lighten your wallet - View this location on map  'Break out the credit card and cruise Abbot Kinney Boulevard, a one mile stretch of sophisticated boutiques, galleries and furniture stores in converted bungalows and brick warehouses. Traditional Venice shops like the Green House Smoke Shop (310-450-6420) and HydroLab (1140 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, 310-450-7221), a high-end surf shop, are flanked by more style-centric spots like Neptina (13291/2 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, 310-396-1630), which sells colorful 1950's Italian, Scandinavian and American glass as well as furniture; the avant-garde flower shop Scentiments (1331 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, 310-399-4110); and Pearce (1225 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, 310-399-0040), above, a gallery that sells wood and stone carvings, whose resident mutt, Fritz, is a street mascot.'' New York Times 428 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA Shopping |