BEST PLACE TO MAKE YOUR MAIL MORE BEAUTIFUL Sweet Paper From wedding invites to custom notepads, Sweet Paper in La Jolla is a one-stop shop for finding pretty paper goods and other post-worthy delights. Customers can be choosy when searching the stationery and gift boutique for greeting and business cards, locally inspired presents, personalized envelopes, gift wrap, and other products that make sending mail more exciting. The ways to include your own personal touch are endless. –MK sweet-paper.com BEST SPOT FOR, WELL, A MEET-CUTE Meet Cute Bookshop Not a single Dan Brown thriller in sight. Queer-owned North Park bookshop Meet Cute exclusively stocks romance novels, with particular focus on LGBTQ and BIPOC authors (and an allowance for the occasional queer memoir or nonfiction writing guide). And if you happen to reach for a book at the same time as a fellow hopeless romantic… Well, we know how this story goes. –AR meetcutebookshop.com
BEST STREET-STYLE WATCHING Lucky Stars Market The city’s entire population of Gen Z iconoclasts materializes at this roving market to shop women-, LGBTQ-, and BIPOC-owned businesses. Consider a full-scale, ’90s-movie-style makeover—new pre-loved outfit, new handmade resin earrings, new piercing—or simply pick up a croissant-shaped candle and try to recover from the fact that early noughties clothing is now considered “vintage.” –AR instagram.com/luckystarsmarket
BEST TECH FOR HAPPY FEET Road Runner Sports This 40-year-old, family-owned San Diego business just launched new 3D foot-scanning technology that helps customers with their in- store shoe, sock, and custom insole fitting experience—for free, in less than 10 minutes. Called Fit Finder, the tech provides a comprehensive foot analysis with personalized shoe and gear recommendations, including apparel from their Korsa collection and their popular (as in 12-million-plus sales) R-Gear Drymax socks. –KO roadrunnersports.com
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