It’s Green Monday!
Hey wait… what is Green Monday? When has that become a thing?!
Green Monday is supposedly the biggest shopping day in December. Did not know that…
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Holiday Gift Guide 2018 HOPA Shirt
Uncle Clay’s House of Pure Aloha (HOPA) is well known in the islands for serving up some ono shave ice and just as much aloha. So much so that you may want to join the #HOPAlove movement by representing with your own HOPA shirt.
Luckily Ross shares your love, and you might be lucky enough to find a HOPA shirt on their racks. Now the shirt may not have a security tag nor a price tag… hey wait a minute, Santa sees you HOPA fan who likely “traded” shirts. Talk about dressing for less…
Update: Recently read about recent thefts from HOPA. 🙁
Holiday Gift Guide 2018 Taco Bell Cornhole
Now this is for all those spicy Cornholios out there! Check this out. Taco Bell has an amazing online store. Unfortunately, several items are already sold out, but this Taco Bell themed cornhole set is still available for $185.
Brown Wednesday Is the New Black Friday?
So many Black Friday sales and specials are going live on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. Is this the new Black Friday?
Holiday Gift Guide KAWS x Sesame Street x UNIQLO
Here’s another collaboration with Sesame Street, and this time it’s with KAWS and UNIQLO. The UNIQLO shirts already released (and pretty much sold out), but there’s a winter line approaching featuring colder weather clothing. But along with the clothing are these plush toys featuring KAWS “X” signature design.
At $40 each, these release on Black Friday, and while a little creepy, they’re bound to sell quickly.
Call Me Mr. Roboto
Secret, secret, I’ve got a secret. I couldn’t get the Union Jordans today since the site thought I was a bot.
All I can say is “I’m not a robot without emotions, I’m not what you see.” I think I did manage to get every since error code on the site though.
Holiday Gift Guide 2018 Air Jordan 1 Rookie of the Year NOT
Okay, this is NOT how you start the Holidays. When you get a reservation for an item, you, well, assume the item is available to you unless specifically declined. So when I received this notification from Nike, I was very well pleased.
A total surprise for sure since I’m not in Nike’s top tier of purchasers spending big bucks week after week. Still as a loyal, longtime fan of Nike and Jordan brand, it was satisfying to see this dedication rewarded. So I proceeded to make my purchase and saw this.
Key in the bottom of the screen that says “Out of Stock.” Out of stock? For an item reserved for me? What’s that about? Did everyone with a reservation buy before me and snatched up all the reserved pairs? That still didn’t make since since I had until 3pm (HST) to make my purchase.
After an online chat with Nike customer service, it seems the release of the AJ1 Rookie of the Year was premature or mistakenly sent to too many customers. So if you want to gift this interesting AJ1 colorway (themed after MJ’s outfit during the ROTY announcement), you have to try for them when they generally release.
Now of course, Nike can easily make up for this grinch-like faux paux by really reserving me a pair. 😉 Wink, wink Nike.
Tupac and the Black Panther?
Kind of an interesting combo, but there is a Tupac and the Black Panther collab available now at Foot Locker.
Wakanda forever or California love?
The Only Way to Ride a Moped
If you’re driving(?)/riding a moped during busy traffic hours, the only way it’s done right is wearing a pair of Yeezy 500 Super Moon Yellow.
Escalators Are Not Exercise Machines
Please keep that in mind the next time you’re riding an escalator and repeat to yourself, “Escalators are not exercise machines.” If you forget, this sign will help you remember.
Now I would have expected something like this at Ala Moana where it seems mandatory that at least one set of escalators is broken. But alas, I guess some Windward guests were overly zealous with their exercise routines in the mall and caused this outage.
So remember that escalators are not exercise machines.
Amazon Echo Wall Clock, I Want One
So Amazon announced a bevy of upcoming products featuring Alexa. While many of these make a compelling case for any household, I won’t lie by saying that I really want the Echo Wall Clock. Yup, it is what it sounds like. It’s an old school analog wall clock with the big hand and little hand to tell time. But is it really an analog device or just a digitial display made to look analog?
I know there’s a ring of LED lights around the clock face that indicates timers set by Alexa and that alone makes this $30 device useful. We’ve been looking for a wall clock for some time and haven’t found anything that we liked – too expensive, too small, too big, too gaudy, too plain.
The Amazon Echo Wall Clock is utilitarian in appearance, but it’s not ugly. And if it really just runs on batteries would make this a guarantee purchase. Unfortunately, it’s not available to buy or pre-order just yet.
eBay Peeve: Real?
Okay, not an eBay tip but a pet peeve. Just how are you supposed to answer questions asking if your items for sale are real or authentic? Um, yes… What kind of question is that? If fake, would I admit to that? And how am I supposed to determine the authenticity either? Yeah, I’ve been around the kicks game for awhile but I’ve never seen every shoe model.
So is this Under Armour Curry 1 “Candy Reign” All Star edition legit?
