Say what? That Anthem store in Pearlridge Phase 1 Uptown is actually a Shoe Palace in disguise?
The employees wear the SP uniform and all plastic bags have the SP branding. But… this location gets the hype releases like the recent Yeezy Clays although only one full size run. And sadly, this shoe guy was one person too late to buy the last Clay. 🙁
Walked into the store and say that Yeezy 350 box and asked if had any more. That was the last one being bought.
Whoa. Sometime in March, the Starbucks inside Pearlridge in Phase 1 aka Uptown went from an outie to an innie.
The location used to be flush with the walls which lended to poor visibility of the exterior shelves. This innie layout is way better and more inviting. It feels like you’re actually entering Starbucks rather than queueing up outside. Very nice!
With a flit and a flutter (and an Instagramed tweet), I was entered in Pearlridge’s Flutter Flyaway contest.
Late this afternoon, I saw several tweets announcing that I had been randomly picked as the week 1 winner. How great is that?!
This week's winner of our Flutter & Flyaway contest is @Geewhy! He gets a trip for 2 on Mokulele air. You can… http://t.co/sNizfBgsFx
— Pearlridge Center (@Pearlridge) July 6, 2013
You know how it goes. If you don’t enter then you can’t win a contest, but even after entering, you typically don’t win. But once in awhile you get lucky, real lucky, as in a free trip via Mokulele Airlines along with gift certificates for several Pearlridge stores. So I repeat, how great is that?!
The live butterfly exhibit is fun for the family. You learn about the lifecycle of a butterfly, see them in their different stages, watch them eat, and sometimes, they’ll pay you a personal visit. You don’t experience this everyday in a shopping mall. I highly suggest a visit, and of course, participating in the Flutter Flyaway contest. 😉
There’s still time to turn your #PRflutter experience into something extra special. Read here for contest details and watch this video.
Be sure to follow Pearlridge on Twitter and Facebook, and thanks again!
I’ve never watched a robotics competition for any duration before, but Pearlridge Center gave me the opportunity this past weekend. On Sunday, February 17, 2013, Pearlridge hosted a VEX Robotics Competition as part of Engineers Week in Hawaii.
Middle and elementary schools from around the island showcased their custom designed and built robots in a competition of skills and strategy. The rules of the competition is complex with scoring, high goal scoring, de-scoring, autonomous mode bonus, parking bonus, alliances, and more. Regardless, watching the robots and the kids actively engaged was fun. I gotta say, using robots to block other robots was an exciting twist, and the defensive strategy was very effective, allowing the underdogs to take down higher ranked opponents.
Here’s a small taste of one round of the competition.
And here are a few pictures.
Congratulations to all teams and their schools for a great show!
You ever been to a shopping mall before all the shops open? I inadvertently had this opportunity before the DKBK tweetup and the screening of Batman The Dark Knight Rises. The tweetup began at 8am at Pearlridge, and yes, the mall was pretty much desserted. Here are some pics from Pearlridge Downtown aka Phase 2.
Thanks again to Pearlridge, Burger King, Consolidated Theaters for sponsoring the tweetup and thanks to @Melissa808 and @ParkRat for hosting.*
Let me rewind a bit. After a routine eye exam, my doctor said my prescription has been changing over the years and recommended getting new eyeglasses. Only having had like two, maybe three, pairs of glasses before, I really don’t know where to go so I figured I go to LensCrafters since they’re around most malls.
I went to Downtown Pearlridge to the Lenscrafters next to Longs. Instead I find a vacant spot with a sign saying they’ve relocated to a new location in Uptown Pearlridge (no specifics on location where though). So after getting lunch and a drink from Seattle’s Best, I go to Uptown. I headed towards the Borders side of Uptown figuring there’s lots of space for new stores, but the store wasn’t there. I finally found it next to Macys where McDonalds used to be. It’s a nice place that just opened that day.
As I’m walking around looking at the wall of eyeglass frames, one of the workers comes up to me. But instead of greeting me, she (politely) asks me to leave the store since I have a drink, my coffee from Seattle’s Best. I was surprised since this has rarely happened especially in this age of supersized drinks, juice stores, and coffee bars being the trend. And oh yeah, there’s no sign or anything at the entrance saying the usual “No pets or food allowed.”
I told the employee that I was surprised about this, and she said they wanted to keep the store clean since they just opened. Understandable, but then again this is Pearlridge Mall which is a shopping center which relies on foot traffic, and there are eating places in the mall, and it is flanked by Starbucks in Borders, in the center, and near Circuit City, and it is only a matter of time before the store gets tainted. Oh well… I oblige and walk outside to finish my drink.
Then a few minutes later, a little girl with her dad goes into Lenscrafters, and the girl is drinking a juice smoothie from Robeks(?). So I watch her while standing right in the entry way of the store. I see the same employee who asked me to leave look at the girl, but she does nothing! She doesn’t go to the father and ask them to leave the store. What’s up with that? Okay, I do respect being asked to leave the store due to my drink but not following this so-called policy in a consistent fashion is not right. If you ask me to leave because of a drink, ask EVERYONE with a drink to please leave the store.
So Lenscrafters in Uptown Pearlridge, you lost a customer on your opening day. Instead of trusting and welcoming your customers, you treated them to inconsistent policy and worried more about the aesthetics of your store. Unfortunately, since I don’t know much about eyeglasses, I’ll probably have to go back to a Lenscrafters, but it’ll be another location.
Inspired by the ranting of the Angry Asian Girl.
