Local Shops -- Pre Christmas Sales Events

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Rain Monkey, I love your humor!

If you are looking for crafts or jewelry, I recommend Cafe Ono in Volcano Village. Ira, the owner, is an artist and everything in his shop is made by local artists. You can find some really nice things there, most of which is inexpensive.

Hopefully the town of Pahoa is not too far out of your way. Merchants there suffered greatly with the volcano and are trying to recover.

[Rain Monkey]

Originally Posted by Dreaming of Hawaii

Rain Monkey, I love your humor!

If you are looking for crafts or jewelry, I recommend Cafe Ono in Volcano Village. Ira, the owner, is an artist and everything in his shop is made by local artists. You can find some really nice things there, most of which is inexpensive.

Hopefully the town of Pahoa is not too far out of your way. Merchants there suffered greatly with the volcano and are trying to recover.

DoH, thanks for the head re Cafe Ono in Volcano Village/Pahoa. Sounds very much like the kind of place we might find something of interest. A drive from Hilo shouldn't be too onerous. I suspect about the same distance when driving from Honolulu to the North Shore. For these long distance trips, I suspect Mrs. Rain Monkey will want to bring a cooler, obento, musubi or three and pack an extra T-shirt for me and slippers for both of us, as well as ensure I top off the tank and check the air in the tires before departing....Thanks once again!

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Rain Monkey, please don't confuse Volcano Village with Pahoa. Everything I told you about is in Volcano Village, which is located across Highway 11 from the HVNP. The town of Pahoa is 31 miles south of Hilo. Although maybe that's why you have to load the car up, if you are cruising around VV and then Pahoa...

[Rain Monkey]

DoH, my sincere apologies for the confusion. I am aware of difference in locations of Pahoa and Volcano Village, however that was profoundly ambiguous in my reply above. My only excuse is the joy of having a three year old granddaughter, who is staying with us while her parents are on the mainland, decide to start her (and our) day at about 5:15 AM by jumping on our bed. I really shouldn't be allowed to write anything before my first eight cups of coffee, and I obviously hadn't got to six before tying sentences into knots rather too early this AM.

I am not entirely sure of its origin, however we seemed to have been afflicted by the 'load the car' syndrome for any car travel involving journeys of 30+ miles or there abouts. You'd think we were driving from Des Moines, IA to Chicago. We used to do the same thing years ago when our adult children were kids and we would head up to the North Shore or Makaha for the day. Now they do it too. Nothing more aggravating than packing four beach towels that return unused, however Mrs. Rain Monkey insists I wash and dry because they rode shotgun in the rear of the car.

Thanks again for the clarification.

[steiconi]

Originally Posted by whtviper1

I'm curious why anyone would think there would be a lot of Xmas stuff on the BI - only about 40% of the BI identifies with a religion - and only roughly 25% Christian.....

But in Hilo, it seems like there's a church on every corner.

The farmers market at Maku'u on Sunday usually has original crafts. Ditto for the Saturday and Wednesday market in Hilo, but that might have changed recently.

https://www.konaweb.com/calendar/index.shtml is a calendar of events for the BI.

[Islandbound4]

There is Kamahalo craft fair Friday Nov. 23 and Saturday Nov. 24 at Volcano's Cooper Center. I'm excited to check it out!!