Providence

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The Scene
Providence is more of a gift store than an antique gallery. Soft jazz, an exposed-beam ceiling, worn leather chairs and faux concrete walls give it a sophisticated, insouciant air. It's more a pleasant place for browsing after a glass or two of wine than a destination to finish off your shopping list.

The Goods
There are a few antique chairs and small tables, but the store mainly sells an impeccably edited, moderately priced selection of gifts from stationery and coffee table tomes to calendars and frames. Look for hip little luxuries like hotel silver, sealing wax and Japanese woodblock prints. Of special interest are religious artifacts (hence the store's name). These range from elegant silver crucifixes to kitschy, plastic Virgin Mary night lights.