Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Eric and friends moved a bunch more stuff today...really getting that Alika house cleared out! Our new gallery is in disarray, as to be expected with any move...but it is starting to come together. We wanted to let everyone some of the changes in contact information...we tried and tried to keep our same numbers with Hawaiian Telcom, but they just could not do it for us, so...we will have new phone and fax beginning Thursday, March 19. However, the Alika Avenue business phones (595-8434 and 595-8435 and the fax 595-8224) will all be disconnected tomorrow, Wednesday, March 18. So tomorrow, you can reach us by email or cell.

Our new gallery number beginning Thursday will be 808-545-4810 and our fax will be 808-545-4860. We will be updating this info on our website soon. Please spread the word! Our new gallery address is 1161 Nuuanu Avenue Honolulu HI 96817.

The best parking for the gallery is the Chinatown Municipal Parking lot on Beretania. It is an underground lot right after Nuuanu Avenue (go thru the light) - you'll see the sign on the left. There is usually tons of parking and it is about $1 to $2 an hour. There is sometimes parking in the open parking lot on Beretania as well as in the Mark's Garage Building, but we don't know yet how much that parking is...we'll keep investigating. Sometimes you might luck out and get street parking, but that is only 1 hour parking and a quarter only gets ya 10 minutes!

So come down and visit us! We are technically closed as we get things ready this month, but we will be around M-F 10:30 to 4ish and then once we open in April, our hours will be Tuesday-Saturday 11am to 5pm. We are loving our new adventure and have been enjoying meeting all the Chinatown characters! It is so fun to get walk-by traffic and visits from our neighborhood friends. It is a whole new experience for us! We're adjusting to the feeling of being in a big fishbowl! No more hiding in the back office of a house anymore...we are FULLY exposed!!!

So, we have just over one more week to really get the gallery looking good before Karen leaves for Vegas next week Saturday! It has been challenging trying to handle the move, the set up, the transition, the Grand Opening prep, the daily business, etc. all at the same time...it is hard to know where to put your energy when there are so many things to do!

One more thing - don't forget to get your tickets for Thursday night's Tuesdays with Morrie! After the show, I will be moderating a panel discussion with Peg's Legs Hanna Levitz and Pat Lokatos, and Vi Jones Medusky. Hope to see you there!

Speaking of Pat L - yesterday was her birthday! Happy Birthday, Pat!!! XOXO!

OK, I'm off to get the kids.. it is starting to get crazy down here. There are tons of people in green heading down to Murphy's and O'Toole's! On a mission to get some green beer, I'm sure. I think I'll pass this year - I don't think green beer and antibiotics are a very good combo. Happy St. Patty's, Everyone!!!

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