Chicago:
Vintage Pine
Jayson Home & Garden (Lincoln Park/online)
Crate & Barrel (stores everywhere)
Everywhere else:
Pottery Barn & Williams Sonoma & WS Home & West Elm (these are all one co.)
One Kings Lane (registration referral link), The Foundary and Open Sky and MYHABIT (Amazon) and Vente Privee (Amex) (registration required)
Ikea
Z Gallerie
Target
Anthropologie
Restoration Hardware
Garnet Hill (clothes too)
Costco (go to for many things)
The Container Store (OCD love)
T.J. Maxx/Marshalls/Home Goods (again a decor monopoly)
Clothes/bags/accessories:
J. Crew
Banana Republic
Tory Burch
Lilly Pulitzer
Kate Spade (already pre-monogrammed :) )
L.L. Bean
Sperry Top Sider
Gilt.com (registration referral link) also Beyond the Rack, Haute Look (reg ref link), RueLaLa (reg ref link), Ideeli, Joss & Main (owned by Wayfair/CSN)
Cole Haan (owned by Nike)
Brooks Brothers (best tailored polos and oxford shirts)
The Limited (great for accessories)
Boden (cute, fun, and British)
Off 5th
Travel:
Jetsetter.com (registration required/same as Gilt-hotels)
Kayak.com (fee-free aggregator-great for flights et al)
Hotwire.com (great for hotels)
Baby:
Janie & Jack (clothes/gifts -"upscale" Gymboree/owned by Gym-mark)
Marie Chantal (pricey, but adorable)
Pottery Barn Kids
Land of Nod (owned by C&B)
Albee Baby (NYC/online)
Right Start
RH baby & child
Hanna Andersson
Rikshaw Design (Indian inspired textiles)
My Little Pakora (Indian inspired organic clothing)
Cloud B (home of the sleep sheep and twilight turtle-some of my fav gifts)
Giggle
Zutano (socks et al)
Trumpette (socks et al)
Tea Collection (for little citizens of the world :) )
Discount sites: Totsy (e-mail me for referral code), Zulily (reg ref link), The Mini Social
Paper goods:
Paper Source (another great Chicago co.)
Papyrus
Finestationery.com
Kate's Paperie (NYC/online)
Boatman Geller
Galison
Shutterfly
Erin Condren
Beauty:
Aveda
Origins
Hugo Naturals
Food: (in case you care ;))
Green City Market
Whole Foods Market
Trader Joe's
Oberweis Dairy (local hormone-free milk in returnable glass bottles, that a milkman brings to our house... :))
Valli International
