Shopping in Lincoln Park

Baby Genius's award-winning children's products teach babies and toddlers essential skills through the power of music. Based on a bounty of research, the company's DVDs enrich the learning experience by merging classical pieces and familiar songs with vibrant images, keeping kids entertained for hours. Parents can sit back while animated animal educators teach pocket-size pupils better motor skills, dictionary-defying vocabularies, vampire-free counting, and nap-inducing dance moves that ready little ones for kindergarten and beyond.

LaSalle Landscape Supply arose from the landscaping business of Dan Garlatti, a landscaper who sought to expand his business from taking care of homeowners' trees to also providing them. The 9-acre tree farm he and his crew have lovingly brought up now boasts dozens of species and more than 2,000 trees. Making the process of choosing a tree simpler for customers, Dan created a mud-free display area to give each variety of shade and ornamental evergreen its own spot to be easily viewed. Alternatively, guests can venture out into the field to choose a specific tree with the help of a professional, who can find homeowners a worthy match for their property. True to its origins, the tree farm and supply company also offers its long-honed landscaping services. In addition to seasonal yard cleanups and tree removal, the staff regularly makes house calls to help buyers plant or relocate a tree or talk an adolescent tree out of getting a trunk piercing.

English Gardens began as a single, family-owned nursery in 1954, and has since blossomed into a full-service landscaping and garden center with multiple locations, all owned and operated by second-generation family members. Each location facilitates both indoor and outdoor gardening projects with a large selection of gardening tools, seed packets, and transplant-ready plants extracted from their original soil by renowned surgeons. Garden accents such as bird feeders, patio furnishings, and lounge chairs dress up outside spaces with comfort and design, and the florist department brings the outdoor flourish inside by arranging fresh-cut floral bouquets and gift baskets for all manner of occasions. Workshops and in-store presentations also allow the green-thumbed experts to impart advice on common gardening and decorating topics such as building a kitchen herb garden or housetraining a dogwood tree.

In 1955, the world saw many famous firsts: President Eisenhower hosted the first televised presidential news conference, Gunsmoke began its legendary run, and Fortney Eyecare Associates opened its first practice. Today, a quintet of locations hosts board-certified doctors of optometry ready to keep Detroit peepers healthy and focused. After thorough exams, patients can decamp to Fortney’s frame shops, which house designer eyewear from labels including Ray-Ban, Prada, Nike, and Versace.

In addition to general eyewear, the practice also specializes in safety eyewear, working with businesses to supply and repair the type of industrial eyewear that's best for each workplace or astigmatic traffic cones. The national administrator of General Motors' prescription safety eyewear program since 1992, Fortney was hailed GM’s Supplier of the Year for its no-nonsense professional chops.

A mom-and-son owned shop, Danny's Flowers & Gifts employs professional florists that arrange eye-catching bouquets from fresh-cut flowers such as blossoming lilies, roses, and tulips. The staff works with customers to craft sprays and arrangements for a variety of occasions, including birthdays, first dates, and exorcising a possessed toaster. Customers can also obtain bouquets crafted by world-renowned design houses, such as stunning white and off-white arrangements by Vera Wang. Danny’s Flowers & Gifts has all its bouquets available in-store, delivers to surrounding areas, and offers shipping through UPS and FedEx. The store also displays assorted Godiva chocolates and gift baskets brimming with fruits and candies, which are a great way to surprise a loved one or to say "I'm sorry about the time I delivered a pony to your office."

At The Perfect Dress, elegantly clad mannequins are draped in a sea of tuxedos and dresses, which sparkle and catch the light., a formalwear boutique's with multiple locations in Trenton, stocks men's and women's apparel for all types of occasions. The bridal department supplies brides and bridesmaids with elegant gGowns, jewelry, and tiaras wait to adorn brides- to- be and with which to crown the unsuspecting best manthose hunting tiny plastic newlyweds in their natural habitat. Prom collections brim with satin and tulle, and one of The Perfect Dress’sa locations is devoted entirely to tuxedos bolsters handsome appearances. The Perfect DressWith the purr of sewing machines and the gentle rasp of tailors’ chalk in the air, the staff also performs alterations, resizing outfits or repurposing them into formal leotardsmaking subtle adjustments.