Shopping in San Clemente

In a way, Mo Karimi stumbled upon the idea for San Diego Bike Shop. In early 1998, Mo opened a pedi-cab business. At the time, pedi-cabs were starting to be seen as an alternative to cars, buses, and pogo sticks for getting around congested downtown streets. However, as Mo soon found out, there was an even greater demand for bicycle services and parts. So he quickly converted his space into San Diego Bike Shop, connecting with a neighborhood that needed a bicycling business. Ever since then, Mo and his staff have set customers into motion with bicycle sales and rentals, as well as tune-ups, repairs, and friendly, expert advice.

At a massive garment factory in downtown Los Angeles, more than 6,000 industrial and textile employees work in rhythm with whirring machinery to design, knit, cut, dye, and sew the stylish and well-fitting fashion basics carried in all American Apparel stores across the globe. Unlike many fashion retailers that subcontract manufacturing to overseas factories with questionable labor conditions, American Apparel adheres to a socially responsible production model by making jobs available for individuals in the LA community. In keeping production within a 30-mile radius, the T-shirt and sundress designers also eliminate unnecessary and wasteful factors such as shipping fuel and packing materials. Check out its website to tour the American Apparel factory in a way that would make Mr. Rogers proud.

At The Soap Kitchen, we hand-make our products from scratch using only the finest essential oils and herbs to create an all natural multisensory experience, free from synthetic fragrances, colors or preservatives.

All Eighternity diamonds are kindly cut using conflict-free, untreated, natural diamonds. The demure diamonds feature a game-changing 81-facet design, and a diameter and carat weight equal to a standard, round-cut diamond. Stop by the Rolling Hills Estate location of Medawar Fine Jewelers to pick up your pendant in time for Valentine's Day.

Glasses frames have come a long way from the clunky, squarish black frames that were originally used to punish children for squinting in church. Choice Vision offers a plethora of sophisticated, stylish, and comfortable frames from designer brands such as Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Dior, Gucci, and the guiding light of global fashion, SpongeBob SquarePants. Ladies will find the perfect design to adjective their vocation of choice with "hip," while dudes can score some retro frames that surround their head in a glittering haze of irony. Frames range from $75 to more than $500.

Collector's Paradise Comics & Gallery stuffs itself wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with more time-travel and evil-origin subplots than all the shops of the Megaverse combined. All comics comfortably coexist amongst shelves, including major publishers like Marvel and independents like Image, with every Top Cow, Dark Horse, and Archie in between. Indulge your tastes with the wildly popular (Batman Lovers six-comic collection, $30), the lovingly obscure (one of 500 copies of the graphic novelization of Kevin's Smith's unproduced Green Hornet film, $10), and the possibly functional (Lantern Corps colored ring set, $10), among much, much more. In all, the store encompasses 2,400 square feet of comics and graphic novels, action figures, posters, and much more. It is one of the oldest and largest comic-centric stores in the San Fernando Valley. Collector's Paradise also plays host to numerous in-store events, signings, and exhibitions.