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An independent showroom for new and used CDs that specializes in alternative rock music, it also carries a wide range of popular musical styles.

Take your sweetie pie to Sweetie, for latest designer wear by such distinctive designers as Diane von Furstenberg, Rebecca Taylor, Wendy Hill, and Trina Turk. Impress your friends with a great selection of cool chandelier earrings, handbags, and belts.

Shop for hand-carved art stamps, hand-bound books and journals, tree-free and recycled decorative papers, and other artful tools perfect for inspiring creativity. The outlet also sells toys and gift items themed with its mascot, the turtle.

Renovated and repositioned as a stellar shopping destination this open-air mall just east of the UW has lovely landscaped walk-ways, fountains, restaurants, and stores that no longer attract just the resident graduate student population. Key stores include Abercrombie & Fitch, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Restoration Hardware, and Banana Republic.

An innovative one-stop shop for hip consumers who need to mainline trendiness. Discover a full service salon, beauty supply store, independent designer boutique, and an artist gallery.

This large thrift store is a Seattle original and has no pretension whatsoever. Items here are not necessarily fashionable, but they are always inexpensive.

A treasured small, independent shop selling new and used music CDs. Carries obscure recordings of rock, jazz, ethnic music, electronic, modern classical, and anything out of the ordinary.

For a real taste of Seattle’s charming Wallingford neighborhood, discover a variety of local commerce along 45th Street, such as restaurants and shops, as well as the Wallingford Center, a converted turn-of-the-19th-century elementary school. Quite a few of these shops are for or about children, including L’il Klippers (haircuts), Imagination Toys, and Boston St. Baby Store.

Since 1981, the store has traded, bought, and sold antiques, rare coins, and figurines at great rates to a devoted clientele.

The center has a four-tiered glass-enclosed atrium stacked with small regionally based shops, several chain stores, and a large food court. Made in Washington, April Cornell, Fossil, The Children’s Place, Mont Blanc, and Talbots are well worth visiting. Outside, Westlake Plaza attracts workers on break and also features seasonal concerts and public events.