DC Shopping,neighborhood by neighborhood.

Capitol Hill's rowhouse main streets, centered on the 1873 Eastern Market hall with its butchers, bakers and weekend farmers, crafts and flea stalls, and running down 7th St SE, Pennsylvania Ave SE and Barracks Row on 8th St SE. Best for a weekend morning of market food, independent bookstores, gifts and vintage-leaning boutiques, then lunch on 8th Street.

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A mile of new waterfront along the Washington Channel in Southwest, where a handful of shops on District Square and Water St sit among piers, restaurants and the Municipal Fish Market, open since 1805. Best for an afternoon that mixes a bookstore and local-maker shopping with crabs, oysters and a walk on the water.

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A former wholesale market district in Northeast DC, now built around the Union Market food hall at 5th and Neal and La Cosecha, the Latin American market hall, with independent shops, galleries and showrooms on 4th and 5th Streets NE. Best for a long weekend afternoon of eating, browsing small makers and buying specialty food, a short walk from NoMa.

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The Capitol Riverfront neighborhood around Nationals Park, rebuilt from the old naval industrial yards, where the shopping is a small cluster in the Boilermaker Shops at The Yards plus food shops, a winery and a brewery near the river. Best paired with a ballgame or a walk along the Anacostia rather than as a shopping trip on its own.

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The blocks of Connecticut Avenue, P Street and R Street around the circle, where long-running bookstores, designer consignment, tea shops and small galleries share rowhouse storefronts, many of them up a flight of stairs. Best for book browsers, secondhand-designer hunters and gallery walkers, especially on Sunday market mornings and First Fridays.

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The brick-sidewalk King Street mile in Alexandria, Virginia, running from the Potomac waterfront up to the King St Metro, with the region's largest cluster of independent boutiques plus antiques, bookstores and a few national stores. Best for a full day of browsing that starts at the Torpedo Factory and works uphill.

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The Wisconsin Avenue corridor straddling the DC/Maryland line, where The Collection at Chevy Chase, Wisconsin Place, Chevy Chase Pavilion and the rebuilt Mazza site mix jewelers and design showrooms with Bloomingdale's and everyday big stores. It suits a practical, Metro-friendly shopping run: a Tiffany or Le Creuset stop, then groceries and wine on the way home.

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Two malls facing each other across International Drive in Tysons, Virginia: Tysons Galleria holds the region's densest run of luxury houses and big home-furnishing showrooms, while Tysons Corner Center is the larger, busier mall with Apple, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's and more than 200 shops. Best for a one-stop day of brand shopping, with Metro's Silver Line connected directly to Tysons Corner Center.

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