast and all-purpose, though lacking the timeworn
charm of many of Seattle's other, quirkier bookstores. It does have absolutely
everything, though, including textbooks and highlighter-abused secondhand books.
SCARECROW VIDEO
DVDS, VIDEOS
( 206-524-8554;
www.scarecrow.com
;
5030 Roosevelt Way NE; 11am-10pm Sun-Thu, to
11pm Fri & Sat; 66)
In an era when video stores appear to have befallen the same fate
as the
Tyrannosaurus rex
, Scarecrow soldiers on: it's the largest video store in the
country, with over 100,000 films in stock, many of them rare. A true community re-
source.
MAGUS BOOKS
BOOKS
( 206-633-1800;
www.magusbooksseattle.com
; 1408 NE 42nd St; 10am-8pm, to 10pm Fri &
Sat; 72)
Magus is a great used-book store, the kind of place where you can literally
spend hours getting lost in the crooked, narrow aisles on the hunt for that obscure title
you're not sure you can even remember any more.
BUFFALO EXCHANGE
CLOTHING
(
206-545-0175;
www.buffaloexchange.com
; 4530 University Way NE;
10am-9pm Mon-Sat,
11am-8pm Sun;
72)
This secondhand-clothing store is comfortable to browse in but
