ʻAʻole i lawe ka mea hoʻopuka noiʻi e ʻike i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi honua ma Kapalakiko i kēia kauwela. E kaʻahele ma ke alanui Market a inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e lohe i ʻekolu mau ʻōlelo ma nā poloka ʻelua, pono paha ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā ʻeke ma kāu kōkua hoʻolohe.
A, ʻaʻole lākou he mākaʻikaʻi wale nō. Me ka liʻiliʻi o ke kālā ma ka hoʻololi kālā, ke kāʻili nei nā mea kūʻai kūʻai honua i nā kūʻai mai nā papa, i kekahi manawa ma ka hapalua kumu kūʻai.
"E hele a puni ka Union Square," wahi a Laurie Armstrong, ka hope pelekikena o ke kālepa a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana no ka San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. “E ʻike ʻoe i ka poʻe e ʻōlelo ana i nā ʻōlelo haole e lawe ana i nā ʻeke kūʻai mea hoʻolālā lehulehu. He mea nani kēia.
ʻOiaʻiʻo. Maikaʻi wale.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, mahalo ke kūlanakauhale no ka loaʻa kālā i kēia mau manawa hoʻokele waiwai. A ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe mea e minamina i kā mākou mau hoaaloha mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kā lākou uku bonanza. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi loa ka ikaika o ke kālā a ke ʻoki nei nā ʻAmelika i nā wahi kūʻai o ʻEulopa.
ʻO ia wale nō - ʻo ia, paʻakikī ke ʻike ʻole i kahi ʻeha o ka lili, ʻaʻole anei?
E lawe iā Kimberly Peinado, he luna kūʻai kūʻai e noho kokoke ana i ka Golden Gate Park Panhandle. He hoaaloha kāna a me kāna kāne, he kanaka maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia hoʻi he pilote Pelekane. Ke hele mai ʻo ia e kipa, ʻae ʻo Peinado e hakakā ʻo ia i ka "huhū huakaʻi."
"He kanaka leʻaleʻa ʻo ia a aloha nui mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "no laila e ʻeha iaʻu i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e helu ai i ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai iā ia ke hele mākou i ka ʻaina ahiahi."
Mai paʻakikī loa iā ʻoe iho e Kimberly. Ia hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kevin Westlye, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Golden Gate Restaurant Association, ke ulu nei nā hale ʻaina ma ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi. ʻAʻole lākou kūʻai wale aku i nā meaʻai pipiʻi, akā ʻaʻole ʻae ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i nā kauoha waina.
"Makemake lākou a pau e hoʻāʻo i kekahi o kēlā waina nui Kaleponi," wahi a Westlye. "Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he $150 ka hue ma kahi o $90 wale nō (ma $1.54 no ka euro)."
I ka manawa like, ʻōlelo ʻo Westlye, ʻo ka poʻe kamaʻāina, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā manawa hoʻokele waiwai, "ke emi nei ka nui, inu i nā waina ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi." No laila, e noʻonoʻo i ka poʻe ʻAmelika, e inu ana i ka chardonnay hale, ma ka papaʻaina hoʻokahi, ʻoiai kahi hui hauʻoli o Brits, e hoʻololi i ke kālā ma kahi kokoke i $2 no kēlā me kēia paona sterling, wehe i kahi koho ʻē aʻe ʻo Napa Cabernet Sauvignon.
ʻAʻole he ʻawaʻawa kekahi, e noʻonoʻo ʻoe. I kēia mau pilikia pilikia, pono ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻopiʻi i ka nui o ka poʻe e kūʻai ana i nā mea he nui loa.
"Ua akaka loa," wahi a Westlye, "ua hoʻoikaika ʻia mākou e ke kumukūʻai no nā makahiki i hala iho nei."
Hauʻoli i ka hoʻolana ʻia
ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hauʻoli nā kamaʻāina i ka hoʻoulu ʻia. Ua hauʻoli ʻo Doug Litwin o Noe Valley i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kahi keʻena kaʻawale i kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi mai Farani, a ua lilo lākou i mea hoʻolimalima.
Akā ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia e makaʻala loa i kā lākou kūʻai ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iā Litwin ke pale i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pahu āpau āpau mai Pottery Barn, Macy's a me IKEA i loko o ka ʻōpala.
"Ua kūʻai maoli lākou i nā lako no ia wahi a laila haʻalele," wahi a Litwin. "Manaʻo wau ua manaʻo lākou, he aha ka heck, he kālā ʻakaʻaka."
Akā, ʻo ka manawa i ʻeha loa i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai nā malihini ʻelua e hoʻolimalima i kahi kaʻa a holo i Chicago. ʻO Litwin, e hoʻāʻo ana e kōkua, nīnau iā lākou inā ʻike lākou ua ʻoi aku ke kinoea ma luna o $4 i ke galani.
"Ua ʻoluʻolu wale lākou a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, iā lākou, ʻo ka USA a me kāna mau kumukūʻai kino he mea kūʻai maoli," wahi a Litwin. "ʻO ia ka manawa i hoʻomaka maoli ai ka 'huhū mākaʻikaʻi honua."
E aho e maʻa. Ke piʻi wale nei ka mākaʻikaʻi honua. Wahi a ka California Travel and Tourism Board, kokoke 5.2 miliona mau kānaka mai nā ʻāina ʻē i kipa aku iā Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2007, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻike ʻo Kelemania, Italia a me India i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pākēneka helu pālua i ka makahiki 2007, ʻaʻole ia me United Kingdom, nāna i alakaʻi i nā ʻāina āpau me ka 760,000. I kēia makahiki wale nō, ma waena o Ianuali a me Mei, 82,128 mau huakaʻi mai United Kingdom i pae aku ma Kapalakiko International.
A he aha ka ʻōlelo a nā mea a pau ke hoʻi lākou i ka home? ʻAe, ʻo kā Katherine Grant paha, mai Waterford City, ʻIlelani, i haʻi mai iaʻu e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai.
"He mea kupanaha," wahi āna. “E hele ana mākou iā Tiffany a me nā mea āpau. Ua kūʻai mākou i kelepona ʻo Prada a me D&G (Dolce & Gabbana), ʻaʻole loa mākou e loaʻa ma Ireland.
ʻAe, he aha ke kūʻai aku, ʻaʻole anei?
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noho ma ʻaneʻi.
Nā ʻāpana kālā
"He mau puʻupuʻu kālā kā lākou," wahi a Peinado o kāna hoa pailaka ʻo Pelekania a me kāna poʻe holo mokulele. "Mahalo wale wau i ka nui o kā lākou kālā."
ʻO ia wale nō ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO Bruno Icher, ka wahine ʻo Laure a me kāna kaikamahine ʻo Margot ma Paris. Ua hele mai lākou e hoʻolālā e hana i kahi kūʻai koʻikoʻi a ʻaʻole i hōʻino ʻia.
"Ua kamaʻilio ka poʻe a pau ma ʻEulopa, ka televise, nā nūpepa, a me nā makasina e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa," wahi a Icher.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hana ʻo Margot, he 16 makahiki maʻamau, i kahi papa inoa o kahi āna i makemake ai e hele a me kāna mea i makemake ai e kūʻai ma mua o kona hiki ʻana i ʻaneʻi. Ua makemake ʻo ia e kipa i ka ʻAʻahu ʻAmelika, H&M, a e ʻimi i kahi pāpale madras. ʻAe a hoʻokahi mea hou aʻe.
"He bila dala me ke kiʻi a Britney Spears ma luna," wahi a Margot.
No lākou, ua like paha ia me ke kālā US maoli.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Noe Valley’s Doug Litwin was delighted to rent out a spare apartment to a couple of tourists from France, who turned out to be swell tenants.
- She and her husband have a friend, a wonderful guy, who happens to be a British pilot.
- Akā ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia e makaʻala loa i kā lākou kūʻai ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iā Litwin ke pale i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pahu āpau āpau mai Pottery Barn, Macy's a me IKEA i loko o ka ʻōpala.
