Black Friday

[Hotzcatz]

I had a repaired clock to deliver to the other side of Hilo so out of sheer curiosity I drove past the Hilo shopping area. This was a couple hours before lunch and there were still some empty parking spots over in front of the defunct Border's Books but the parking lot was pretty full. The Prince Kuhio mall parking lot was pretty full, too. The parking lot in front of Puainako KTA was pretty empty, though so I guess folks still had loads of leftovers from Turkey Day. We went up to the Crafts fair at Cooper Center and the artists studio tours in Volcano Village. Lots of nice stuff and some of it was selling, but more craft fair stuff was selling than at the artist's studios. I think the best lunch deal in Volcano was the one at Ira Ono's studio. There is an interesting garden to eat it in, too.

On the way back, we stopped at Long's and got calendars for all the mainland folks we know so the majority of our Christmas shopping is now done. Guess we did our little bit to help Black Friday, but I suspect it will be more of a Gray Friday than Black.

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"I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales."
Kurt Wilson