Specially Made
Dealing with customer service hotlines is really just a numbers game.
2: The number of times you listen carefully to the menu as its options recently changed.
5: The number of menus you have to go through before getting transferred to a representative.
17: The number of minutes you spend listening to bad elevator music before a live person actually picks up.
Bottom line: it’s a total zero.
Which is why you’ll want to stop by this weekend’s Made in Hawaii Festival at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall and Arena. Below, we preview just a few of the hundreds of local vendors you’ll be able to meet face-to-face; vendors who are perfectly happy to answer questions about their products and offer special Festival-exclusive savings.
In our book, that’s a perfect 10.
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Don’t miss: Cinnamon Daddy Mactella, an all-local macadamia nut chocolate spread, and three-tablet samplers of the factory’s most popular chocolate bars. Deal: $5 off on five-bar orders, plus daily specials posted on Twitter and Facebook. |
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Kauai Nut Roasters *NEW* Don’t miss: Freshly-roasted nut mixes, like Koloa spiced butter rum nuts, ginger lilikoi pecans, and, a bestseller, coconut Kona coffee pecans and macadamia nuts, mixed with two types of dried coconut. |
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Don’t miss: A limited re-release of Roberta Oaks’ Junk Yard Jewelry made from vintage car emblems, high-waisted Aloha shorts and sweet seersucker dresses. Deal: Three items for $100 rack, 50 percent off rack and 25 percent off men’s Aloha shirts. |
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Don’t miss: The debut of a new slouchy beach tee. Deal: 20 percent off your purchase when you mention “Lei Chic.” |
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HuluWuwu *NEW* Don’t miss: Fascinators, necklaces and earrings made out of preserved orchids and ferns, along with her signature feather designs. Deal: 10 percent off your entire purchase when you mention “Lei Chic.” |
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Don’t miss: Signature lei necklaces, hammered earrings and necklaces, keiki beach glass and puka earrings. Deal: Free Aloha bracelet when you say “ki-ele’s made in Hawaii” (up to five per day), plus daily specials posted on Twitter and Facebook. |
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Midori Jewelry Don’t miss: First crack at the fall and winter O Ke Kai collections, like earrings and necklaces with 24-karat gold gilded bumblebee shells. Deal: Get a free sterling silver charm necklace with a purchase of $75 or more when you mention “Lei Chic.” |
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Ginger13 Don’t miss: New sliced agate friendship bracelets, bird and feather medallions and “bro-celets.” Deal: Up to 30 percent off the current collection, select pieces for $10-$15, special giveaway valued at $250. Like Ginger13 on Facebook or follow Ginger13hawaii on Instagram to get a $5 coupon when you spend $25 or more. |
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Jana Lam *NEW* Don’t miss: New sunglasses cases made out of Jana Lam’s original hand-screened textiles. Deal: 10 to 15 percent off all merchandise, including her signature clutches. |
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Don’t miss: The Sky Dreams purse, an iPad or eReader holder with front zip pocket that doubles as a crossbody purse and can be strapped to the Sky Dreams travel blanket. Deal: $10 off complete travel set (blanket, purse and neck pillow), select designs on sale for $29.99. |
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Maui Soap Company *NEW* Don’t miss: Organic soaps, lotions, body butters and lip balms in refreshing flavors like Lemongrass, Wild Ginger, Mango Papaya and Patchouli Orange. |
First Hawaiian Bank presents the 2012 Made in Hawaii Festival, tomorrow and Saturday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall and Arena. Admission is $4 and free for children ages 6 and under. Look for $1 off coupons at First Hawaiian Bank’s Oahu branches while supplies last. A full list of vendors and map can be found in the August isue of HONOLULU Magazine, on newstands now, or click here for more information.
