Shopping

Downtown Concord, off Monument Square, is a terrific shopping destination. Here you'll find the Concord Toy Shop, 4 Walden St. (tel. 978/369-2553); the Grasshopper Shop, 36 Main St. (tel. 978/369-8295), which carries women's clothing and accessories; jewelry and art at Catseye, 48 Monument Sq. (tel. 978/369-8377); and the Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St. (tel. 978/371-2672). At the Concord Depot, the Muse's Window, 84 Thoreau St. (tel. 978/287-5500), is an excellent fine-crafts gallery. The compact shopping district in West Concord, along Route 62, boasts the old-fashioned West Concord 5 & 10, 106 Commonwealth Ave. (tel. 978/369-9011), which carries everything from light bulbs to lace.