Katy K Designs, 12th Avenue South

If you want to leave Nashville with a truly fabulous, fashionable keepsake, you owe it to yourself to stop inside Katy K Designs (2407 12th Ave. S, 615-297-4242), a boutique of offbeat, often campy, and always eye-catching Western wear, accoutrements, and knickknacks. Katy K is part of the hip 12th Avenue South district, near such gay-popular hangouts as Rumours Wine Bar, Las Paletas Gourmet Popsicles, and Mirror Restaurant. The shop carries women's and men's fashion, and it's a big favorite with the lesbian and gay community. Look for fine cowboy boots, both elegant and whimsical women's and men's shirts and jackets, cowboy hats, clever belt buckles, Johnny Cash and James Brown (plus "All The Cute Boys Are Gay") T-shirts, and plenty of other fun items. Katy K is one of those Nashville must-sees, as is the surrounding neighborhood.