| One the greatest American pastimes is shopping. Whether you enjoy window shopping, buying knickknacks as a tourist, shopping online, or simply walking the local mall, there is something for everyone. Shopping has become central to our way of life, with brand names like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger covering everything from perfume to designer jeans. First-rate shopping is easy to find with stores like Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s in malls across the nation. The Mall of America is the nation’s largest, sporting a huge food court, an indoor amusement park, and shopping for all ages. A simple pair of jeans can turn into a day’s project, presenting choices like loose-fit versus boot-cut, flared versus tight, low-rise or the classic fit? Online shopping simplifies your search with websites like buyerdom.com and shopzilla.com, and the every popular Ebay. Magazines like Lucky Magazine and Domino Magazine feature online and local shopping guides from home décor to date night apparel. The Fashion Editor is one of the largest online fashion and trend setting guides, offering advice on the latest styles, the fashion industry, and famous stylists. It’s not just the ladies that find shopping addicting, with AskMen.com featuring monthly fashion and shopping question and answers. Of course, most men would rather be seen at the nearby Lowe’s or Home Depot for home fix-ups and furnishings instead. Sporting goods, electronics, and entertainment are big among most, and feature venues like BestBuy, RadioShack, and Sports Authority. After a long day, Barne’s & Noble and Borders are popular bookstores offering comfy chairs for shoppers to peruse their books in luxury before purchasing. With so many shoppers and so much to buy, yesterday’s purchases are quickly passed on to consignment shops and secondhand stores like Name Brand Exchange, sold at rummage sales, or donated to The Salvation Army and Goodwill. A trip to West Virginia, dubbed The Mountain State, is truly a walk on the wild side, thanks to its untamed wilderness of woodlands, mountains, and clean flowing rivers, creeks, and streams where rafting, kayaking, boating, tubing, hunting, trapping, and fresh water fishing bring in people from all over the country and beyond. Its unique blend of local arts, crafts, and music are sure to amaze and entertain, as is its long heritage as a coal producing capital, and its extensive system of scenic railroads that snake through the green, rolling hills of the Appalachian Mountains. Many of its small town gems offer quaint bed and breakfasts, family-owned inns, cozy cabins, and down-home cooking, as well as camping and hiking opportunities. Downhill skiing and snowboarding are also popular activities during the winter months. West Virginians are also famous for their festivals, like the Bourbonsville Fall Festival, the Paw Paw Festival, the Mason Dixon Festival, and the Clay County Golden Delicious Festival, where you’ll taste some of the most delicious homemade apple pies in the country. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg. There are also several Civil War reenactments and battlefields throughout the state where visitors can travel back in time to witness the battles of the blue and the gray. Other sites include the New River Gorge Bridge, the longest steel arched bridge in the world; Organ Cave, the third largest cave in the States; the hot natural spas of Berkeley Springs; its many state and national parks, and picturesque Kanawha Falls. West Virgina, Mountain State, Mason Dixon, Clay County, Bourbonsville, Organ Cave, Golden Delicious, New River Gorge, Kanawha Falls, Berkeley Springs window shopping, online shopping, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Marni, designer jeans, perfume, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Mall of America, loose-fit jeans, boot-cut jeans, flared jeans, low-rise fit, classic fit, buyerdom.com, shopzilla.com, Ebay, Lucky Magazine, Domino Magazine, The Fashion Editor, fashion industry, AskMen.com, Lowe’s, Home Depot, home fix-ups, Barne’s & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, RadioShack, CompUSA, BestBuy, Sports Authority, consignment shops, secondhand stores, Name Brand Exchange, rummage sales, The Salvation Army, Goodwill, sporting goods, electronics, furnishings, home décor
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