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Flea Market sells a broad range activists, and thinkers.
of antiques. Studio Antiques It combines a bookstore
in Alexandria sells all kinds of with a restaurant, bar, and
antiques, such as dolls, china, performance space where
and silver, but specializes in author readings and open-
books. In Frederick, Maryland, mic poetry nights are held.
there is the enormous Emporium
Antiques. This paradise for Miscellaneous
antiques lovers houses over 100
shops that sell everything from The many department stores
huge pieces of furniture through in and around Washington,
household wares to jewelry. such as Macy’s, Nordstrom,
and Neiman-Marcus, are
well-stocked with good quality
Books and Music household wares from linens
Book lovers are spoiled for choice to cutlery and crockery. They
in Washington and will enjoy are also prepared to order
spending time browsing in any out-of-stock items for
the myriad bookstores that their customers.
One of many antique centers to be found can be found in the city. Wake Up Little Suzie sells
in Frederick There are several excellent unusual and unique gifts, such
independent and second-hand as handmade books, jewelry,
Antiques bookstores, especially in the and hanging mobiles. Similarly,
There are some wonderful Dupont Circle area. In Chocolate Moose, on L Street,
hidden treasures to be dis- Kramerbooks & Afterwords is a treasure trove of the unusual
covered in the many antique Café, customers can sit with and unconventional, including
stores scattered throughout their new purchase while ceramics, chocolates, jewelry,
Washington. Along Wisconsin drinking a coffee. There is and children’s toys, among
Avenue, between P and S also a full-service restaurant. other things. Tabletop DC
streets and also along M and Second Story Books is DC’s on 20th Street sells everything
O streets, there are around 20 biggest second-hand store, from utensils, toys, and jewelry,
antique shops. Some specialize which also offers CDs and to placemats, picture frames,
in expensive antiques, others in vinyl, vintage prints and and calendars.
prints, lamps, silverware, photographs, and other Everything in contemporary
perfume bottles, or just framed ephemera. products for the home,
interesting knick-knacks. Farther north, on Connecticut from kitchenware to furniture,
Random Harvest on Avenue, is the Politics & Prose can be found at Crate &
Wisconsin Avenue carries Bookstore, a favorite among Barrel in Spring Valley. In
both upholstered and wooden Washingtonians for its George town is Restoration
furniture from the late 1800s combination of books and Hardware, which offers
through to the mid-20th coffee. Customers can chat everything from decorative
century. It also stocks a with the knowledgeable staff, door knobs through
care fully chosen selection of browse, or attend a reading. gardening supplies and
home accessories, including (The Sunday book review lamps, to old-fashioned
pillows, mirrors, and lamps. section of the Washington toys and the popular, heavy
Adams-Morgan and Dupont Post lists readings.) Busboys oak Mission furniture that
Circle are also good neighbor- and Poets on 5th Street is a originated in the Arts and
hoods for antique hunting. community hub for writers, Crafts Movement.
Brass Knob Architectural
Antiques, on 18th Street, is
worth visiting for their range of
salvaged curiosities, including
clawfoot bathtubs and unusual
antique light fixtures. Customers
are bound to leave with just the
perfect relic for their home,
which could be anything from
a chandelier to an iron gate.
There is also a number of
centers for antiques outside
Washington’s center. Kensington
in Maryland and Old Town
Alexandria in Virginia are areas
rich in an tiques. Georgetown A bookstore and café are combined at Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café

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