Barb Sasaki

I am a handbag designer from Hawaii. My Kona, HI studio is solar powered.

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Go on now, listen to auntie Barb. Quit doom scrolling. That really does no good. Get out there and do some Good!

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

You know what you can do today that is within your control? Go to a bookstore. Browse books. Sniff books (through your mask) It will lower your blood pressure. Then buy a book. That simple act will help you get through this day. It will also help a bookstore stay open.

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Yesterday was a slow day for sales but an awesome day to get to chat with our customers. Mark missed us during shutdown. Dan wants any banjo music that comes in.🎶🎵 Wendy just lost her mom. 😢 James has been reading picture books to his little one.📖👶
We are community. ❤️

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Pre-order Volume One of @BarackObama memoir today! 768 pages to be released in November https://t.co/t2R1imTvFp

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Treat your shelf. A mystery box of atleast 4 books will be delivered to your hale with hand selected books for $50. Give a box as a gift. Yea, be that friend!

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Before and after
We are revamping our kid section to make it more "kid-friendly". True Crime used to be at the end of Independant Reader. That was just Creepy! We have lowered all books by nesrly 2' so that kids can see and reach their books. It's a good start.

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

This is my daughter's bookstore. What a ride these past few months have been.

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Here are some of the super awesome things we have been up to. https://t.co/ua908rgIdy

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

This historical fiction novel by Big Island author, Sara Ackerman @AckermanBooks
was released this week and just arrived at the store yesterday. We only have 3 copies left. Call the store at 808-326-7790 to reserve your cooy

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

I just want to share that although we are separated by an ocean, Hawaii sees you and has been holding peaceful demonstrations to stand in solidarity against racism.

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

June is Pride month. https://t.co/szo6JfybY8

[tedfrank @tedfrank]

Going around my infectious-disease doctor friend’s circles: “The end of stay-at-home orders doesn’t mean COVID isn’t a problem. It means they have room for you at the ICU.”

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

@kasie

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

#Coronavirus

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

@npseaOtter @justin_hart The active Volcanoes on this island have never created a health risk beyond asthma. Have you been here? Our island's land mass could hold all of the other islands' land masses. It is a very rural area.

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

@justin_hart We just had a cluster of 32 from McDonald's. The reason our numbers are low is because we are staying home. The economy will recover. We are not willing to sacrifice our Kapuna so that people can vacation on our beaches which are closed to us. Later we will welcome you.

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

I miss this store!

[Kona Bay Books @BooksKona]

Come with me on a tour of the largest bookstore in the state of Hawaii. https://t.co/HOY0GfCIeb

[Olivia Darling-Finan @LivDarlingFinan]

NEVER let this disappear into the internet

[Barb Sasaki @SasakiBags]

A dear friend of mine who lives in NYC just lost her husband to cancer. John was 59. He has been home on hospice care for a few weeks. It is never easy to lose a spouse or loved one, but rn, in NYC, this is an especially tough time. My heart is so heavy for her.