Gift ideas The United States Of America

Toys of Yesteryear is an antique shop specialized in collectors'objects and toys. Kewpie dolls, Star Wars characters, books, metal toys… Perfect to return from Las Vegas with a miniature train in its luggage.

This gambler's store offers everything related to the world of casinos. Among the card games, you will find competition models, used in the big tournaments, with the effigy of the big casinos where they have seen better days. The store also offers a large quantity of dice. In the bookstore, you'll find strategy books, statistics courses and bibliographies of great players. Enough to spend a few studious nights before sitting down at a game table. An ideal place for amateurs.

Another typical place to buy souvenirs with gifts and jewelry that look cheap and not too expensive. Many products are as low as US$1, especially in the sale section. It's still a really classic store but you'll find something to bring back from Las Vegas. And then during the summer heat, it can also be a good spot to take a cool break with the air conditioning.

Crate and Barrel is THE home furnishings, decor and accessories store in the United States. It's simple, you can find everything from dishes to storage accessories, garden furniture, bathroom knick-knacks, designer lighting, mirrors and wallpaper of all kinds. Since its opening on Michigan Avenue, this store has been drawing crowds of Chicagoans. If you're looking to give your living room an American feel back home, this is a must-see.

A concept store 2.0 on three floors, which highlights young innovative brands. More than a store, the place is at the crossroads between an art gallery and a shopping mall, where only trendy and cutting-edge objects are sold. It is very colorful, very design, in a word very "Instagrammable". You probably won't go shopping there, but it's worth the visit.

A visit to Old Town is inseparable from a visit to its market, ideal for buying travel souvenirs. There are over 40 stores selling a choice of Mexican textiles, leather accessories, blankets and ponchos woven in Peru, Ecuador and Guatemala, Amerindian dreamcatchers, silver and turquoise jewelry, sombreros, tea and coffee, dolls, Peruvian-made mirrors, objets d'art... Plus: every weekend, stalls from the Harney Street Market add to the mix.

Welcome to childhood! Here is a store dedicated only to kites, a great traditional specialty of China. After your visit here, you will be able to fly lions, dragons, dolphins, pumpkins, butterflies, bees or Santa Claus... A real Ali Baba's cave for young and old. Field of experimentation at the Presidio, at Baker beach or why not at Golden Gate Park! Something to make you happy at home, when you come back from your stay in San Francisco.

Opened in 1971, this family-run business has grown into a department store that passionately celebrates pop culture. You'll find everything from bacon-slice Christmas decorations and Mr. Potato figurines to Hawaiian shower curtains and pistol-shaped coffee sets. These more or less useful gadgets are called novelty gifts. Nevertheless, Soap Plant / Wacko also boasts a serious section of art books exploring pop culture in all its guises, from Marvel comics to zombies, design and fashion.

This charming store located a few blocks south of Golden Gate Park, offers a thousand and one treasures that it will be difficult not to want to bring back in its luggage. You can find a little bit of everything: kitchen utensils, decorative objects, jewelry, games for children and also clothes. The products have been made by talented local artisans and artists in a bobo/hipster style that almost reminds us of Paris, or the island of Ré but with a devilishly Californian touch! Prices not cheap, though.

This concept store has spawned several outlets in California, including two in San Francisco. The one in Mission is the most accessible and central. A superb store offering creative and affordable jewelry (the earrings are superb, golden and elegant without being flashy), baby clothes and comforters, some feel-good clothing, accessories (bandana scarves...), but above all gifts of all kinds that feel good: board games, and lots of cool goodies in the colors of California, hipster-style.

In the heart of El Presidio, this block is made up of a succession of boutiques organized around a pretty, shady garden that houses the terrace of Jojo's Restaurant. It's a pleasure to move from a vinyl store to a small independent chain selling printed T-shirts, which in turn leads to a space specializing in tableware, adjacent to a craft workshop selling drawings and paintings... In short, you move from one universe to another as you stroll along. A very pleasant experience. Everything is made locally.

To renew your home decor, stop by this beautiful shop that sells high-quality objects, most of which are handmade in Japan: bowls, glasses, placemats, containers, ceramic figurines, etc. Both aesthetic and functional, they are above all unique and can, for the less fragile, fit perfectly into your suitcase. The shop also offers some fashionable and colourful clothes and accessories: hats, socks, patterned shirts, etc.

This small boutique of treasures, located in the small shopping gallery on Prytania, has objects and trinkets to bring back to memory, but also lights, local crafts. And full of gift ideas.