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North Park, east of Hillcrest, is a hipster's paradise, with resale shops, trendy boutiques, and stores that sell mostly handcrafted items.
This beautifully styled shop carries a wide variety of design-conscious goods for the home, including geometric print pillows, outdoor bistro chairs, and home bar accessories. In Pigment's plant lab, you can build your own terrariums, which make great souvenirs.
Visible from blocks away, thanks to its large mural paying homage to Stephen King, Verbatim Books boasts an inventory of more than 35,000 books in its wide-open wonderland of the printed word. Visually stunning inside and out—decked with chandeliers and the store's name spelled out in books on its back wall (which also has a mysterious, colorful door)—the shop carries everything from classics to cookbooks to supernatural and metaphysical volumes, in addition to maintaining a zine library for those interested in DIY publishers.
Vintage barware, cocktail supplies, cookbooks, and plenty of tiki mugs are among the many treasures at this small, but well-stocked bar supply shop.
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