Fashionable Guide

New visitors to Santee Alley may feel like Alice after she fell down the rabbit hole. It’s a disorienting wonderland. But there’s plentiful public parking (about $4), and bargaining cash is dispensed at nearby ATMs. The site www.fash

iondistrict.org has a guide to the entire district. Other spots:

1. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Midday refueling station.

2. The Cooper Building.

The original outlet mall.

3. McDonald’s and the Food Court.

Fare beyond Alley Dogs.

4. California Mart.

Wholesale market with a bank

and food court on lower levels.

5. Santee Fashion Alley and

The New Alley.

Continuing the tradition.