Aloha, My Friend,
Well, you see, this whole thing started with me wanting to tell you about our March 3rd Sale. The idea behind this generosity is actually Laine’s way to celebrate Hina Matsuri or Girls’ Day with you.
Hina Matsuri is the annual Girls’ Day Festival celebrated on March 3, (3/3), by Japanese and Okinawan families in Hawai’i. Hina Matsuri evolved from ancient Shinto purification ceremonies. Using origami dolls, girls could rid themselves of impurities by breathing upon the paper dolls, rubbing the dolls against their bodies, then casting away the dolls, and thus their sins, into a river.
Anyway, I thought that for this newsletter I would be a regular polymath and so I Googled “#3” to explore whatever few trite factoids bubbled up and I figured that I could throw them out to you like beads at a Gasparilla parade. Now I know the meaning of the Irish slang, clever dick.
Few bauble indeed. I discovered math enough to twist and tangle a strong man’s mind: Fibonacci Numbers, Heegner Numbers, Mersenne Prime, Lucas Prime, Stern Prime, for cryin’ out loud, Vulgar Fractions, too. Has math no mercy?
So, still with my mind spinning like a samara in the fall breeze, I switched tracks hoping to find something simpler and closer to the soul so I sought a metaphysical expression of the #3 and – bam- The Holy Trinity – swoosh – The Triple Goddess – pow – Thesis+Antithesis=Synthesis – Divine Law, Natural Law, Human Law. Even Mark Twain has his troika, “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”.
Although, I must admit that I am pleased to have found Robert Sternberg’s 3 Components of Love; Passion, Intimacy, Commitment.
And, yet, the 3s are still unexhausted.
3 Strikes
3 Wishes
3 Pigs
3 Witches
3 Blind Mice
3 Musketeers
3rd time is the charm
Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance
Even our TV’s are set up to play the DVD on channel 3.
Did you know, do you care, that there are 3 golf balls on the moon?
I always thought that a Hat Trick was a well dressed gentleman on the wrong side of town.
Curley, Larry & Moe working for the law firm, Dewey, Cheatem & Howe.
Enough already! Don’t even get me started on the number 9.
So, let me just tell you about the damn sale –
Our main location at 1123 Thomasville Rd. in Midtown will also offer a special Girl’s Day Sale on 3/3 – 3/7. All non-consigned jewelry will be 20% off. We do have a wonderful selection of local jewelry artists and although their art is not on sale at this time you can still treat yourself to a lovely Girl’s Day gift for a very reasonable price! This month’s featured artist is Cheryl Sattler. Cheryl will be sharing with us “Moments in Time”. Cheryl sees time a little differently than most. In her delicate, sometimes gravity defining glasswork, she captures the essence of moments in time – their wonder and ephemeral nature. “Life speeds by leaving us with memories of moments.” There will be an artist’s reception for Cheryl at the Midtown location on 1stFriday, 3/5 from 6 to 9 PM.
Our regular BALI HI hours are Monday-Friday 11-6 and Sat. 11-5 PM at 1123 Thomasville Rd between the Whataburger and Waterworks. We are downstairs with plenty of parking on the back side of the Salmon colored bldg. or you can enter from the stairs inside Lucy and Leo’s Cupcakery and Textures. Cheryl’s special exhibit will be on display through March.
The Railroad Square Art Park location in with The Other Side Vintage will have a “Girl’s Day Sale” on all our women’s clothing and purses. Take 20% off from 3/3 through Sun. 3/7 at The Square. Then look for a sale on some newly acquired Fair Trade/ Eco- friendly albesia wood products sometime in March or April. We will let you know.
Guys don’t despair because ‘Boy’s Day” is 5/5 and you know Elaine brought back a ton of Aloha shirts when she was in Hawaii in October.
Oh, by the way, red pen circle the date, April 11th. BALI HI & The Other Side Vintage will be presenting the annual Peace In The Park Festival at Railroad Square. This all day event will celebrate the great work that so many non-profit and civic organizations do every day to make Tallahassee & Leon County such a great place to live. So far we have over 30 community groups registered to participate and 12 bands will perform on 4 stages. Longineu Parsons will perform for the festival and Mayor John Marks will be the guest of honor.
Best Wishes & Peace,
Elaine & Bill Grace
BALI HI Trading Company
aloha@balihi.us
850/ 766-7175