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1. Crucian Gold

St. Croix native Brian Bishop's trademark piece is the Turk's Head ring (a knot of interwoven gold strands). The family tradition continues with his kids, Nathan and Therese, creating contemporary sterling and gold pendants, rings, and earrings, necklaces, and pendants. Stop by to meet the Bishops, browse the jewelry, and "Feel the Love."

2. Hotheads Boutique

As the name implies, this small store sells hats, yes, but they're often perched on top of cotton shifts, comfortable shirts, and trendy tropical wear from designers like Sigrid Olsen, Cenia, THML, and Anne Cole Resort. If you forgot your bathing suit, Hotheads has a good selection.

3. ib designs

This small shop showcases the handcrafted jewelry of local craftsman and "Island Boy" Whealan Massicott, including his signature, "infinity" style Crucian hook bracelet. Whether in silver or gold, the designs are simply elegant.

4. Baci Duty Free

The walk-in humidor here has a good selection of Arturo Fuente, Partagas, Padron, and Macanudo cigars. Baci also carries high-end liquor; sleek watches from Tissot, Frederick Constance, Alpina, Mido, Luminox, Citizen, and Bering; Steiner binoculars from Germany; and fine jewelry.

5. From the Gecko Boutique

This store sells the most stylish men's and women's clothes on St. Croix, including a selection of fair trade and organic clothing, smart handbags, hats, swimwear, CBD products, and star-shaped paper lanterns. Bright, island-friendly colors rule the racks here.

6. Kmart

7. Many Hands

This shop sells pottery in bright colors, paintings of St. Croix and the Caribbean, prints, and maps. They are all made by local artists, and they all make for perfect take-home gifts. The owners ship all over the world.

8. Mitchell-Larsen Studio

This glass gallery offers an interesting amalgam of carefully crafted glass plates, suncatchers, and more. The pieces, all made on-site by St. Croix glassmaker Jan Mitchell Larsen, are often whimsically adorned with tropical fish, flora, and fauna. Photography from Steffen Larsen also is on display and for sale.

9. Oceanique Creations

Chaney is jewelry made from shards of the antique Danish pottery that's found all over St. Croix; local residents find it in the ocean or buried in the ground and sell it to the owners of this Christiansted jewelry shop, who clean it, polish it, wrap it in silver wire, and sell it as earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. Seaglass jewelry is also sold here; like chaney, it's made in St. Croix.

10. Plaza Extra East

This full-service supermarket stocks both locally grown and imported produce as well as deli items, specialty foods, duty-free liquor, and pharmacy needs. Perky's Pizza is located here, too.

11. Seaside Market and Deli

Although it's on the small side, this market has good-quality deli items, local produce, West Indian prepared foods, a florist, a bakery, and a pastry shop.

12. Sonya Ltd.

This boutique was founded by Crucian designer Sonya Hough, who invented the popular hook bracelet (wear the hook facing out if you're "available," inward if you're attached). Bracelets are priced from about $65 and up, depending on size and materials. In addition to the original silver and gold hooks in a variety of diameters, the shop sells variations that incorporate hurricane symbols, dolphins, hibiscus flowers, and infinity symbols. If you're going to splurge on one nice souvenir in St. Croix, make it a hook bracelet and you'll be recognized as an honorary Crucian whenever you wear it.

13. The Market St. Croix

This supermarket has a good selection of Middle Eastern foods and island-sourced products, in addition to the usual grocery-store items.

14. Under the Sun VI

Designer Rob Low and the jewelers at Under the Sun VI can create one-of-a-kind pieces to your design. The shop specializes in gold jewelry but also carries diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, and jewelry made from Crucian chaney and Dominican larimar.

15. Undercover Books

This well-stocked independent bookseller sells Caribbean-themed books as well as the latest good reads. Saturday morning (11:30 am) story hour is a good rainy-day activity for kids, and frequent book-signing events feature local authors, many of whom also participate in the annual St. Croix Literary Festival, which takes place in April. The store is in the Gallows Bay shopping area.