Best of the shops
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Museum shops, which sell original works of art, and cleverly designed household items, are places where one can find perfect hostess gifts or wedding presents. Some of these shops include Arthur M. Sackler Gallery popular for children's toys, Corcoran Museum which features collection of sterling-silver jewelry, and National Building Museum known for volumes on interior, exterior design and garden landscaping.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2005
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Best of Baltimore: Boton Hill stately old homes and great city living
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Bolton Hill is about a mile from the sensory blitz of Baltimore's inner harbor. Houses here are either styled as row houses with high ceilings and minimal ornamentation or have elaborately decorated balconies with grand verandahs.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2003
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Antique sideshow: in the antiques shops of Georgetown, Chippendale sideboards and Biedermeier cabinets are a polite veneer, masking a world of paranoia and nasty feuds
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There is considerable rivalry between antiques dealers in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. They often spread rumours about each other and clash over particularly interesting items.
Publication Name: Washingtonian
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0043-0897
Year: 2001
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