Aloha Kakou!

E kala mai (whoops! Excuse us!). It seems many of you, for some odd reason, didn’t receive our “Holiday Preview” email.  We’re not sure why that happened but we’ve fixed some things and are offering the same 10% off everything this Saturday and all next week. Steve Milner will be in the store this Saturday with his fabulous hand crafted jewelry. Also 10% off!  So come on down, we have many fabulous Holiday Items and some great gift ideas for the Season.

One great gift is the book The Dream Begins: How Hawai`i Shaped Barak Obama. We just received more copies of (the first load sold out in one day) this interesting, aloha-ful read. Whether you voted for him or not one must admit the story of Obama’s life and his connection to people are quite remarkable.  As Michelle Obama says, “To understand Barak you have to understand Hawaii”.  We think it’s quite true, there’s no mistaking Hawaii’s influence on many of us.

For those of you who didn’t get the previous email we’re attaching it to the bottom of this one. If you did get it, no need read it again!

Aloha, a hui hou!

The Hawai`i General Store ‘Ohana

Aloha Kakou a me Happy Halloween!

Ho! We know you all goin’ dress up as the scariest thing ever…the last can of Spam on earth or maybe Pele after some poor (ignorant) soul just offered her bacon first thing in the morning… Whatever you’re doing have fun! 

Now, here’s the latest on Hawaiian happenings around Western Washington  (big pause and a bit of a “sigh”…) it seems the economy has hit the Hawaiian community pretty hard. Only one entertainer will be making his way up here this season and Aunty Nani’s Grass Shack is closed; Aloha ‘Ohana in Marysville, closed and Lei’s Restaurant, closed; Auwe! We’ll miss you folks. Tings goin’ get betta, das all we know! We are hanging in here purely because of the thoughtfulness and support of all of our customers.  Mahalo nui to all of you for your aloha and kokua. So, here’s the scoops:

Nov. 3^rd              Hawai`i General Store’s Annual Christmas Preview!!  Hele on down to
                        the store and get an early look at our special Holiday items.  Come gather
                        ideas AND get 10% off everything in the store.  This Holiday Season
                        we’re also offering LAYAWAY on all items over $50.  So, E hele mai!
                        We’ll be serving up pupus and aloha from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.   
           

Nov. 11^th              Led Ka`apana and Mike Ka`awa at The Triple Door – 7:30pm; tickets
                        available at the Triple Door; 206.838.4333  Truly a legend of slack key. 
                        Don’t miss this one because there aren’t many (if any) other Hawaiian
                        entertainers coming up this winter.  All pau L

Nov. 15^th              Steve Milner of No Ka Oi Jewelry will be here at the Hawai`i General
                        Store from 12pm to 5pm. Steve creates beautiful, custom Hawaiian
                        heirloom jewelry as well as fishhook, plumeria, honu & other gorgeous
                        pendants. We’ll be offering 10% off all jewelry from Steve’s collection.

Nov. 27^th              Happy Thanksgiving!! Thank you to all of you who support our store
                        year round.  We are very grateful!

Dec. 6^th              Steve Milner of No Ka Oi Jewelry will be at the Hawai`i General Store
                        from 12pm to 5pm showing off his ideas for that very special Holiday gift.

Dec. 6^th              Auntie Manu Lono & na wahine o Halau Hula O Hawai`i will be at the
                        Hawai`i General Store for kanikapila and hula. So, come join us for good
                        fun and good times while you do your holiday shopping! 12pm to 2pm

A special gift idea:  We are offering custom gift baskets for companies or individuals.  Just let us know what you’d like in the baskets and we’ll make them up for you. We’re happy to give discounts for orders of five baskets or more.

Holiday Hours: Starting on December 1^st the Hawai`i General Store will also be
                                    open on Mondays from 10am to 6pm.