Category Archives: Shopping

The Grove, LA

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My sister told me to visit the Grove for shopping as it is relatively new and her daughter said that this is the place where all the stars go.  It reminded me of Disneyland 🙂 but everything is shopping and dining

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Their food court type of eating is outdoor and is called Farmer’s Market.  We were there late already so most of the stalls were either closed, closing already or running out of supply.  But it looked really good and interesting.   

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What was interesting in the mall was their valet parking… RED CARPET and with a beautiful lounging area while you wait for your car 🙂 and of course in LA, you will see all the beautiful and expensive cars all over!

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Shopping in Guam

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There are several strip malls and small shops, but these are the main ones we saw:

Tumon Sands Plaza 

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This is the main road behind the resort strip of Tumon ( view form the Hyatt Hotel ) 

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DFS ( Duty Free Shoppers ) is here in Guam – catering especially to the Japanese tourists who love

all the high end brands 

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Micronesia Mall owned and operated by Lucio Tan

They have Macy’s and PayLess supermarket here- I wish they had more US brands/storesred-guahan-shuttle016.jpg

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Guam Premium Outlets – Don’t forget to go outside the mall and visit California mart- it is a supermarket with more American supermarket items

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And a Guam favorite is K Mart which is opened 24 hours!! It is the most American part of the city 🙂 because you can buy American products at reasonable prices! I think we went back everyday that we were there! There is also a Home Depot nearby!

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Dwell

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I visited my cousin, Marga, in her beautiful store in Eastwood. I was very impressed with what I saw and amazed at how Marga and her husband Eugene have managed to grow their business.  Dwell is a very big store and has a wide variety of choices for furniture at very reasonable prices.  Do come and check it out!

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Dwell is owned and operated by Marga and her husband, Eugene.  I did not know Eugene had some interior decorating skills 🙂  Apparently, Marga told me that he did the layout and putting together of the furniture pieces in the store.

More power to you guys!!!

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My beautiful cousin, Marga 

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They have another furniture store along Reposo st. in Bel Air 2, Makati

Tel: 890-7246

 

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Elements Mall, Hong Kong

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My first time to go to Elements Malldsc_6743.JPG  

Right in front of the entrance is the W hotel!  I wish I could stay heredsc_6741.JPGdsc_6866.JPG

Website:  Elements 

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Metro Bookstore owned by the National Bookstore group from the Philippines!  dsc_6854.JPG

I was not able to go inside but when I saw it from the outside, it was really so attractive, I hope to go back another time.  It is the biggest Organic supermarket in Hong Kongdsc_6834.JPGdsc_6839.JPGdsc_6838.JPG 360elementsorganicstore.jpg

They have an ice skating ring, what was interesting was the penguin that kids were holding on to- what a great feature  

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Soon, there will be trains to Mainland China from this station dsc_6811.JPG       

We saw a few restaurants on the way…dsc_6744.JPGdsc_6745.JPGdsc_6835.JPG 

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Then we went to the top of the mall

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and saw the soon to be tallest building in Hong Kong dsc_6818.jpgp1090125.JPG

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