Sunny pre-Christmas Sunday shopping (etc.), report #2

After a midday sojourn in The Junction, we wandered north to Admiral to check in on two of the shops open this afternoon. Above, looking up to dad Kent, is Quinn, one of the namesakes of Max and Quinn’s Atomic Boys Shop-O-Rama, open for a “bonus day” of shopping till 5 today. We asked what’s hot this holiday season – one answer, these robot bugs:

Atomic Boys is at 4311 SW Admiral Way, just around the corner (westbound) from Alki Bike and Board, which is also featured in the WSB West Seattle Holiday Shopping Guide. They’re open till 5 today as well, and as proprietor Stu Hennessey notes, a lot bigger on the inside than you’d guess from the outside – plenty of room to chat as well as browse:

Alki Bike and Board is at 2606 California SW. To the south – if you’ve got presents to wrap and/or pets to buy gifts for – Beveridge Place Pub is the place:

Animal-advocacy volunteers from F3 and AARF are wrapping till 6 and also selling handmade pet beds and pre-filled dog stockings (6413 California SW). Back in The Junction, where we spent time earlier, Lisa from CAPERS shares a photo of one of her store’s annual holiday traditions, the Giving Tree for Hickman House. Still some cards on the tree; don’t let them go present-less:

Tomorrow’s the deadline for presents to be returned for the CAPERS tree. And one more reminder that Santa photos in The Junction and at Westwood Village are continuing till 4 this afternoon!

4 Replies to "Sunny pre-Christmas Sunday shopping (etc.), report #2"

  • LatteRose December 19, 2010 (4:35 pm)

    re: Atomic Boys – Those Hexbugs -are- kinda cool, bought two for gifts. And retro candy for the parents!

  • CurlyQ December 19, 2010 (8:27 pm)

    Atomic Boys is the best! My kids love going there, and I love the nostalgia of it all.

  • D December 20, 2010 (9:33 am)

    We love Atomic Boys! It’s the kind of place I blew all my lawnmowing money on when I was a kid.

  • kumalavula December 20, 2010 (1:21 pm)

    i admit that your hex bug post got the best of me and i stopped into atomic toys today.
    what a fabulous place!
    the owner gave me demos of the hex bugs and was super down to earth. i had such a good time looking at all the old, retro toy boxes, some of which i still kick myself for having given away sometime between age 15 and age 45. and seeing all that candy we used to eat so much of: laffy taffy, abba zabba, etc.
    i’m definitely stopping in again. if not for a gift for someone else, maybe for a walk down memory lane for myself.
    make it a point to check this place out: there’s tons to look at and play with and you won’t be disappointed :)

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