The ultimate shopping indulgence -- Rodeo Drive is one of Southern California's bona fide tourist attractions; here you can shop for five-digit jewelry or a $35 handbag. The arts of window-shopping and window displays play out among the retail elite: Tiffany & Co., Gucci, Armani, Hermès, Harry Winston, Prada.you get the picture. Several nearby restaurants have patios where you can sip a drink while watching career shoppers in their size 2 threads saunter by with shopping bags stuffed with superfluous delights. At the southern end of Rodeo Drive (at Wilshire Boulevard) is Via Rodeo, a curvy cobblestone street designed to resemble a European shopping area or a Universal Studio backlot -- take your pick. The holidays bring a special magic to Rodeo and the surrounding streets with twinkling lights, swinging music, and colorful banners.
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