| One the greatest American pastimes is shopping. Whether you enjoy window shopping, buying knickknacks as a tourist, shopping online, or simply walking the local mall, there is something for everyone. Shopping has become central to our way of life, with brand names like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger covering everything from perfume to designer jeans. First-rate shopping is easy to find with stores like Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s in malls across the nation. The Mall of America is the nation’s largest, sporting a huge food court, an indoor amusement park, and shopping for all ages. A simple pair of jeans can turn into a day’s project, presenting choices like loose-fit versus boot-cut, flared versus tight, low-rise or the classic fit? Online shopping simplifies your search with websites like buyerdom.com and shopzilla.com, and the every popular Ebay. Magazines like Lucky Magazine and Domino Magazine feature online and local shopping guides from home décor to date night apparel. The Fashion Editor is one of the largest online fashion and trend setting guides, offering advice on the latest styles, the fashion industry, and famous stylists. It’s not just the ladies that find shopping addicting, with AskMen.com featuring monthly fashion and shopping question and answers. Of course, most men would rather be seen at the nearby Lowe’s or Home Depot for home fix-ups and furnishings instead. Sporting goods, electronics, and entertainment are big among most, and feature venues like BestBuy, RadioShack, and Sports Authority. After a long day, Barne’s & Noble and Borders are popular bookstores offering comfy chairs for shoppers to peruse their books in luxury before purchasing. With so many shoppers and so much to buy, yesterday’s purchases are quickly passed on to consignment shops and secondhand stores like Name Brand Exchange, sold at rummage sales, or donated to The Salvation Army and Goodwill. The state of Utah is one of the least populated states in relation to its size, but it’s got a huge tourism industry, and for good reason. Utah’s terrain is diverse and vast, with elevations ranging from around 2000 feet at the great salt lakes to around 13,500 at its highest point, King’s Peak. Its terrain varies from expansive lakes, to rocky arid deserts and sand dunes, to green pine forests and valleys, to jagged snow-capped mountaintops. Part of the largest man-made lakes, Lake Powell is found here, and is a popular spot for boating, water-skiing, and other water-sports. Its high elevation deserts, such as Moab, are home to free-roaming cattle, mountain lions, wolves, and other wildlife, as well as some of the most amazing natural formations in the world, including Arches National Park, where visitors and hikers can see the ever-popular and often-photographed Delicate Arch. There are also many other arches in the area and magnificent rock formations found nowhere else in the world in places such as Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, and Zion national parks. The state is also known for its world-class ski resorts due to its varied mountain terrain and the quality of its snow, indicative in one of the states most popular mottoes, “The Best Snow on Earth”. Even in the summer months, the mountains and deserts alike still support a wide variety of rock-climbing, hiking, camping, and mountain biking. The Sundance Film Festival is also held in Utah. For those more interested in urban vacations, Salt Lake City is a major attraction in itself. Here visitors will find the amenities of a great American city as well as certain characteristics that set it apart from all others, including the highest concentration of members of the Church of Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, Brigham Young University, and the always exciting Utah Jazz basketball team. King's Peak, Moab, Arches National Park, Delicate Arch, Lake Powell, Canyonlands, Bryce Canyon, Monument Valley, Zion, Brigham Young University, Utah Jazz window shopping, online shopping, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Marni, designer jeans, perfume, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Mall of America, loose-fit jeans, boot-cut jeans, flared jeans, low-rise fit, classic fit, buyerdom.com, shopzilla.com, Ebay, Lucky Magazine, Domino Magazine, The Fashion Editor, fashion industry, AskMen.com, Lowe’s, Home Depot, home fix-ups, Barne’s & Noble, Borders, Amazon.com, RadioShack, CompUSA, BestBuy, Sports Authority, consignment shops, secondhand stores, Name Brand Exchange, rummage sales, The Salvation Army, Goodwill, sporting goods, electronics, furnishings, home décor
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