Morning Glory in Flushing is all about the Hello Kitty. The business's website might say it's a fancy stationery store, but the focus is great Hello Kitty and other character-based accessories for grade-school and older girls. It's more expensive than at the nearby Flushing Mall, but the range and quality of the items (from note-pads to alarm clocks) is worth it.

Older hipsters might want to pick up a Hello Kitty toaster, or enjoy the selection of Paul Frank's Julius Monkey wallets.

Overall, Morning Glory is a cool store with wide rows, good lighting, great selection, and a friendly staff. They also sell jewelry and clothes (great "I am the American dream" t-shirts), and run a package shipping store from the same space. That's right. Buy your gifts and mail them out to your relatives in Arizona, all at the same place.

And in the back of the shop there's a photo booth for creating colorful stickers with you and your friends' faces. Ask the sales folk for help with the Chinese-language instructions.

• Morning Glory - Stationery and Gifts
• 136-40 39th Ave, Flushing, NY, 11354, 718-961-1400
• More Morning Glory at: Queens Center Mall (718-271-4093) and other locations in New York and New Jersey