Magazine Street | Christina Ricci | New Orleans | Royal Street

In the meantime, even if she's not playing the girlfriend in romantic comedies, she's managing to stay busier than a lot of actors. And when she's not working, one thing Ricci loves to do is shop. She says she's stuffed her closet with jackets and shoes, among other things. And in New Orleans - along Royal Street in the French Quarter in particular - she found all the antique jewelry anyone could want. "What I really loved about the city was all the antique stores everywhere, and all the antique jewelry," she says. "I'd never seen such a concentration of antique jewelry stores. And I can say that I did do some buying."

That buying extended beyond the Quarter to Magazine Street. It stretches across half the city and contains numerous store clusters - everything from antiques to vintage clothing to costume shops.

"I loved the shopping on Magazine Street," Ricci says. "They've got a lot of antique stores there, too. But I went to more of the antique jewelry stores in the Quarter. Mostly, I went to Magazine Street for all the clothing stores and the thrift stores
that you can find there. They've got so much
fun stuff."

Ricci hit places like the Funky Monkey, a vintage store and costume shop all in one, and nearby Shoe-Nami, a trendy store for women's shoes. "It's different on Magazine Street, too, than walking around in the Quarter," she says. "At one point, I drove down to Magazine Street to do some shopping, and being in the car and being down there kind of speeded up the city's pace. But … only a little."

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