Int'l Marketplace

FIXING UP OUR OLD FRIEND
Photos by Kathy Boast
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<Aloha Joe takes a walk around the Marketplace!>

Well, there she is...The International Marketplace
a Waikiki tradition for as long as just about anybody can remember.

Kathy Boast dropped by the Marketplace 10/20/07
A bit of construction still.. but better!	Java Flow LOOKING GOOD!!!
Kathy's shots from September 07
The marketplace Still under construction... Watch your step!	The food court is OPEN!!!

Waikiki, March, 2007 We visited the Marketplace EVERYDAY as we were broadcasting from JAVA FLOW. It's a wonderful coffee-house found on the newly-remodeled 2nd floor. Drop by for some coffee and if you have your LAPTOP, you can check your email as JAVA FLOW offers "free wi-fi." The Marketplace is shaping up nicely and should be 100% complete very soon! Aloha Joe (photos by Kathy Boast)

JAVA FLOW @ International Marketplace	Audience for "LIVE" shows	Aloha Joe & Danny Couch
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Kathy Boast returned to Waikiki 9/06 Here are some NEW shots of the Makretplace!!
The Marketplace Is on a clean-up Mission!!	One main pathway!		Another FIXED area!
Francine of Booth #46	Inside Booth #46 NEW LOOK They now specialize in jewelry!!! MENTION ALOHA JOE		Original booth #46
Fixing up for better shopping!!!		I think the Marketplace looks GREAT!!!

6/06 Honolulu, Hawaii

THE MARKETPLACE is being "fixed up!"
Our favorite shopping spot is being spruced up!
That's the word from Honolulu...

UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE

While on location, we visited many of our friends who own shops and they were told that the property would be staying AS-IS!!!!
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Looks like our favorite shopping Mecca
has been spared ....and will be there for a long time to come.

Honolulu has been getting the biggest soaking we've ever seen, but the Marketplace isn't leaking as they just finished doing roofing!

They have a NEW leasing company with signs
everywhere...so, if you want space in the Marketplace, give them a call!!!

These signs are posted everywhere!!

I must have walked through this property at least 1000 times,
maybe more. The Marketplace is the shortcut I use it to get from
Kuhio Ave. to Kalakaua Ave.
AND on every trip, I find a bargain or three.
This is Aloha Joe's personal SHOPPING PARADISE.

Looking around my home & office, I find tons of T-Shirts,
Aloha Shirts, Wind Chimes, Luggage, Slippers, Glass Pineapples,
my Money Clip and carry-on bags. Each trip, I visit our friends at
"Booth 46" Aloha Motion Jewelry and I have to have something!!
My new boarding bag (fits over my shoulders)
AND a luggage straps (Bright Red Hibiscus design) came from #46.....
See, I always find something.

Francine @ Booth 46 - The Roof is fixed!!! (see above)
They are DRY and staying put!
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Booth #46 - Ukuleles!!
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Everywhere you look there's a treasure.
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The really unusual thing is that almost everybody
is selling the EXACT SAME THING!!!

Jewelry & Beads	Jewelry & Beads

How about some $1 bracelets?

Because of the recent rains the Banyan trees are more
beautiful than ever!!!!!!

Remember Don The Beachcombers?	Look up...there's More..	Great bargains!!
The Banyan trees seen from above. As you can see, this is a VERY BIG AREA!

There are still many pearl vendors!

Just down Kalakaua avenue,( (where the movie theatres used to be), there is some construction and we're told there will be over 40 KIOSKS. I asked around and found out that empty stalls are being rented....so, my favorite shopping haunt continues!
Fabric shop is moving	Just look around.. You'll find "stuff"	Duke's Alley is closed for now!

For some, the International Market Place has never been truly INTERNATIONAL or a REAL MARKETPLACE.
But it was for me.
Years ago, Duke's was there featuring none other than the Don Ho Show. The IMP was the location of
Don The Beachcomber's too.
With the Koa wood tables, the fishnets overhead; each sporting a large colorful glass ball. The lighting was subdued and the Mai-Tai's were strong! A favorite drink was a rum punch served in a real pineapple shell (with the top & inside removed). FANTASTIC...

Martin Denny's group played at the Marketplace.
(Those were the days, huh?)

The international aspects are best seen in the "HAGGLE." One booth will be selling brightly-colored
Ukuleles for one price...
and the stall just across the path has them for
a dollar maybe 2 dollars less...
How can you NOT buy a purple ukulele??

Bargains are everywhere!

Aloha Joe's travel barometer.
Here's how I always knew what the current visitor numbers were (are). I would visit the IMP and look at the
T-Shirt vendors.
If they were selling shirts 5 for $20,
there were lots of visitors. If they were selling 8 shirts for $20, tourism was down. I never needed an expensive survey, just check the shirt-sellers.
(3/06) Shirts selling @ 8 & 10 for $20....

Mahalo for visiting the International Market Place....
Lots of bargains still await!!!!!
<Special Mahalo to Kathy Boast...great shots...>
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