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New urban shop guide puts the ‘power’ in ‘power shopping’

by Brad Flora
Published August 2, 2007 - 10:08 AM

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Power shop your way through some 10 Chicago neighborhood boutiques in three hours-or just read about it. Julie Cameron, founder and president of the newly formed Urban Shop Guide, takes shoppers off-the-beaten-path to some of her favorite local boutiques on her Neighborhood All-Stars tour.

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Photo: "Inside Koros on West Lake Street." Allison Roeser/Medill News Service