Shopping in the SF bay area
October 29, 2006 6:14 PM Subscribe
Shopping in the SF bay area, three questions in one.
1) What's the equivalent of Academy Outdoors in California?
2) Any good, large, arts & crafts store in the region? I am looking for a Bedazzler.
3) Looking for a good, decent priced place to buy a suit, I am a large guy, thinking about going to a Rochester Big & Tall, but I am open to other options. Since I am large but not *huge*, I am not restricted to Big&Tall stores.
I am in the area only for a couple of days, so buying online is not an option.
1) What's the equivalent of Academy Outdoors in California?
2) Any good, large, arts & crafts store in the region? I am looking for a Bedazzler.
3) Looking for a good, decent priced place to buy a suit, I am a large guy, thinking about going to a Rochester Big & Tall, but I am open to other options. Since I am large but not *huge*, I am not restricted to Big&Tall stores.
I am in the area only for a couple of days, so buying online is not an option.
1 - You might also check out an REI store - San Francisco and Berkeley locations.
2 - You'll likely find a bedazzler at a Michael's, Beverly's or Jo-Ann's. Flax Art is a fantastic store - but it has very high end craft supplies - I don't remember ever seeing a bedazler in there. There is one of the above stores in almost every bay area suburd. There are none in San Francisco itself.
3 - My husband is on the bigger size of average and he has had good luck with well priced suiting at Banana Republic. Macy's and Nordstroms will also both have a good men's suit selection with a range of sizes, styles and prices. All of these stores can be found in all of the big shopping malls in the Bay Area.
posted by Wolfie at 7:37 PM on October 29, 2006
2 - You'll likely find a bedazzler at a Michael's, Beverly's or Jo-Ann's. Flax Art is a fantastic store - but it has very high end craft supplies - I don't remember ever seeing a bedazler in there. There is one of the above stores in almost every bay area suburd. There are none in San Francisco itself.
3 - My husband is on the bigger size of average and he has had good luck with well priced suiting at Banana Republic. Macy's and Nordstroms will also both have a good men's suit selection with a range of sizes, styles and prices. All of these stores can be found in all of the big shopping malls in the Bay Area.
posted by Wolfie at 7:37 PM on October 29, 2006
If you're talking within the city of San Francisco:
2) Pearl Art Supply on Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets might have a Bedazzler. They have a fairly extensive craft section downstairs. I think the closest Michael's in in Emeryville, across the bay. But Michael's definitely has them.
If I could find mine in the next few days, I'd just give it to you since I hate mine.
posted by otherwordlyglow at 10:08 PM on October 29, 2006
2) Pearl Art Supply on Market Street between 5th and 6th Streets might have a Bedazzler. They have a fairly extensive craft section downstairs. I think the closest Michael's in in Emeryville, across the bay. But Michael's definitely has them.
If I could find mine in the next few days, I'd just give it to you since I hate mine.
posted by otherwordlyglow at 10:08 PM on October 29, 2006
1) In addition to REI and Sports Basement, there's also Lombardi Sports. in SF.
posted by junesix at 11:49 PM on October 29, 2006
posted by junesix at 11:49 PM on October 29, 2006
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3) Great America Mall or whatever it's called is the south bay's premier crap-selling mall / outlet mall. I think there's an Off 5th and tons of other stuff. Doesn't really matter where you'll be, there's shopping and more shopping everywhere, so I wouldn't worry. There's Men's Warehouse locations, most likely, worst case.
posted by kcm at 6:48 PM on October 29, 2006