This one’s simple: the holiday season is upon us and what better way to spend a date than shopping for your loved ones (and for each other) with the advice of your significant other?
1. Apple Store
The Central Park South location (pictured, above) is an architect’s wet dream. The gadgets inside that glass box will make the nerd in you flip out!
2. MoMa Store
The MoMa Store sells the coolest-looking stuff that you definitely don’t need, like this ridiculous porcelain coffee mug that looks like a to-go cup from Starbucks. It’s so po-mo (post-modern), but you have to see it in person.
3. Pearl River Mart
A trip to Chinatown is not complete unless it includes a stop at PRM, which sells all sorts of Asian knick-knacks, paddy-whacks, and doo-dads, not to mention a ton of incense…
4. Century 21
Read our review of this department store as one of our DateSpaces of the Week here.
5. NikeTown
For the sporty couple, NikeTown is your one-stop shop for matching jogging suits.
6. Lee’s Art Shop
Countless ideas for collaborative stay-at-home dates may be found at Lee’s Art Shop on 57th. Wooden letter cutouts are only $1.50 each. Grab both sets of initials, a plus sign, a picture frame, and some paints, and you’ve just become the most romantic person in the world!
7. Toys ‘R Us
The Toys ‘R Us in Times Square features a huge ferris wheel that rivals its role model in Coney Island.
8. Sony Style Store
Located in the Sony building, the New York Sony Style Store has the latest electronic gadgets available in the U.S. You’ll only find whackier gizmos across the Pacific at the company’s flagship Tokyo store, a seven-story mecca for the world’s biggest geeks.
9. Virgin Megastore
Even though no one actually buys CDs anymore, for the indie sect, the Virgin Megastore may have the one or two rare imports that you simply can’t get anywhere on the world wide web. Worth a visit for the musically-inclined.
10. FAO Schwarz
If you’ve seen Big, then you’ve probably always wanted to step on the giant keyboard at FAO Schwarz. Unfortunately, too many fat people have already beaten you to the punch and the keyboard is out of commission. Still, this perenially-bankrupt toy store is a marvel for the eyes and always worth a peak, especially if you’re planning on buying an iPhone next door.

