Get da kine local faddah, maddah, or sum oddah 'ohana (family member) who no mind rockin' anykine UH, Hawaiian Style, or Ikaika Warrior helmet t-shirt or tank top?
Like fine cheap gift fo' da kanaka/blahla/tita/moke in yo' life dat get enough Hawaiian bracelets, Ainokea stickers, and Hawaiian flags in da hale?
If you like avoid swap meet, den you come hea!
It's a literal warehouse full of da kine t-shirts/tanks dat you find at swap meet ... only teeng is dat dis place is situated in town. Dey carry all kine sizes from small to XL/XXL/XXL for a huge soles/mokes in yo' life. Small selection of UH football designs, choke designs w/all kine Hawaiian/local slang, some pakalolo (weed) designs, and a smaller selection of tops and dresses for da wahines (girls/women). For some odd reason, dey also have little Chinese silk-style outfits fo' da babies ... I dunno da name, but da kine traditional-style outfit dat babies wear for take photos or for a birthday or some special occasion.
Thomas & Sophia Wong - FOBs from China? Or, was it Hong Kong? Next time I go wala'au (talk stories) w/him, I go determine which country it is. Older Asian couple who are very enterprising (eh, how much people you know own der own business dat stay open 7 days a week?), akamai, and are blunt, straight to da point, but helpful and accommodating.
A hanai (adopted) aunty & longtime childhood friend came hea from da Big Island & aunty's bf from Nanakuli was telling her about dis place. So, here I am, live on O'ahu fo' ovah 10 years & I had one Big Island resident tell me about dis place! Go figgah, eh?
While we were dea, another old FOB Flip couple (tata-san and his wife) came in looking for shirts. Seems like longtime local residents knew about dis place, and had one FOB Japanee motorcycle guy come in looking for a particular design.
Had good deals like 4-5 t-shirts for $20 (any kine sizes) and da selection was pretty good. Sophia knows wat sizes & wat designs get, so defer to her if you get any ?'s. Thomas is real good fo' talk stories, especially about local politics. Mind you, get thick pake accent & English is his second language, so might be a lil' hahd kine fo' understand, but da man is VERY akamai. I was engaged in a 15-20 minute conversation w/him about local politics, Abercrombie being voted in as governor, the Obamacare reform, etc.
My aunty & frend walk out w/cheap gifts, I discover a cheap spot for t-shirt goodies fo' my local peepuhlz & allz is good in da worldz.
PAKE-ING (Parking)
- In front of da store, dea's a limited number of parking stalls. read more