Ala Moana Center, Honolulu Hawaii

According to Wikipedia, the Ala Moana Center is the largest shopping mall in Hawaii, it is the 7th largest shopping mall in the US, and it is the largest open air shopping center in the world.

When it opened in 1959, it was the largest mall in the United States.

So, I wanted to make sure we swung by here as we travelled. 

AND, I saw that there was a post office here.  I had prepared a few postcards to send out.  I figured I would go here and have them mailed with a nice, Honolulu postmark on them.

We went to the post office first thing.  This was a great post office, and the friendly lady I dealt with was very helpful, and hand cancelled all of my cards for me.

We walked around a bit, and visited a few stores here and there.  Our friends who live in Hawaii now told us we had to visit the ABC Store for some souvenirs.  This was a great store, and we found some of the basic knickknacks, and my wife found some nice jewelry items for gifts to take home.

AND, I will say it again, EVERYONE in Hawaii is friendly.  The young lady who checked us out at ABC was extremely pleasant, and we ended up chatting some about payment methods and technology.

We did find the Lego store here.  I have done some resin casting in the past, and Lego blocks are perfect for making boxes when pouring latex molds.  I had another very nice conversation with the two guys working here about using Legos for this purpose.  You could tell these guys love their job, and they enjoy talking to customers about their Lego related projects.

We ended up spending several hours here and found it to be a very pleasant shopping mall!