San Francisco - Alison Bing [98]
DELILAH CROWN Map Clothing & Accessories, Local Designer
415-765-9060; www.delilahcrown.com; 524 Green St; 11am-6:30pm Tue-Sat, noon-5pm Sun; 15, 30, 41, 45
The crowning touches to SF style are the screen-printing, pin-tucking and vintage fabrics used in owner Kristina De Pizzol’s silver-crown-label designs: patch-pocket skirts with contrasting stitching, yellow shifts with vintage orange buttons, and mushroom-silkscreened T-shirts. Baby mini-tunics and gypsy skirts make tiny tots look like the charming end results of the Summer of Love.
OOMA Map Clothing & Accessories, Local Designer
415-627-6963; www.ooma.net; 1422 Grant Ave; 11am-7pm Tue-Sat, noon-5pm Sun; 15, 30, 41, 45
Feel-good style is what Objects of My Affection is all about: ticklish coral waterfall earrings, springy Poetic License wedges, and locally made, sweatshop-free Del Forte organic denim. Better still, most items are in the affordable double-digit range, including laser-cut wood bubble earrings by local designer Molly M.
LOLA OF NORTH BEACH Map Gifts, Stationery
415-781-1817; www.lolaofnorthbeach.com; 1415 Grant Ave; 11am-6:30pm Mon-Sat, to 5:30pm Sun; 15, 30; Powell-Mason
Answers to all your SF gifting quandries, from creative souvenirs (ticket stub album for all those cool-looking SF museum tickets) to Silicon Valley baby showers (‘my dad’s a geek’ onesies), plus California-made soy candles that smell like sunshine.
101 MUSIC Map Music
415-392-6369; 1414 Grant Ave; 10am-8pm Tue-Sat, noon-8pm Sun; 15, 30, 41, 45
You’ll have to bend over those bins to let DJs and hardcore collectors pass (and, hey, wasn’t that Carlos Santana?!), but among the $5 to $10 discs are obscure releases (Songs for Greek Lovers) and original recordings by Oscar Peterson, Janis Joplin and, oh yes, Pat Benatar. At the sister shop at 513 Green St, don’t bonk your head on the vintage Les Pauls, and check out the sweet turntables that must’ve cost some kid a year’s worth of burger-flipping c 1978.
Return to beginning of chapter
RUSSIAN & NOB HILLS
HYDE & SEEK ANTIQUES Map Antiques & Collectibles
415-776-8865; 1913 Hyde St; noon-6pm Tue-Sat; 19, 41, 45; Powell-Hyde
Like the home of a long-lost eccentric aunt, this tiny storefront is full of surprises: a briefcase that opens to reveal a full tartan bar, a Danish-design silver calla lily, a Native basket more tightly wound than your boss – all at reasonable prices.
SPRING Map Beauty Products, Housewares
415-673-2065; www.astorecalledspring.com; 2162 Polk St; 11am-6pm Tue-Sun; 19, 41, 45, 47, 49, 76; Powell-Hyde
Spring has sprung a fresh new idea: housework shouldn’t mean an instant headache from noxious cleaning fumes. Instead, this store thoughtfully provides all the nontoxic lemon and lavender products you need to clean up your home and your environmental act. The bamboo-fiber bedding is pricey, but Caldrea cleansers and Farmaesthetics soaps in ‘sweet pea’ and ‘cornmeal chamomile’ smell scrumptious and are priced to move.
ECO CITIZEN Map Clothing & Accessories
415-614-0100; www.ecocitizenonline.com; 1488 Vallejo St; 11am-7pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun; 1, 19, 47, 49
Idealism meets street chic in this boutique of ecofriendly, fair-traded fabulousness, from ultraglam gold hemp jeans to Vivienne Westwood T-strap heels made of nontoxic PVC (recyclable onsite). Prices are reasonable and sales a steal – $50 could get you a fair-trade cashmere dress or SF-made Turk+Taylor organic cotton jacket. The faucet charm necklace made from reclaimed silver is truly lucky – its purchase helps support clean water initiatives.
STUDIO Map Gifts, Local Designer
415-931-3130; www.studiogallerysf.com; 1815 Polk St; 11am-8pm Wed-Fri, to 6pm Sat & Sun; 1, 19, 47, 49, 76; California
Maybe shopping is a substitute for Prozac after all – especially that silver necklace in