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• Restaurants
• ...and those we can’t recommend
• Groceries & local produce
• Fish markets
• Snorkeling
• Kayaking
• Odds 'n' ends

As to favorite restaurants ... our favorite on the whole island is the länai at Hale Pöhaku. We really love ‘ahi and since my husband, Dennis, likes to grill it on the Jenn-Air, we eat it most of the time we are in Kona. We need our ‘ahi "fix" to last us until we can return! Recipes for his simple but wonderful grilled ‘ahi (he says it is too simple to be a recipe) and his piña coladas (which go very well with those lovely Kona sunsets) are available on our Favorite Recipes & Püpüs page.

• Other than our own länai, our favorite local restaurant is Kona Mixed Plate in Kopiko Plaza, just makai (seaward) of Lanihau Center. It's a "2 scoop rice" place and not fancy, but good food! We usually get ours to-go and eat them on the länai at Hale Pöhaku. We particularly like the calamari, scallops and mahi (fried, sautéed, teriyaki) and the veggie tempura (but only if you eat there as tempura doesn't travel well). Back when we ate red meat, we also enjoyed the teri beef and the tonkatsu (both the chicken & pork). (808) 329-8104. (December 2004)

• We also really like the dinners at the Manago Hotel in Capt. Cook, about 20-30 minutes south. They are also local style and have great fried ‘opelu. They are one of the best places to find some of the less common fish such as menpachi (squirrel fish), ‘opelu, opah (moonfish), butterfish, etc. It's very down home & family style. They always serve a bowl of potato mac salad and another dish along with the entrées, and I think their potato mac salad is one of the best! We also really enjoy their soyu bean sprouts salad and limas. Last time they had a pickled ogo salad that was really crisp, crunchy and tasty and has now become my favorite! Ogo is the dark seaweed you usually find in poke. 82-6155 Mamalahoa Hwy., Captain Cook, (808) 323-2642. (December 2004)

• Coffees N' Epicurea Ltd. in Capt. Cook, right at Mile Marker 106, has a nice selection of potteries, art and gifts, as well as coffee samples. Even better, they have a wonderful patiesserie bakery that was started by Lynette. She has moved on elsewhere, but they continue to make many of her specials, including Liliko`i Chiffon Pie which is the best we have tasted!! It is more like a cheesecake and is really wonderful! You really don't want to miss it! We buy the whole pie and take it back to the condo. 83-5315 Mamalahoa Hwy., Captain Cook, (808) 328-0322. (December 2004)

• The Coffee Shack in Capt. Cook, which overlooks Kealakekua Bay, is a very pleasant place to enjoy breakfast or lunch. They have some really tasty specials, especially at breakfast -- but they stop serving breakfast right on the stroke of 12, so don't be late if you want breakfast! I enjoy their gorgonzola pizza and their lü‘au bread French toast! Their liliko‘i cheesecake is good, too. And we really enjoy the brazen little Gold Dust Day Geckos that have made themselves at home and like to lick up sweet crumbs. 83-5799 Mamalahoa Hwy., Captain Cook, (808) 328-9555. (December 2004)

• Ke‘ei Cafe in Ke‘ei is also very good, but they don't take reservations and are expensive. We love their black bean soup and mango cobbler (the cobbler is not on the menu, but they usually have it)! We even enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner there last November. (November 2003)

• Sibu Cafe in Kailua town (Ali‘i Drive in Banyan Court, across from the seawall) is good and they have quite a few vegetarian dishes. They are also non-smoking. Warning: the menu lists Veggie Sauté with stir-fried veggies $10.95, as well as a #2 Combo with Sate + Stir-Fry of your choice (meat, chicken, seafood, veggie) for $13.50. My husband ordered the Veggie Sauté and I ordered the #2 Combo with all veggies. When they delivered the plates, they were exactly alike and the waitress pointed out that they were the same thing. However, they still charged us the $3 extra!! (November 2002)

• Buns in the Sun at Lanihau Center has the best sourdough sub rolls we've found (they used to be great when John the baker upstairs owned it). They aren't "real" sourdough now, but they work real well for ‘ahi sandwiches. Toast the buns on the Jenn-Air, grill slices of ‘ahi and serve them on the rolls with mayo, lettuce & sprouts for an excellent & tasty sandwich. (808) 326-2774. (December 2004)

• We are often asked where where to find the best lü‘au. The last one we went to at the Kona Village Resort was long ago. They were expensive, but had great food & nice entertainment. They had a whole roast pig when we went (before we stopped eating meat) and it was exceptional! From what we have heard on KonaWeb, it is still highly regarded and thought by many to still be the best lü‘au on the island.

• Edelweiss in Waimea is quite good (except for their rolls & coffee, which are mediocre). We like the roast duck with green peppercorn sauce, steak with hunter sauce & rack of lamb (rare). Their house salad/dressing, soups and vegetables are wonderful, too. It was all non-smoking before the law forced them to, which we appreciated, too. It is about an hour drive from here, so we tend to leave it for special occasions or when you are driving around the island and get to Waimea around 5 pm (they only serve dinner). (November 2002)

• We used to like to stop at The Aloha Cafe in Kainaliu, but it was taken over by the Aloha Angel Cafe. We have tried it once and found it was okay, but nothing special. Kainaliu is always a nice place to look around, though, and Oshima's Store has a wealth of interesting things from pretty dishes to books to some lovely reasonably priced clothing. At the south end of town you will find Island Books, our favorite bookstore. It's a neat place to look around, the owner is very friendly, and the prices are good. He carries both new and used books and really knows his stock, particularly the Hawai‘ian books we always seek. (May 2003)

• A bit further along the road you will find Evie’s Health Food Store which has juices, smoothies & good sandwiches made to order — you get to select the bread, items, dressings, etc. They also have those delicious walnut chocolate streusel cakes!! And lots of groceries, so it is always nice to look around. (May 2002)

• Up at Volcano Village, we have always liked the Lava Rock Cafe for a quick and relatively inexpensive meal, although it can vary a bit. Sometimes the stir-fry has all kinds of wonderfully unusual vegetables and sometimes just the normal ones. They have a nice selection of items, though. (808) 967-8526. (December 2004)

• Also in Volcano, we can recommend the Kilauea Lodge for dinner, which is more upscale and usually always pleases. Breakfast is really good but is for B&B guests only. We've had papaya pancakes, which were delicious! We've always enjoyed their pasta & duck dishes, and I used to love their duckling with ohelo berry sauce -- but that was back when they were still allowed to gather the ohelo berries on park property. That privilege has now been reserved for the nene! (808) 967-7366. (December 2002)

• And you've probably read all the hype about Tex Drive Inn's hot malasadas over in Honoka‘a. Well, we tried them for the first time a few trips back and cannot recommend them. They have gone pretty commercial -- new building, gift shop, etc. Their malasadas were 75¢ each, too big, gummy inside and didn't even taste like malasadas. If you want really good malasadas, go to Chris' Bakery in Kealakekua just south of Kainaliu on Highway 11 (81-6596 Mamalahoa, across from the Antiques Art And shop). Their malasadas are 3 for $1 and really good! Friendly people, too! We go snorkeling at Honaunau (our favorite spot) and stop on the way back to Kailua if they're open and eat 6 of them on the spot! Yumm! (Note: there are still a lot of people who swear by Tex's malasadas, though, so maybe they were just having a very bad day). (November 2002)

• The Antiques Art And shop, by the way, has some nice gelato! We particularly liked the liliko‘i and guava. (November 2002)

• Kona Natural Foods in the center just above the WalMart (near Safeway) has some tasty lunches and lots of interesting food items. They usually have apple bananas if the farmers market is closed. 75-1027 Henry St. #105, Kailua-Kona, (808) 329-2296. (December 2004)

• Charley's Thai Cuisine in the KTA center on Palani in the center breezeway has tasty food and a few nice vegetarian dishes. They also have another one in Waimea, also in the KTA center, which actually has a little better selection. 74-5588 Palania Road, Kailua-Kona, (808) 334-0891. (December 2004)

...and those we can’t recommend:

We've never felt the urge to go to the resorts up in Kohala, so can't give an opinion on those. Nor have we been tempted by Bubba Gumps nor the Waterfront Row. We really prefer the less touristy places. But there are a few that we have tried and really felt were less than appealing ...

• We had heard that Merriman's was a good restaurant and a friend had recently told us they were great with fish, so when we attended a Cazimero concert up in Waimea recently we decided to give Merriman's a try. Unfortunately, they overcooked the fish and it was dry and tasteless -- even after we sent it back!! And the meal cost us over $100 for 3 people! The restaurant was also quite noisy and was not conducive to a particularly pleasant meal. Definitely not a good value. (May 2003)

• Jamison's on Ali‘i has a gorgeous view (at La‘aloa Beach Park, also known as Magic Sands or White Sands). Some of their items are great, some are not. They are also incredibly expensive, so we haven't returned after trying it a couple of times.

• Pancho & Lefty's in Kailua village -- poor food and poor neighbors, can't imagine how they survive.

• Tante's in Lanihau Shopping Center is supposed to be good -- but we walked in and walked right back out because the tobacco smoke was horrendous. I'm allergic to tobacco smoke, so we've never gone back. Now that Hawai‘i County has passed a smoking law (hurrah!!), we might consider giving them another chance the next time we are in Kona. (November 2003)

• Lots of people like Teshima's in Honalo and we found the presentation was beautiful, but portions were miniscule -- we left hungry and ended up at a mediocre pizza place. We haven't tried it in years, 'though, so things are probably different now.

• We tried Huggo's once quite some time ago. Nice view, but the food was only so-so.

• Uncle Billy's brunch is inexpensive with lots of variety; some of it was okay and much was forgettable. From what I have heard around, it is still about the same.

• Sam Choy's in the New Industrial Area. We knew Sam when he was the chef at the Kona Hilton (now the Royal Kona Resort with mediocre food, in our opinion) and he is a great chef and a really nice guy. We were fortunate enough to have Thanksgiving dinner at his house some years back when he still lived on the Big Island and it was superb! Sam is a great chef, but he mainly hangs out on O‘ahu now and we don't think that much of the restaurant in Kona. We went at night and it was very expensive & pretentious; at lunch the food was bland and unimpressive. Lots of people seem to swear by it, 'though. I have heard from a friend that his place on O‘ahu is to die for. We have also heard that he is going to sell the Kona restaurant and concentrate on O‘ahu. (November 1998)

• O's is the former Oodles of Noodles, but it is still owned by chef Ami Ota and the menu seems about the same except more limited. We always considered it overpriced and over-hyped, but some people really liked it. I would guess if you liked it before, you will probably still like it with its new name ... 75-1027 Henry #102, Kailua-Kona, (808) 329-9222. (December 2004)

We're pretty laid back and like to relax and eat on our länai, as you have undoubtedly surmised. We tend to be "home bodies", even on the mainland. But you will find nice places to eat no matter what your style!!

Groceries & local produce:

The kitchen in Hale Pöhaku is stocked with just about everything you might need if you like fixing some meals. And there are several farmer's markets and/or flea markets around the Kona area, which sell both produce, macnuts, cut & potted plants, coffee, handicrafts & trinkets.

• The one we think is the best is the real Farmer's Market in the Old Industrial Area (that's what everyone knows it by) in the parking lot @ Kaiwi & Luhia Streets, just makai (seaward) of Hwy. 19 (highway to airport), north of Palani Road (main road into downtown Kailua). The vendors here really are primarily farmers themselves, and this is where we always hit first.

  You can get a lot of local produce at this Farmer's Market and these are usually the best prices (better than the downtown flea mart and grocery stores)! They have the best selection of apple bananas and we always buy 5 or 6 hands at a time. Also you can find all kinds of wonderful greens for stir fries, fruits, vegetables, rambutin, lychee, lettuces, tomatoes, onions, squash, etc. I like the ho‘i‘o when they have them -- they look like fiddleheads, which they are. They are a native fern and the young fronds can be eaten raw or very briefly steamed, which is what I do with them. They usually also have lau ‘uala, which are sweet potato leaves. They can be briefly steamed, too. And if you are real adventurous, you can sometimes get ‘ulu, or breadfruit. The green ones can be baked for about an hour as a starch, or the ripe brown ones can be made into breadfruit poi. Watch the white sap as it can stain your skin and clothing!

  This market is only on Saturday and Sunday, although there is one vendor who sets up her stand on Wednesdays. But since she is the only one there on Wednesdays, she does tend to overcharge and we have sometimes gotten unsatisfactory goods from her, so we buy on Wednesdays only as a last resort. (December 2004)

• Our second favorite market is the Kona Flea Market, right in the heart of Kailua at the Kona Inn Shopping Village parking lot on Ali‘i Drive (park in the free back lot; the front corner lot charges). It is usually open 6 am - 3 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays (days & hours have changed from time to time, on our last visit I think it was open on Fridays, too), and has a mixture of everything. Plenty of fruits and veggies, but also lots of the tourist stuff (tees, jewelry, candies, macnuts, preserves, etc.). Their produce tends to be a bit overpriced.

• There is also a newer commercial market called Ali‘i Gardens on Ali‘i Drive not far north of the condo (walking distance), but it wasn't that impressive the few times we've wandered through. It is quite convenient to the condo, however.

• If you like bananas at all, be sure to buy some of the "apple bananas"! They are very popular and many vendors have them, usually for about $1-2 a hand (about 10-15 bananas) at the Farmer's Market (if you get them at the Flea Mart near the Kona Inn, expect to pay the same for only 4-5 bananas!!). They are small (from about 3-6") and have a tart apple-like taste and are delicious! I can't abide the regular bananas for weeks after we come back from Kona, because they are tasteless in comparison. We go through a dozen of these a day, at least. They usually have a distinct "nipple" on the non-stem end, but just ask the vendor and they will tell you which they are. If really green, they can take 4-5 days or more to ripen.

• All the vendors have papayas -- both the regular (solo) and the pink-fleshed (sunrise) varieties. We like the flavor of the solo better, and like to add a squeeze of lime!

• If you like Haas avocados, the Sharwil avocados are the best we've found (there are many local varieties). Don't let their looks fool you – they look over-the-hill when they are ripe enough to develop that real Haas-type flavor. It's hard to pick the ripe ones, though -- ask the vendor for help.

• Around November the market has rambutin, which look like red hairy lychees but are even better! They are really quite good so give them a try if you can find them! We like the bright red ones with the yellowish "hairs".

• Also, I have heard that there is a vendor at the Kona Flea Market (downtown) that is selling fresh white pineapple. We have not been lucky enough to taste it fresh, but we love the dried white pineapple. The whites are apparently a big hit on the KonaWeb forums!

• Our favorite coffee is Kona Jack’s 100% Kona dark roast coffee (we order their peaberry from the mainland, but all you can get in Kona is regular dark roast, which is still very good). KTA usually has it the "cheapest" we've found on our trips over; it was running around $24/pound for dark roast beans (there is a coffee grinder and coffee maker in the condo). The flea mart also has quite a few other brands of Kona coffee — watch out for (and avoid) the NON-100% Kona ones! There are a great many brands of 100% Kona coffee, as the coffee is produced on many little farms, usually family owned, some of which produce their own label. Many of them are very good! Paradise Found Hawai‘i Kona coffee is very good (and inexpensive), as is Blue Mountain Kona coffee (not inexpensive). (December 2004)

• Both the markets at the old industrial area and the Kona Flea Market have gorgeous cut flowers (orchids, ginger, anthuriums, etc.). A spray of beautiful purple orchids can be had for usually less than $1-2. The Farmers Market in the Old Industrial Area also has beautiful blooming orchid plants of all colors & sizes for about $6-10 a pot. They will last several weeks with just a sprinkle of water every few days, and we always get one to set out on the länai table. They even have one that smells like vanilla that our friend likes to keep in his room because he likes to wake up to the scent of vanilla in the morning. (December 2004)

Fish markets:

• Our favorite grocery market (for fish and everything else, including coffee), is the local KTA at Keauhou. Except occasionally the ‘ahi is better at the KTA in Kailua (on Palani, across from Lanihau Center), so sometimes we end up going to both to check out the fish before we buy. :)

• Folks on the KonaWeb forum have recommended the little market in Honokohau Harbor, just north of Kailua towards the airport. They say the prices there and in KTA are the same or less than the mainland. The harbor also does wholesale shipping to the mainland. We stopped in on our last trip in May and bought some ‘ahi, but all they had was sushi ‘ahi -- which was a nice piece of fish, but not as flavorful -- and more expensive. (May 2003)

• Another place I have seen recommended (but we have not yet tried) is the Kona Fish Company in the new industrial area near the airport, but mauka (inland) of the highway, phone 326-7708. They also sell wholesale to the big hotels and restaurants and are supposed to have really fresh fish.

• It's a bit of a drive, but Kona Seafood market in Capt. Cook comes highly recommended by Shirley on KonaWeb, who says you won't find fresher fish and that they also carry varieties you might not see anywhere else. It's a dark green building on the mauka (inland) side of the highway, south of the Coffee Shack & just before Middle Ke‘ei Road. It's said that most of the Miloli‘i fishermen sell their fish there.

• Actually, the best ‘ahi we ever bought was from a fisherman on the side of the road who caught it that day and sold it out of an ice chest. We bought a 14-pound (small!) ‘ahi for 99¢ pound and cut it up ourselves. We ate nothing but ‘ahi for the next week, but it was great!

Snorkeling:

• The easiest and most convenient place to go snorkeling, particularly if you are a beginner, is Kahalu‘u Bay, about 3 miles south of our condo on Ali‘i Drive, just past the little blue church and immediately north of the Keauhou Beach Hotel. A reef breaks the waves and it is quite shallow in many areas. The fish here are numerous and very used to people. There are always green sea turtles in the bay, and you will frequently see the smaller ones real close to shore eating limu (seaweed) off the rocks. There is one little sandy strip that goes all the way out and provides easy access, but be careful of the rocks – they can be very slippery! Kahalu‘u has bathrooms, outdoor showers, covered grills & picnic tables, parking, sand and lifeguards. There is even a snorkel rental van for those who want to rent by the hour. Its primary disadvantage is that it is popular, hence not pristine. Unfortunately, swimmers frequently stand on the coral heads since it is so shallow in places, which kills the coral. It is, however, very convenient to the condo and has the greatest variety of friendly fish you will probably ever see! Not just the common ones, either — if you keep a real close look out, you can see flat flounders hiding in the sand, the juvenile versions of wrasses that look like drifting seaweed, 4-5 different kinds of eels (yellow margin, snowflake, etc.) and even fish cleaning stations!

• Another close site is at Pähoehoe Beach Park, which is about 2 miles south on Ali‘i Drive. You can usually park right on Ali‘i in front of the park. This is a pretty park with grass, benches and an outdoor shower. A large pähoehoe lava flow juts out into the ocean to the right, giving a nice underwater edge. The beach is mostly rocky, but there is a sandy area near the reef edge where everyone goes in and out. This is one my favorite places to go snorkeling and is much more interesting than it appears from shore. It is deeper with reef formations of various heights mixed with white sandy bottoms, so lots of different fishes! And whole schools of many kinds, often larger fish. We commonly see sea turtles, moray eels and the occasional octopus here. Take care if the waves are rough, though, because you go out at an angle.

• Just south of Pähoehoe is La‘aloa Beach Park (aka White Sands or Magic Sands or Disappearing Sands Beach). Sometimes all the sand disappears leaving only a rocky shore, but it is usually a nice sandy beach. It is popular with lots of boogie boarders, so it can be crowded -- and watch out for those boards!! But if you like an easy entrance with sand and no rocks to worry about, this is a nice spot. You can also swim the very short distance north to Pähoehoe Beach. It also has restroom facilities, an outdoor shower, and recently expanded parking. (May 2003)

• Much further south (about a 45 minute drive) is Kealakekua Bay & the Captain Cook Monument. The monument is a marine preserve and there is no access except via water, 1 mile each way. Many people just snorkel over and back, but we prefer to kayak (there are several places along the road to Kealakekua where you can rent kayaks, including Kona Boy's). If you go straight to the left rather than turning right to the memorial, you can launch your kayak from an old stone dock (you can't launch from the memorial area and rocky beach); the sea wall is high but manageable. Paddle over to the monument then pull your kayaks up on the rocks and go snorkeling. The bay is deep, but beautiful and the water is pretty warm, except where an occasional spring runs into the ocean. There are many fish in the shallower areas near shore and it is wonderfully peaceful. We have often seen dolphin pods playing here, particularly early in the morning. I love to jump in with my snorkel gear to watch them underwater. Careful though; if you drop your gear you'll never retrieve it -- the water is deep here!

• However, our favorite place for snorkeling is another 4 miles south at Honaunau Bay, near Pu‘uhonua O Honaunau (Place of Refuge), between Captain Cook and Ho‘okena. Pu‘uhonua O Honaunau was a refuge for old kapu breakers in ancient Hawai‘i. It is very peaceful and serene, but beautiful. We always like walking around here. However, you cannot snorkel in the park itself.

  But just before the entrance to Pu‘uhonua O Honaunau is a narrow road to the right to Honaunau Bay. If there isn't any parking along the road, you can usually park in the church parking lot for $2 all day. There is a rocky shore straight ahead where you can enter the water. The best entry is over the rocks that form two steps off the edge that have been worn relatively smooth (hence it's nickname, "Two Step"). The limu (seaweed) covering the rocks gives a soft cushion, but it can be a little slippery at times, so be careful. You can sit there and don your gear, and then just dive in (watch how people go in if you aren't sure - the rocks are sharp if you get washed up into them). You can also just walk in at the boat launch and swim around to the bay. This is a gorgeous area, much of it quite deep with lots of tall rock formations that are exposed when the tide is low. We have always seen sea turtles and lots of different moray eels, and even a reef shark on a recent trip. The fish really like to feed over the tall rock formations about 4-5' below the surface. Lots of scuba divers also frequent this bay. This is probably the most pristine of the close snorkeling spots. It is also just an incredibly beautiful place. Once we so lucky to be here when a pod of dolphins spent hours circling the bay just below the surface! It was thrilling to be so close to them!

Kayaking:

Have you ever gone kayaking? Hawai‘i was made for kayaking! The water is incredibly clean, clear & lovely — you can look down and clearly see the bottom! The sit-on-top (open deck) kayaks used in Hawai‘i for rentals are also very stable. You can jump in and out to snorkel very easily -- and it's a great way to cool off, too! Sometimes I spend more time in the water pulling my boat (a leash attached to the front is handy for that) than actually paddling! You can often see dolphins and sea turtles! There are various places you can rent kayaks, and you can carry them on top of your rental car, even the compacts.

• Probably the easiest place to go out is right by Kailua Pier in front of the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel. There is a well protected sandy beach there which opens into the bay. You can either paddle around the bay or go south along the coast. The paddle north along the coast is also quite pretty, but watch the rocks just beneath the surface in many areas. There is also a boat ramp you can launch from at Keauhou.

• Another good place to paddle is down at Kealakekua and over to the Capt. Cook monument. The snorkeling is very good and we almost always see dolphins in the bay. I like to wear my snorkel gear or have it close at hand so that I can jump in and get an undersea view of them when they come by (but be sure you tie your gear to your boat -- if it falls overboard, you won't be able to recover it because of the depth). It is about a mile over, which may sound like a long distance, but it is an easy paddle. Many people even snorkel over to the monument ... if they are good swimmers. You aren't permitted to launch kayaks from the monument area, but you can go to the left a little ways south to the old stone dock and put in there. Unless it is stormy and the waves are rough, it is not too difficult to put in at the dock.

• You can also drive down to Honaunau, immediately north & adjacent to Pu‘uhonua O Honaunau (Place of Refuge). Not only is this a superb place to snorkel or dive, but the boat ramp provides easy kayak access to the bay (at least in the calm summertime). Watch for boat traffic and snorkelers in the water.

Be warned, however, that kayaking in Hawai‘i can be very addictive!! We rented kayaks in Kealakekua back in 1994 for our first-ever kayaking experience ... and became totally hooked!! My husband and I now own 9 boats between the two of us!!

Odds ‘n’ ends:

• If you like cookies, you should stop at the Punalu‘u Bake Shop in Na‘alehu on the way to the Volcano. I am not a real cookie person (well, except for chocolate chip & biscotti), but my husband and our good friend just love the ginger and the liliko‘i macnut shortbread cookies they make! They also like their Hawai‘ian taro sweetbread that you can buy in the local KTA market and which is also for sale at the bake shop. If you get hooked on the cookies (it's easy), they can be ordered from their http://www.punaluubakeshop.com/ website. (December 2004)

• One of my husband's (and my) favorite little shops to look at every time we are in Kona is Oshima Drug Store in Kainaliu. It's a small little shop with odds and ends, but it has an unusual selection of very large and very small nice tropical clothing. I have purchased several lovely tropical print muumuu's, wraps and oriental style dresses there. My husband likes it because he can usually find more interesting tops for the youngsters he likes to buy shirts and tees for to bring back home. They carry 3XL down to way, way too small for me!

• The other store that I always make a point to visit at least once is Kathryn's of Kona in Kopiko Plaza, across from Hilo Hattie's. They have such a wide variety of really interesting items that I always find far too many things I want!

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