As a guy who is forced to purchase gifts for his many lady callers every so often, ICE has been the place to go to for a number of years. The staff is friendly, the merch is qual...
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The Scene"Brentwood Gardens" sounds more like a luxury condominium than a shopping mall, and compared with the usual indoor warren of chain stores that constitute the average shopping center, it is. With three floors of outdoor shopping, services and food artfully arranged around central escalators and palm trees, it's something like a miniature, triple-decker Century City Shopping Center.The GoodsAs is to be expected from a mall in a fancy neighborhood, the merchants represented tend toward the upscale. Designer boutiques like BCBG, Max Studio and M. Fredric offer elegant and casual clothing. Home furnishing stores feature everything from rustic flower arrangements to Victorian menorahs. But Brentwood Gardens is a neighborhood mall with families to accommodate, and in addition to a kids' dance studio, several stores (notably M. Fredric Women & Kids) offer excruciatingly cute children's wear. For shoppers about to drop, refreshment options range from the Daily Grill to a low-key cafe.