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New Citizen's Plaza, Kuula (54,175,29)
New Citizen's Plaza - just now one of several places New Citizens, Inc. has built newbie-friendly places for helping folks get 'a level up' - does have freebie items shopping as well. Plan on some crowds and lag.
http://slnatalia.blogspot.com/index.html
Natalia even provides some nifty tutorials about all kinds of things: clothes making, building, prim hair, particles fun. One notable is that she provides scipts for her tutorials as well.

The MystiTool HUD is one of the most useful things I've found in Second Life so far - it has become a staple for me. I use it all the time.