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  • #16
    Re: Things we can't get here

    See also this related thread:

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    • #17
      Re: Things we can't get here

      Originally posted by tutusue View Post
      Anything with Trader Joe's label on it!
      Amen to that!

      Originally posted by cezanne View Post
      A new In-n-Out t-shirt.
      In-n-Out was my second thought, after Trader Joe's, except instead of a t-shirt I want a BURGER!!!
      Third on my list would be a chili cheeseburger and chili fries from Tommy's.
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      That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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      • #18
        Re: things we can't get here

        Originally posted by turtlegirl View Post
        Well, since I'm not muling back car parts
        I guess this rules out furniture from Ikea?
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        • #19
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          Cincinnati-style chili and Frischs Vegetable Soup. I will be gorging myself on those two things when I visit in August. Oh, and $5 Chinese buffets. And my uncle's homemade salsa.
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          • #20
            Re: things we can't get here

            Originally posted by timkona View Post
            There is no place in Hawaii where you can buy good French Bread. Reason is the temperature and the humidity. That's why SF is famous for their bread.
            Oh, yes there is! Or, there used to be....and might still be.

            Ouside of Lahaina, on the way to Kaanapali, there is a real French bakery...croissants, bread, fancy pastries, EVERYTHING! Turns out it's run by a Frenchman, a baker, who couldn't find the real stuff and saw a market and filled it.

            (of course, I haven't been there since 1981, so it might not be there, anymore)
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            • #21
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              Originally posted by TuNnL View Post
              I’ll take that as a yes. I’ve been to SF a few times. I was more interested in Ghiradelli® chocolate. As far as I’m concerned, there are only two kinds of bread: hot and fresh, and not hot and fresh.

              I prefer the former.*


              * unless ofcourse, it was baked in Tijuana.
              Kent Ghirard lives in Hawaii, he's from the family and might have an idea or might share some of his chocolate with you. Last I heard, he was training a troupe of Shetland ponies at the New Town and Country stables in Waimanalo.
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              • #22
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                Originally posted by 68-eldo View Post
                Car parts for a ’68 Eldorado and a ’38 Cadillac series 75.
                Check Ebay?
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                • #23
                  Re: Things we can't get here

                  Jumping on the bandwagon, please bring back the following businesses:

                  Trader Joe's
                  In-n-Out Burgers
                  Henry's Market
                  Cost Plus World Market
                  Bed, Bath, & Beyond
                  Ikea

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                  • #24
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                    Originally posted by SusieMisajon View Post
                    Kent Ghirard lives in Hawaii, he's from the family and might have an idea or might share some of his chocolate with you. Last I heard, he was training a troupe of Shetland ponies at the New Town and Country stables in Waimanalo.
                    Wow, thanks for the tip, Susie! I will see if I can catch up with him.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Things we can't get here

                      Originally posted by matapule View Post
                      Jumping on the bandwagon, please bring back the following businesses:
                      Trader Joe's
                      In-n-Out Burgers
                      Henry's Market
                      Cost Plus World Market
                      Bed, Bath, & Beyond
                      Ikea
                      This is interesting-- usually our overseas travel includes hauling a suitcase of aloha to the people we visit.

                      That suitcase usually comes home empty, although my spouse spends a lot of time at Discount Shoe Warehouse and our kid spent hers at Steve & Barry's.

                      We're working our way through a Trader Joe's care package (sent by a San Diego friend). Yummy, I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm not sure our palates were worth the postage.

                      It'll be interesting to see what Target does next year...
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                      • #26
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                        If i was still On Oahu, I would be begging for some REAL, authentic, Mexican food to be brought back
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                        • #27
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                          Mexican Food For Sure! None When We Lived There Worth Eating.
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                          • #28
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                            I've said it before - the AF & I are grateful that Trader Joe's has no plans to expand to Hawai`i. They have been a valuable source of omiyage for us to bring when we come to visit family.

                            (Omiyage is a concept with which I did not grow up, in the Midwest. It's one of those things that should be more widely adopted, imo.)

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                            • #29
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                              Originally posted by LikaNui View Post

                              Third on my list would be a chili cheeseburger and chili fries from Tommy's.
                              (In best Homer Simpson voice...)
                              "Mmmmmm..... Tommy's...."

                              Nothing like a greasy burger patty smothered in greasier "chili" (more of a thick paste that bears little resemblance to what you'd enjoy at Zippys) and eaten standing up in a parking lot. Once you take the first bite you have to finish it because if you put it down it falls apart from the wrapper (and the parts do not nearly equal the whole.) Best enjoyed in the early AM hours on the way home to the fraternity house after a night of alcoholic consumption.

                              Ah, sweet memories of misspent youth....

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                              • #30
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                                Are we talking Tommy's on 19th in SF? Yummmmmm.
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