Stuart shoppers head out for last-minute Christmas gift buying By Derek Lowe | December 20, 2020 at 11:45 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 8:55 AM
Shoppers in downtown Stuart were shopping small for their last-minute Christmas gifts Sunday. I went to O Sole Mio for a lot of Tommy Bahama, said shopper Karen Giaquinto. He got a new bathing suit and a couple other fun things.
Giaquinto said she prefers the downtown area versus big box stores because of large crowds and the pandemic. That s why we like the small places, because it s too crazy (at larger places), said Giaquinto. The mall, I kind of tried to stay away from.
but venetian standing proud, master of his own destination. o sole mio you must hate it when americans sing that. but while they are well paid, cost of living is 30% higher than the mainland so some modern venetians feel like slaves to the tourist grind. at the height of the season they re outnumbered 600-1. for comparison, in manhattan it s 8-1. so i ve been hearing more and more from some people that there s just too many tourists. maybe it s true. also for me, because i m working with the tourist. so it s stupid for me to say there are too many but it s true. so the city is less than 60,000 people and you have i think maybe 20 million tourist per