Good Life Daily: Main Street Shopping Guide

Posted on September 2008  
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While we’ll always love a good mall run (where else can you find three last-minute strappy sandal options in under 20 minutes?), sometimes we want to eschew the King of Prussia and Cherry Hill malls in favor of the particular joys of small-town browsing: strolling sidewalks crammed with specialty boutiques and emporiums stuffed with you-can-only-find-it-here goodies; squealing with childish delight upon discovering that perfectly unique gift, gorgeous scarf or weathered antique; setting down bags of just-bought treasures and settling in for a well-deserved lunch and chilled riesling to toast the fruits of our retail labors. Sound good? Of course it does.

Come with us and explore six fab shopping towns worth not only spending the day in, but sending a postcard from.

Originally published in Philadelphia magazine, September 2008
 
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