We have a winner!

Remember the Dillingham plaques that I challenged you to find in the July 3rd entry?

NickInMoiliili knew he had seen those plaques before, it was just a matter of following his hunch to locate them.  Then he send me this on Monday:

Hi Rod,

Never being one to turn down a challenge… so those Dillingham Markers were just too tempting to pass up. Attached are the photos of our quest on Saturday to locate them. My wife and baby had fun and I knew the location (sort of) as I remember reading one of those markers a while back. I am convinced there are only three as the area around Macy’s was never re-tiled when Ala Moana went through one of its many renovations. I find that kind of odd as Sears on the Ewa end was re-tiled. Liberty House was an anchor tenant so that was a good place to start! You may use the photos on the blog if you wish but they are low resolution form my iPhone.

See the plaque at the bottom of the picture?

    
NickInMoiliili and family next to plaques.

As you can see, the plaques are located in front of Macy’s.  The large picture and the one with Nick is located on the mall level, diamond head side of Macy’s.  The picture with Nick’s wife and baby is one floor right below that - the street level, diamond head side.  And finally, the one were I took my picture of the plaque is also on the street level, but the mauka side - where the colognes are.  Go figure. 

Way to go Nick!

btw, Nick passed on the 2 free Blockbuster rentals.  He did it just to follow his hunch and have a fun day out with the family.  Congratulations Nick!

Maybe if I can think up another contest, I can give away those free rentals.  How about it folks, any good contest ideas?

Did I even mention that I love to shop?

Well, I do. Especially when it’s Ala Moana Sidewalk Sale weekend. By no means is it like the sidewalk sales of Old Ala Moana, but a sale nonetheless.

Speaking of Old Ala Moana, here’s a memory:

Here at Midlife Crisis, I’ll be visiting Old Ala Moana every now and then, remembering the good old days and testing your memory. So here’s the first test:

Other than Liberty House and Sears, there were 2 other stores where you could enter from the street level and come out on the mall level and vice versa. One of those stores was Woolworth’s. What was the other one?

Ed and Dons had 2 stores in the mall. Where were they?

What was the name of the leather goods store and where was it located?

Otherwise, have a good weekend. See you at the mall.