Picture this: You're ready for ice cream, and you're headed out to your favorite shop to pick some up.

Following are a few favorite shops (listed alphabetically) among an estimated 70 statewide.

And if their favorite shop does not have a club, they are starting to complain, Ms. Wong said.

Boy George, the rock singer, has said it is his favorite shop in London.

The company offers shoppers immediate access to a Web site or local telephone number that tells them about sales on specific items at their favorite shops.

Plates and pots Here are my favorite shops in Umbria.

Here are some of Mary Randolph Carter's favorite shops and stops, with her comments.

Then it's off to my favorite shop to lay in supplies.

Committed players often line up outside their favorite shops before they open for the day, hoping to secure what they believe are the "hot" machines.

Ottino, on the same street, is my favorite shop in the city.