St. Petersburg • Clearwater 2009 - (Page 24) 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 76. Read about unique shops on www.VisitStPeteClearwater.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 For that aunt you have trouble buying for, pick out a ceramic Lampe Berger lamp at the Bronze Lady in St. John’s Pass Village & Boardwalk on Madeira Beach. 727-398-5994, www.bronzelady2000.com > > Find the theme song from your high school prom on vinyl or an underground rock CD so fresh it’s still warm at DaddyKool New & Used CDs on Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg. 727-822-5665, www.daddykool.com >> >> Wow your friends back home with a souvenir few can top – an antique Corvette from Classic Corvettes and Collectibles in Tarpon Springs, which has a museum as well as showroom. Call ahead. 727- 945-1500, www.classiccorvettes.com Have the most beautiful bird on the beach with a colorful silky flamingo kite from Sunny Bay Trading Co. in Gulfport. 727-433-1769, www.sunnybaytrading.com >> 24 : S h o p p i n g a r e a s & fin d s >> >> Find that missing piece to your china set at China Finders in St. Petersburg. The large store has rows and rows of china, crystal and silverware, some with patterns that were discontinued 50 years ago. 727-328-0557 www.chinafinders.com. , What better place to pick up a book by Jack Kerouac than where the Beat writer hung out in his later years? Haslam’s Book Store, the largest independent new and used bookstore in Florida, keeps most of his classics on hand, although On the Road is always in high demand. >> > > > > http://www.VisitStPeteClearwater.com http://www.bronzelady2000.com http://www.daddykool.com http://www.sunnybaytrading.com http://www.classiccorvettes.com http://www.chinafinders.com
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