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Today I went to the Hilo Hattie Store in Orange, California, to get my supply of Li Hing Mui and a few calendars... Shelves are bare, and the place looked empty. I guessed it had been some months since I was here last... it's 5 miles away from my home. Gas prices, you know? Maybe the Christmas season was good for them?
Of course, I was greeted with a shell lei like always, and I asked my host about the lack of merchandise available. He had the saddest look on his face as he told me that in two days the store would be gone! They had only been notified four days before.
No Ling hing mui, no calendar, and worse, no aloha left here for these employees. I was almost too heartbroken to shop... all the gold, pearls, and $$$ jewlry counters were empty already. Most of the Kona coffee gone. I walked over to the clearance rack, where I would have to shop anyway, being a poor person... 7 shirts waiting there for me, crying out to go home with me.... And the total was $25 for all! OK, so that was really great, but now what?
I asked the same guy, what about The Gaslamp store in San Diego? "They closed the store there last month." Ouch! This economic phooey is starting to hurt me, even the occasional joy of going to Hilo Hattie's is being taken away... what next to be destroyed, I ask you?
This morning I checked their website, got a coupon for a free box of Hawai'ian Host candies, and saw the two Cali stores listed. The evening the website had them removed for their listings. So if you live in Orange County, get there in the next two days, by Jan. 4th ..... eh, now I gotta use a Maxim calendar! Or buy one on eBay. I am ticked!
Of course, I was greeted with a shell lei like always, and I asked my host about the lack of merchandise available. He had the saddest look on his face as he told me that in two days the store would be gone! They had only been notified four days before.
No Ling hing mui, no calendar, and worse, no aloha left here for these employees. I was almost too heartbroken to shop... all the gold, pearls, and $$$ jewlry counters were empty already. Most of the Kona coffee gone. I walked over to the clearance rack, where I would have to shop anyway, being a poor person... 7 shirts waiting there for me, crying out to go home with me.... And the total was $25 for all! OK, so that was really great, but now what?
I asked the same guy, what about The Gaslamp store in San Diego? "They closed the store there last month." Ouch! This economic phooey is starting to hurt me, even the occasional joy of going to Hilo Hattie's is being taken away... what next to be destroyed, I ask you?
This morning I checked their website, got a coupon for a free box of Hawai'ian Host candies, and saw the two Cali stores listed. The evening the website had them removed for their listings. So if you live in Orange County, get there in the next two days, by Jan. 4th ..... eh, now I gotta use a Maxim calendar! Or buy one on eBay. I am ticked!
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