88 Tees

One hip little t-shirt shops in town is located in Waikiki called 88 Tees. Tucked upstairs off of Kalakaua Avenue, their designs are new, fresh, and unique. Locally made with interesting graphics and reasonably priced, their is a steady stream of foot traffic and buyers. Click here to see other photos of this shop.

Last Minute Shopping

As we close in on Christmas Day, families walk the mall to do some last minute shopping. The koi fish benefit from all the extra visitors.

This is "Fashon Forward!"

"Hey ma, this lady got style!"

I'm a Kid Again!

Candy shops at the mall are an attraction for both the young and the old. The treats at Carousel Candyland are as sweet as they look!  I'm a kid again needing a dose of Jelly Belly's and Gummy Bears whenever I pass this store at Kahala Mall.

Kamehameha Swap Meet

Click here to see more photos of the swap meet on facebook.

The Kamehameha swap meet is open to buyers and sellers three times a week on the weekends and on Wednesdays. There may be a deal on something that may be worthless to someone but a gem to yet another. For sale were yellow ballet shoes hanging on a bike, power and hand-held tools, bright aloha print clothing, mechanical parts mixed with baby items, vintage fans placed next to vhs tapes and glass vases, coconut juice straight from the nut, a section for meats and vegetables, etc... It has been over ten years since the last time I had visited this swap meet and it is exactly the way I remembered it to be less the collectors who had their hands in a little bit of everything.

Locally Owned Supermarkets

In the past few years Star Supermarket said farewell to the islands, Times Supermarket was sold to a mainland company, Longs Drugs Stores was bought out by CVS, and recently Foodland closed it's Hawaii Kai location. It makes me wonder if an era is ending and locally owned supermarkets are becoming a thing of the past. I just hope that Foodland won't throw in the towel completely anytime soon especially since they are the last supermarket chain that is truly locally owned.