| One the greatest American pastimes is shopping. Whether you enjoy window shopping, buying knickknacks as a tourist, shopping online, or simply walking the local mall, there is something for everyone. Shopping has become central to our way of life, with brand names like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger covering everything from perfume to designer jeans. First-rate shopping is easy to find with stores like Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s in malls across the nation. The Mall of America is the nation’s largest, sporting a huge food court, an indoor amusement park, and shopping for all ages. A simple pair of jeans can turn into a day’s project, presenting choices like loose-fit versus boot-cut, flared versus tight, low-rise or the classic fit? Online shopping simplifies your search with websites like buyerdom.com and shopzilla.com, and the every popular Ebay. Magazines like Lucky Magazine and Domino Magazine feature online and local shopping guides from home décor to date night apparel. The Fashion Editor is one of the largest online fashion and trend setting guides, offering advice on the latest styles, the fashion industry, and famous stylists. It’s not just the ladies that find shopping addicting, with AskMen.com featuring monthly fashion and shopping question and answers. Of course, most men would rather be seen at the nearby Lowe’s or Home Depot for home fix-ups and furnishings instead. Sporting goods, electronics, and entertainment are big among most, and feature venues like BestBuy, RadioShack, and Sports Authority. After a long day, Barne’s & Noble and Borders are popular bookstores offering comfy chairs for shoppers to peruse their books in luxury before purchasing. With so many shoppers and so much to buy, yesterday’s purchases are quickly passed on to consignment shops and secondhand stores like Name Brand Exchange, sold at rummage sales, or donated to The Salvation Army and Goodwill. South Carolina is a state that offers miles of sandy coastline, thick woodlands, and several must-see towns. Myrtle Beach offers quaint cottages, exclusive resorts, affordable inns, and beach houses of all sizes. The Myrtle Beach strip is full of restaurants, bars, and stores for all tastes and price ranges. Its promenade is fun for the whole family with sidewalk shops, funnel cake vendors, arcades, a towering Ferris wheel, and a variety of amusement park rides. Here calabash style seafood reigns supreme, from fried shrimp, flounder, and clam strips, to oysters by the bucket that you can shuck yourself or have served raw or Rockefeller. Try these with a side of coleslaw, hush puppies, a brimming bowl of she-crab soup, and a glass of sweet iced tea and you have one tasty dish, all served with that famous Southern charm. Southern barbecue, which is famous throughout the Carolinas, is also a local favorite, particularly when served with a side of green beans and Brunswick stew. Yum! The coast of South Carolina is also dotted by barrier islands, some inhabited, some not, some luxurious, some rustic. To get there, visitors can charter a boat from the mainland, those feeling more adventurous can paddle out on a sea kayak and camp for the night. Either way you’re in for a treat. Speaking of boats, many visitors charter a deep sea fishing boat to take them to the warm waters of the Gulf Stream, where fish are aplenty. The beautifully preserved, stately port town of Charleston is another hot spot. A former military stronghold of the South, Charleston offers a rich history wher e visitors can still see the huge forts and cannons that guarded its shores at The Battery and battlefields made famous by both the Civil and Revolutionary Wars. South Carolina, Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Charleston, Battery, barrier islands, Citadel, Gulf Stream, calabash, Brunswick stew window shopping, online shopping, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Marni, designer jeans, perfume, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Mall of America, loose-fit jeans, boot-cut jeans, flared jeans, low-rise fit, classic fit, buyerdom.com, shopzilla.com, Ebay, Lucky Magazine, Domino Magazine, The Fashion Editor, fashion industry, AskMen.com, Lowe’s, Home Depot, home fix-ups, Barne’s & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, RadioShack, CompUSA, BestBuy, Sports Authority, consignment shops, secondhand stores, Name Brand Exchange, rummage sales, The Salvation Army, Goodwill, sporting goods, electronics, furnishings, home décor
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