San Francisco Shopping

Great for Gifts

1. Xapno

Neighborhood: Lower Haight

Xapno sells a quirky but fun mix of ribbons, novelty books, gift-wrap, candles, flowers, clothes etc.  It's a great store to just float into if you want to browse and be distracted from the world...

2. Timeless Treasures

Neighborhood: Pacific Heights

GREAT gifts. Check it out!...

3. Arch Drafting Supply

Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

decent supplies (at least my artist cousin thought so), and they keep me supplied with great little gifts, jewelry, etc....

4. Green Apple Books

Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

Green Apple Books has evolved to an even greater bookstore than I remember as a kid.  The annex is great for used books, music and movies.  I can almost guarantee I'll leave there with one or two...

5. Church Street…

Neighborhood: Noe Valley

A great place to get natural cosmetics and skincare items for men, women, and kids. But more alluring to me are the great cards and cool/cute/pretty gifts (sometimes for others, but more often...

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Selection

1. Select Furniture…

Neighborhood: SOMA

to decide on everything; we had to take a break.   The couch is perfect. The price was very reasonable.  Best furniture store ever. Their selection is insane. A lot of sofas can be custom build to  your...

2. K & L Wine Merchants

Neighborhood: SOMA

snobby. It's a really comfortable place to buy wine and to ask questions about wine.  In addition, there is a great selection of types of wines.  The prices are great, you'll find some bargains...

3. Green Apple Books

Neighborhood: Inner Richmond

In the words of Larry David, this store is "pretty good...PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD."   Tons of great books and DVDs; not so many great CDs, but not a bad selection for a place primarily known for its...

4. Amoeba Music

Neighborhood: Haight-Ashbury

Every time I come here I find myself wanting to rearrange their selections into a better order, or at least make some of genres fit into better categories. But I also come out feeling very satisfied...

5. Sloat Garden Center

array of selections and are a FAR better choice than something like, say, Home Depot/Lowe's....

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