Macadamia Nut Therapy

Well today couldn’t get much better, it’s a payday Friday and when I arrived home I found a box of goodies from my bro over at Enoa in Hawaii. I definitely have time for a little old fashion macadamia nut therapy. Thanks Dale! Hopefully we can make it over for one of your personalized Pearl Harbor tours, after all it is Hawaii's most popular tourist attraction.

Friends of Aloha

Well my trip to Hearst Castle was quite interesting, sorry to disappoint but I am just way to busy to post any additional pictures. Actually I shouldn’t be blogging but what the heck. One thing I wanted to share with you was what happened while I was in nearby Morro Bay, which just so happens to be where my competitors Hawaiian store is located. Well in the name of making a long story short... I walked in and introduced myself, after Jim caught his breath he said “I admire you, because in a short timeframe you have managed to do what we have been trying to do for over 5 years”. Well that certainly caught me by surprise, not anything near what anyone would expect. All in all it was one of the most rewarding visits that I have made in a long time.

Probably more than once I wished that I took the route he did with Aloha Shirt Shop, which is re-selling fine Hawaiian apparel made by someone else, but ironically he countered by saying that he wished that he was able to get into manufacturing his own Hawaiian apparel like we do. What’s that saying about the grass always being greener on the other side of the fence?

So today production deadlines have slid terribly close to being critical. I could not help but wonder if Jim would be so willing to be in my shoes today, LOL probably not. But I am going to give Jim, owner of Aloha Shirt Shop, a lot of credit for what he has accomplished so far. The old store that used to be located down here in San Diego really never did his business justice, so I was pleased to see the new Hawaiian shirt store in Morro Bay; it is exactly what I hoped it would be!