Festivities began at 8:00am with eggs, rice, portugese sausace, coffee and juice. Also recording live was the Hawai`i Radio Connection. They interviewed owner Gail Stringer on the origins of her sweet little shop, and how it all came to be. The short of it is that one day Gail wanted to buy a friend a lei to cheer her up. She looked and looked, and realized a fresh lei in Seattle was none to be had. So soon after the store opened, and realizing she needed to sell more than leis it became what it is today: gallery, music emporium, travel agency, party pitstop, crackseed corner and of course THE PLACE for leis in Seattle.
In these tough economic times, it feels all the more victorious to celebrate a small business reach the decade mark. And what a special business it is.
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