St. Petersburg • Clearwater 2008 - (Page 21) : found Our shopaholic’s been out on the town. Here are her picks for cool reminders of your days at the beach. For shopping areas, see page 65. Read about unique shops on www.FloridasBeach.com • Before you mix the margaritas, scoop up the rare Jimmy Buffett album Before the Salt at Banana’s Records in St. Petersburg. You can find just about every album ever recorded at this warehouse of tunes. 727-327-4616, www.musicfinder.com Don’t want to lose your beach towel among the sea of them at the pool? Find a standout one at Surf Style in Clearwater. The beachwear shop has one of the widest selections of towels along with your other poolside best friend – sunscreen. 727-447-3363 • “Hang ten” every time you shower with a vinyl surfer curtain from Hula Hula, a mid-20th-century specialty store in Gulfport. 727-321-8454, www.hulahula.biz • • A soft, white, lightweight T-shirt made of bamboo is as eco-friendly as it is effective at showing off your tan. Shirts of Bamboo in St. Petersburg. 727-388-6931, www.shirtsofbamboo.com >> Take a piece of the sea home to your bath with a natural sponge from Tarpon Springs. You can find them on sale in shops along the historic docks. Your friends will be jealous when they spot you in a string bikini from Reno Beach Surf Shop in St. Petersburg. 727-896-SURF www.renobeach.com , >> Hold on to memories of your trip with a leather journal from the Salvador Dalí Museum bearing the surrealist painter’s famous The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory. 727-823-3767, www.salvadordalimuseum.org Treasure Island’s Suncoast Surf Shop has everything surfers need to enjoy the Gulf coast. 727-367-2483, www.suncoastsurfshop.com Mail your friends a vintage postcard of what your beach looked like 50 years ago. Find it at the Gas Plant Antique Arcade in downtown St. Petersburg. 727-894-8611 ~Lynn Waddell www. F loridas Beach. com >> >> >> 21 http://www.FloridasBeach.com http://www.hulahula.biz http://www.finder.com/index.html http://www.shirtsofbamboo.com http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org http://www.suncoastsurfshop.com http://www.FloridasBeach.com
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