Shopping in Emeryville

Sharing a deep passion for the outdoors, the staff at Demo Sport engineers aquatic and alpine fun with an inventory of high-performance sporting equipment for seasons both hot and cold. In the summer months, customers can prepare for riding ocean waves or churning placid lakes into giant whirlpools with standup paddleboards, Suftech and Ronix wakeboards, and accessories such as gloves, boots, and life jackets. Once snow has blanketed nearby peaks, athletes carve the powdery slope atop skis from Rossignol or Völkl and snowboards from Burton and K2, Demo Sport also carries bikes and inline skates, both great methods for exploring urban environments without paying pigeons' outrageous tour prices.

Since nestling the finishing bloom into their first bouquet in 1988, Floral Ornament’s talented florists have worked tirelessly to create imaginative arrangements infused with modern architectural sensibilities. The team’s passion for flora is evident in the personal inspection each bloom undergoes, ensuring sprays are dripping with fresh blossoms worthy of giving to significant others or freshly paroled hummingbirds. Staffers’ nimble digits fly as they construct stemmed masterpieces from seasonal vegetation such as reindeer moss, fresh mint, peonies, and their signature flower, orchids.

Del Sol welcomes guests to its storefront along the famed Pier 39 to peruse a variety of knick-knacks, souvenirs, and clothing for women, men, and kids. More than a peddler of good-time goods, Del Sol also manufactures its own items. The shop began in a Utah mall with a collection of colorful T-shirts including a signature tee that changes color in the sun, and now graces more than 100 locations, with the first full store opening in sun-filled St. Thomas in 1997. As sidewalks bustle with life and sea lions chatter outside, shoppers can peruse the Pier 39 location’s smile-inducing selection of jewelry, swimwear, hats, toys, and key chains to commemorate a family day out or accidental UFO crash.

With more than 30 years in the furniture industry, Jonathan Kaye's staff expertly curates the best brand-name furnishings, bedding, and décor for infants and children. Specializing in furniture built from ash, birch, maple, and pine, the shop presents parents with a variety of all-natural sitting, storing, and sleeping fixtures to match with existing décor or the species of tree native to their nurseries. Beyond hard goods, Jonathan Kaye outfits shoppers with blankets and clothing woven from natural sources such as organic cotton and bamboo.

When it came time to select a name for her shop, Karen decided to honor her mother, whose middle name was Amelia. She also made a conscious choice to evoke the charm and style of her mother’s generation by populating her boutique with an array of vintage and modern, yet timeless, consignment apparel. Retro décor, fresh flowers, and floral patterns surround the racks of gently used clothing, creating a feminine ambiance where shoppers can search for the trappings of their own mothers’ eras.

Given how much time the average person spends in bed, the team at Select Sleep Mattress believes everyone should be entitled to their own personalized mattress. Instead of selling premade mattresses, they have a three-step custom building process that lets sleepers to create their ideal bed. Customer circulate through the shops, selecting their foundation, support level, and comfort level, or waiting while assembly takes place in the on-site factory. Crews then deliver the finished product, and the comfort guarantee gives customers a six-month option to have their mattress rebuilt if it isn’t comfortable enough or if it makes them have that dream where the mailman unravels into a pile of hair.