This tiny shop makes and sells the best fresh candy in the City. You can buy anything sugary, from chewy grapefruit gums to 20 kinds of truffles to huge chocolate bunnies and Santas. Tangerine Accents . A place to buy netsuke, the finely carved bone, wood or metal figurines used by samurai to close the drawstrings of their money sacks. The subject matter ranges from animals and flowers to the Buddha to penises.
Prices are from a few dollars to several hundred.
733 Grant Ave. Britex Fabrics . One of the few remaining complete fabric emporiums where everything from silk to lace can be found. Good Vibrations . Clean, well-lighted place to buy erotic toys and books from sex therapist Joani Blank.