Post #6865 by woofmutt on Tue, Aug 27, 2002 7:43 AM

As I posted here before ("Shopping Seattle") Hawai'i General Store is a really neat place to visit if you're visiting Seattle (and it's just down the road a mile or 3 from Archie McPhee's). The Tiki selection at Hawai'i General store continues to grow, and last week when I was in there I complimented the manager/owner (?) on that. "Well," she said hesitantly as she was unpacking some plastic palm tree swizzles, "We don't really want our main focus to be Tiki." I didn't tell her that wasn't my point, but instead pointed out that the the Tiki items sell and they probably bring people into the store. She seemed indifferent. I thought her attitude was a little odd. Hawai'i general store has a lot of quality Hawaiian crafts and artwork, but there's plenty of non-Tiki Hawaiian schlock as well, such as plastic palm tree swizzles. Tiki is obvioulsy not their main focus but it blends so well with their other items I can't figure out why they'd be worried about how much Tiki merchandise they sell.