JOURNEYS; 36 Hours | Santa Monica, Calif.

By STUART EMMRICH

Published: June 14, 2002

"5. Shopping Mecca

Take a walk down the Third Street Promenade, a bustling thoroughfare of restaurants, fashion boutiques, bookstores and movie theaters. In between buying a pair of baggy cargo pants at Abercrombie & Fitch or grabbing a decaf latte at Barnes & Noble, stop by Arcana Books on the Arts (1229 Third Street) to browse through its magnificent collection of rare and out-of-print books on 20th-century art, architecture and design, with everything from the collected works of the architect Richard Neutra ($150) to a beautifully packaged history of the influential midcentury arts magazine Flair ($250)."