Visiting the Apple Store Waikiki

Took a quick visit to the latest Apple Store in Hawaii located in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. It is big and surprisingly empty. Not overrun with kids like the Ala Moana store and no local celebrities like the Kahala location. I wonder how the tourist traffic is faring?

The exterior lava rock facade looks awesome. There’s a metallic sheen to it, but each panel isn’t perfectly patterned like every other panel giving the store a strong but organic feel. Here’s a closeup of the lava rock material.

Hey, cool, educators can schedule a class field trip to this Apple Store where students can create projects using iLife or display their work in the store.

On the way to the Apple Store, I stopped by Island Vintage Coffee for a pick-me-up.

They have a good location at the junction point of the escalators of the renovated Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. Reminder to self, stop getting dark chocolate-based coffee drinks. The dark chocolate is bittersweet making the drink, well, bittersweet.

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