Tales from a Pawn Shop

And now, a good word for fakes

But not from us. We hate fakes. No, it's Jack Ma, head of notorious fraud site Alibaba (the Amazon of…

9 years ago

Reality spreading

Heck, no, we don't mean the US political campaign is beginning to be full of truth and good nature. But…

10 years ago

Pawning for a revolution

From Russia Today, a somewhat hard to follow but very detailed look back a hundred years to the days when…

10 years ago

Purveying art

Besides the tools, surfboards, guitars and fishing poles that we usually comment on, Kamaaina Loan is -- quietly -- the…

10 years ago

You can find anything in a pawn shop

We say that all the time, and we mean it. For example, news reports say that a San Francisco pawn…

10 years ago

Imaginary pawn shop

This is a new one on us -- an imaginary pawn shop where you can look through the windows but…

10 years ago

Advice to the clueless: How to buy your gal a handbag

We were so clueless we did not even realize that the handbag is "most beloved of all in a lady's…

10 years ago

Why we love pawnbrokers

From the news: In Chula Vista, California, thieves tried twice to sell a stolen flute at The Pawnshop Inc. Both…

10 years ago

Pawnshops in the service of literature

So far as we know, no desperately poor but brilliant novelists are customers at our Maui pawn shop. But you…

10 years ago

Country music goes to the ‘Pawn Shop’

We can hardly wait to hear the lyrics of "Pawn Shop," a new song by the moderately well-known duo Brothers…

10 years ago