Bowsprit

Very nice. Good luck in your search.

Placename

You'll have a great time shopping along Kalakau Avenue in Waikiki.

http://waikiki.com/shop.html

Bowsprit

That's a great link, Placename. Thanks!

atravelynn

Photos of you in your Hawaiian attire and/or accessories will be expected upon your return.

Strike a pose.

Bowsprit

Strike a pose.
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Only if I'm holding a drink in a coconut shell with a little umbrella poking out the rim.

Placename

With a fragrant flower lei and a flower behind your ear. That's mandatory

Bowsprit

chepar

Aloha shirts are daily business attire for men in Hawaii. Most commonly the type of aloha shirts worn are the ones that are somewhat subdued in print and color, like from Reyn's, Tori Richards, etc.

The loud and garish polyester aloha shirts you also sometimes see, usually worn by tourists walking around Waikiki or at a commercial luau and with a sense of humor and fun in mind.

Hilo Hattie also sells pretty nice aloha wear now - a definite improvement from what they sold when I was a kid.

Locals call flip flops slippers. What we call sandals are shoes that have a back strap or a slide type of shoe.

Bowsprit

I am looking forward to this trip.

Placename

You are destined to become a Hawaii addict, just like the rest of us. Posting endlessly about our fealty to the islands. You'll find yourself having Hawaiian nights dinners for unsuspecting friends, wearing plumeria and pikake perfumes, drinking lava flows, wearing unusually colorful clothing.

Then there's the music.......

starrs

Iz.

Shar

My hubby has a lot of Hawaiian shirts, very low key, that he wears alot for casual gathering and I haave a whole set of things I keep for hawaii and wear also to casual local affairs. WE DO NOT wear Hilo Hattie matchy matchy things! Since we go every 18 months to 2 years, we get alot out of our aloha wear.....I wish they had nicer aloha shirts for women. They usually are very short in length and not nearly as nice as the men's wear.....TB has wonderful aloha shirts for men but not for women - IMHO.....going again in January so will pull out the goods and make sure they are still okay....

Bowsprit

What's a lava flow?

starrs: What's lz?

sf7307

I should clarify -- My DH loves his TB (and knock-off) shirts. It's the Hilo Hattie matchy matchy things (even if they don't match, we don't wear them)! I don't wear any of it, but that's me - a pair of shorts or capris, a pair of "slippers" and a tank top and I'm all set for both Hawaii and for summertime at home.

Placename

Lava flow (traditional drink of The Big Island tourist to honor Madame Pele)

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/...pical_cocktail

IZ (the late, great Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)

http://www.mele.com/music/artist/isr...e+in+iz+world/

starrs

Placename said "Then there's the music......." I added "Iz".

Here's one surefire travel tip I defy anyone to challenge - download or buy the CD and listen to this (and his other songs) as you drive around Hawaii. It's a fabulous soundtrack to Hawaii road trips.

http://www.amazon.com/Over-The-Rainbow/dp/B002XTP5BA

Placename

Or tune into the local radio and hear that and more contemporary music. Gawd I love the music in Hawaii....

I like to sit on the beach with a small radio and earphones just to listen to the current local music while enjoying life....

Bowsprit

Wow! Thanks! I am unfamiliar with the music of the late, great Israel Kamakawiwo'ole.

Bowsprit

Wait! I do know his music...well, I've heard his wonderful version of Over the Rainbow!

I will definitely try a lava flow or two. I am a tourist, after all.

Placename

It's always safest to appease Madame Pele.