Located deep within the Los Angeles metro, Alhambra is a short trip east of central L.A. and a great spot for people who want to spend all day shopping. The stores, malls, and boutiques of Alhambra cater to both high and low-end shoppers, but if you really want to spoil yourself you should check out one of the places on this list.
JuL Head
JuL Head is right in the heart of Alhambra, and you’ll find it just west of where Main Street meets Garfield Avenue. It’s a piercing studio run by best professionals in the business, and they can put a stud, barbell, or hoop in just about any part of the body a piercing can go in. They also offer a wide selection of jewelry in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and while you can start at the low-end with titanium barbells you can also get diamonds in 18-karat gold fittings and designer creations.
Nucleus Art Gallery
The Nucleus Art Gallery is another Main Street business, although this one is on the east side of Garfield. It’s the city’s premier venue for artists, and they offer both original art and prints created both by independent artists and by major creative teams like film studios and video game developers. Their main gallery has new exhibits constantly rotating through, and you can stop by just about every month to see something new and possibly take it home with you.
Vidorra
Vidorra is a women’s fashion boutique, and like the other stores on this list, you’ll find it downtown on Main Street. The boutique’s owner personally picks out the clothing and accessories she stocks from the labels and collections that meet her standards. She takes care to offer a look that’s both attractive and respectable. She also stocks clothing that fits and flatters bodies of all different sizes, and the staff does their best to make everyone who stops by feel welcome.
Maido Stationery
Maido Stationery started out in San Francisco’s Japantown, and it now has a few more stores along the California coast including one on Alhambra’s Main Street. Thanks to the business’s Japanese roots, the store in Alhambra offers some specialized writing equipment you’d have trouble finding anywhere except online, and the rest of their shelves are full of unique gifts, trinkets, and toys. If you ever wanted to send someone a handwritten note or give a budding artist something they could really use, you should stop by Maido Stationery.
As you must have guessed by now, Main Street in Alhambra is a lively part of town where you can find all kinds of upscale shops selling jewelry, art, clothing, stationery supplies, and so much more. So if you want to spoil yourself silly and you live in the Los Angeles area, head up to Alhambra, find a good parking spot near the city’s center, and then wander from one end of downtown Main Street to the other and stop in any store that strikes your fancy.
Image “More Prints” by Sam Howzit, used under CC BY 2.0
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