| 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. Oklahoma, located in a region affectionately known as America’s Heartland, is a great state with a unique mix of cultures. It gets its name from the Native American Choctaw tribe and is heavily influenced by the Native American culture and others who call Oklahoma their home. In the city of Tulsa, you’ll find the world-famous Gilcrease Museum. The Gilcrease has the broadest collection of Native American artifacts, art, documents, and maps and is a must see for anyone visiting or passing through. In Oklahoma City, the city’s capital, the Oklahoma City Zoo is also a favorite hotspot. Though many people think of Oklahoma as being flat, the state is actually contains several mountain ranges, such as the Arbuckles, Kiamichis, Ouachitas, Wichitas, and a portion of the Ozarks. Oklahoma also has over 200 man-made lakes that add up to over one million acres of water! Due to its geographic location, it also has diverse weather patterns with more rainfall in the east, which keeps it green, and much less in the state’s panhandle, where it’s much more arid. Being a huge farming and manufacturing state where goods are moved in and out daily, the main highways have many lanes, which makes it easy to travel throughout the state. Though Native American culture thrives there, the cuisine is predominantly southern, with fried chicken, catfish, ribs, cornbread, okra, and sweet potatoes being very popular dishes. America's Heartland, Native American, Choctaw, Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City Zoo, Gilcrease Museum, Arbuckles, Kiamichis, Ouachitas, Wichitas, Ozarks 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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