Spread your wings and leave downtown Huntington Beach to see some great stores in the north beach area. Kookies is on the corner of Warner Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway near Huntington Surf and Sport, Super Mex and Kozmos. Don't expect Neiman Marcus decor because you won't find it here. Packed to the brim with unusual beach gifts, this shop has acquired an incredible inventory of gifts and beach items based on shoppers' requests. In a shop that's been in business since March 1975, you'll be amazed at the number of treasures you may find.  Back to shopping

There's a very designer pillow series with embroidered scenes from Huntington Beach Pier and a palm tree, accented with bright red and white fabric with big tropical flower patterns.  Kookies experiences its best sales during the summer when the beach is booming but we're telling you to check it out now.  For holiday fun shopping, you will probably find at least one item to walk out of the store with.  The flip flops above are a great color and design with moss green background and forest green graphics that include a Hawaiian hula dancer and tropical palm trees. The shop has probably over 100 pairs of sandals and dozens of colors and graphics. All are affordable and could be part of a great theme package for the family and friends who have everything under the sun. Ladies and girls clothing items & swimwear / Mens and boys swimwear & sportsing goods

Kookies Beach Gifts sells hats, shirts, sweatshirt, T-shirts, Hawaiian shirts, skirts, shorts, pants, tank tops, shoes, boots, vests, windbreakers, wetsuits, sunglasses and more clothing items. For sports, they have a great 3-ball gift pack that includes beach play sponge-made football, basketball and soccer ball for a realistic pro feeling and fun play. The pack would make a great item for a party or gift exchange. Puka shell necklaces and bracelets are always popular for beach wear and they have loads of them. Boots on top of body boards are part of your shopping experience. The ladies boots in tan, mauve and ice blue are extremely popular.

Beach towels with "California" on them...simple but it says it all. This is a gift you give someone you hope will visit. It sends a message. Or capture the magic of the beach and waves with classic surf art posters with the most popular photos and images shoppers seek.

Kookies is across the street from one of the few hotels actually on the sand. Not technically in Huntington Beach, Travelodge by Wyndham is in the bounds of Sunset Beach and sits on Pacific Coast Highway on the ocean side of the street. People love staying there because you never cross a busy street and many rooms offer views of the ocean, just a few steps away.  Across the street is an intriguing store called Sand, Sea and Jaime. Down Pacific Coast Highway is Anderson's Gallery, a fine art store for paintings for world-famous California water colorists and sculptors. Katin, Bruce Jones Surfboards and many other shops call this neck of the woods home and if you visit Sunset Beach during your shopping or travel journey, you will see why.