Shopping in Cicero

As avid golfers themselves, Pro Golf Discount’s staff members boast a wealth of experience and professional equipment advice. They are eager to direct shoppers through stores full of golfing merchandise from brands such as TaylorMade, Nike, and Callaway, pointing out the differences between the quality products. They lead lefties to their expansive selection of left-handed equipment, and discuss the advantages of their specialty women's gear with ladies. The master club fitters evaluate clients’ swings with advanced Launch Monitors and the Foresight Sports GC2 golf-simulation system, enabling them to recommend equipment that is suited to the customer's specific needs.

Most of the locations host golf lessons within their onsite golf theater hitting cages, where top golfers dish out expert tips and techniques. The Tacoma, Bellevue, Lynnwood and Bellingham locations feature repair centers, where technicians can spruce up clubs in preparation for upcoming tournaments or a golf vacation.

Since 1961, Birmingham magazine has celebrated the community it’s named for with stories about local food, style, health, and arts tucked within its glossy pages. The lifestyle magazine's staff strives to fill each monthly issue with the city's important places, people, and issues, capturing local culture and offering a guidebook to Birmingham's best. As they flip through the pages of the magazine, which was redesigned in 2012, readers might find stories of local volunteers helping their communities or scoops on local breweries.

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Apart from selling bikes and the gear to go with them, Cycle Bike Shop’s savvy technicians cull parts and accessories from their shelves to heal and enhance cycles. They expertly steer patrons through a smorgasbord of two-wheelers, helmets, and gloves from brands such as Biria USA, Jamis, and KHS. During tune-ups, employees tweak brakes, hubs, and wheels before lubing cables to guarantee commutes are smoother and safer than a traffic cone sculpted from marshmallows.

After embarking on innumerable fruitless searches for attractive yet affordable eco-friendly products for their homes, sisters and working-moms-in-arms Donna Joe and Shelley Martinez decided to take matters into their own hands—they opened Eco Home Store to help to make eco-conscious consumption easy and accessible for all. The earth-minded duo stocks the digital shelves of the one-stop online shop with a variety of home and lifestyle essentials, from bath products and kitchen tools to camping equipment and dog toys.

Regardless of the category, the sisters ensure that many of the products in their inventory are sustainable, biodegradable, organic, or toxin-free. They stock handbags made from natural materials, help to lower electricity costs with USB EcoStrip power strips, and offer an alternative to wasteful paper products and disposable sterling-silver platters with reusable picnic plates and flatware.

Despite the vast array of product categories, the sisters aim to keep shopping simple by carrying products from just a handful of carefully vetted brands. The majority of their cleaning products, for instance, are from the Mountain Green brand, which swaps out phosphates, chlorine, and other harmful chemicals for biodegradable materials such as corn and coconut.

Dr. Jordan Jones and his duo of fashion-conscious opticians, Gregory and Joseph Winjum, foster ocular health with comprehensive eye exams, and if necessary, outfit patients with the proper prescription contact lenses and glasses. Both the Chicago and Orland Park locations feature shelves neatly stocked with designer frames from brands such as Paul Smith, Tom Ford, Oliver Peoples, ic! berlin, and Prada. The wide selection of eyeglasses ensures that clients can find the appropriate styles to suit their face shapes, lifestyles, and superhero alter egos.