Shopping in Zanesville

Phantom Fireworks' massive selection ranges from firecrackers to crackling fire blossoms. Supplement the sky with a signature pack of flaming Phantasm, which pack more color and explosive brilliance than a trio of Teletubbies at a heavy-metal show ($29.99). Likewise, Wolf Pack High Performance Shells—another awe-inspiring product and member of the Phantom exclusive family—are primed and ready for display effects including white whistled strobing, golden glitter showering, and crackling chrysanthemum chrysanthemuming ($24.99 for six shells). For a mind-blowing glance at location-specific items, check out the Phantom Fireworks product catalog.

Jamie Jansen believes everyone deserves the celebrity treatment. This is why he teams up with stylist Jaclyn Schler and makeup artist Aaren Goodnough to make his clients feel like stars—or Oprah’s audience members—during portrait sessions for everyone from babies and families to engaged couples and seductresses. He helps his clients immortalize their shoots with magazine-style and flush-mount albums, calendars, and postcards.

Mattress Mart's slumber experts stock their stores with locally made and major-brand sleep surfaces—such as Serta and Englander—in twin, full, queen, and king sizes. Customers can rest their backs on the firm billows of a Posture Cushion twin set or support larger-scale lumbar regions with a soft, flippable Crazy Quilt king-size set. Mattress Mart also curates the Pure Rest line, which boasts a stamp of approval from the Ohio State Chiropractic Association for its top-notch support second only to sleeping on a pile of loving aunts.

The staff at New Balance isn't concerned with simply selling shoes—their mission is to pair customers with the footwear that will carry them comfortably through life’s arduous steps. Understanding that an ill-fitting pair of athletic shoes can cause pain to joints and potentially damage knees, hips, and the back, associates measure the length and width of each client's foot and conduct a gait analysis to chart the trajectory of their stride when walking normally or running through ball pits. The data are collected to help the staff match clients with their ideal shoe, keeping them running longer and looking good while doing so.

Look + See's eyewear studio is as swanky as any art gallery, with pale-green walls lined with mirrors and sculpture-esq wooden shelves displaying glasses. Their stock of fashionable frames from around the world was smelted in the factories of top designers. Frames from OGI run between $100-$269, Vera Wang rims cost $150-$280, and Gotti’s chic eyeball offsetters are $315-$558.

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