<p>Made in HI chocolates, kona coffee, mac nuts (watch it–some are grown elsewhere).</p>
<p>HIMom, when I win the lottery, I’m so buying that koa wood furniture! We always vist one of their stores and drool… Until the big win, we have to settle for some picture frames and jewelry (our latest find - a beautiful fused sand necklace hand-made in Maui). I always check where the HI gifts I’m bringing home were made. H has a bunch of aloha shirts made in Honolulu (the label says so). He wore one tonight - it is his way of hinting that we need to plan our next HI weekend. :)</p>
<p>anyone mention Loci?</p>
<p>Wow, the sand fused necklace sounds intruiging. I did get stickers made in the USA with our organization’s website imprinted on a design made by our department of health. It’s very pretty and has an no smoking logo with a red hibiscus. It’s always very popular when I hand it out at conferences and events.</p>
<p>There ARE things made by local crafts people, tho the materials they use are often from other places (like fabric made overseas). We have TONS of craft fairs. There are a lot of good food items that are made locally. Sometimes they have “made in HI” fairs that sell items only made locally. Our farmers markets are only supposed to sell locally grown and made things.</p>
<p>I believe wild salmon is only found in the Pacific now – meaning the US Northwest and Canada. Perhaps big Japanese fishing vessels still harvest a lot of it though. But I think Wild Salmon is very much an American/Canadian harvest.</p>
<p>Eastland shoes made in Maine</p>
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<p>New Balance also makes socks. I bought some white New Balance athletic socks.</p>
<p>Dressing well without China… Last night I browsed the local Nordstrom trying to figure out if I can assemble a complete US-made outfit out of readily available in the store stuff. I started with shoes: the store had tons of Munro styles on display. Retro-looking Mary Jane with a 1.5 inch heel looked great. Good. I moved on to get some undies and pantyhose: the lingerie section had tons of Hanky Panky boyshorts and cute lacy bras, all made in the USA. The hosiery department was the biggest surprise: very few tights were made in China. I had my choice of hose made in Austria, Turkey, Thailand, Poland (I think), and the US. I chose black tights by Spanx, made in the USA. I had a hard time deciding between a beautiful navy wrap dress or grey ruched number by Komarov, both US-made, but in the end the wrap dress won. Since it was a little chilly to go out without a coat, but not too cold to wear a real coat, I chose a US-made Theory blazer to keep me warm. Trina Turk, a Seattle-born maker, had a few pieces made in the US on display, but I decided that a Theory blazer would be bi-functional and work well both for business meetings and going out. I accessorized with a necklace by Alexis Bittar and a silk scarf (forgot the maker).</p>
<p>Of course, it was all virtual shopping, but I did not cheat by going into the upscale designer section where there were plenty of US and Eropean-made choices. :)</p>
<p>Good job BB…can we send a camera crew and maybe Stacey and Clinton to follow you on your next Made in the USA excursion? Thanks for posting those links above…I put one of their wooden hampers on my Xmas list (yeah, not everyone’s idea of a cool gift but I’d love it for the next 20 years or so!).</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus #79,
I so agree. Looking at a screen is distracting, AND touch screens are sort of cluelessly unresponsive sometimes, and what if you touch the wrong area? Yikes</p>
<p>I think one of the pleasures of driving, biking, etc. is the way the mechanical controls make the machine feel as if it is an extension of your body, that they move like joints and can be integrated into our muscle memory.</p>
<p>I love my new bed made in Ohio by Amish woodworkers, and my solid cherrywood desk made int USA by Jesper (7504). No particleboard and a lovely non-shiny finish… I also love my new wrought iron gate made by a local guy… my mattress is a memory foam one made in the USA by Bed-in-a-box, at least that’s what they used to be called. It was shipped vacuum packed to our house, and when we opened it up, it inflated itself. We love that it did not stink or smell at all, unlike the Chinese memory foam topper we have for a guest bed. it was much less expensive than the temporapedic ones, too. See! I am doing my best to buy only American MADE!</p>
<p>I absolutely love the bed we had made for us two years ago when we decided to upgrade to a king size.
We looked all over and all we could find was black or white lacquer …nothing in actual wood.
We took a ride up to Lancaster County , Pa since they are so well known for their handcrafter furniture.
As it turned out, we stumbled upon a great furniture maker that specializes in Shaker style pieces. When we walked in , I felt like I could furnish my entire home …if only I had a ton of money 
They also customize it for us since they tend to be a little high off of the floor and I didn’t want to have to use a step stool to get into it. Let’s hear it for American craftsmen and entrepreneurs !</p>
<p>[SHAKER</a> FURNITURE…SHAKER FURNITURE MAKERS…SHAKER](<a href=“http://www.shakershoppe.com%5DSHAKER”>http://www.shakershoppe.com)</p>
<p>DH needed work clothes. We went to Bloomies today (40 percent off men’s designer clothes if you use the Bloomies charge) and got him two suits, both by Hugo Boss, both made in USA.</p>
<p>I thought Hugo Boss is a German company. The products are manufactured in various locations, not exclusively made in America.</p>
<p>[Hugo</a> Boss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Boss]Hugo”>Hugo Boss - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Acme Memorial Tomb Stones…in Colma, CA :)</p>
<p>My kitties totally dig Scoop Away clumping cat litter, covered by several US patents and made in the US!</p>
<p>H and I went to Costco and carefully looked at the leabels of every thing we put in our shopping basket. We ended up with mostly US-made food and pet supplies, but also bought nice red wine glasses (made in Italy) and some Greek feta cheese (gotta support the Greek economy).</p>
<p>DrGoogle: Hugo Boss makes their clothes mostly in Europe and the US. I’m OK with that. I have a coat made in Bosnia and a couple (fine, five!) Bashinas made in Poland.</p>
<p>Yes, I was so surprised about the Boss suits but that is what the labels say and that is what the Bloomie’s staff confirmed. He also got some Boss trousers that also were labeled Made in USA.</p>
<p>Performed a search for “made in USA” on Neiman’s website: more than 3,500 items popped up. Spot check confirmed that approximately 95% of the search results were indeed USA-made; the rest were either made elsewhere form US-made materials or had USA in the item’s name and were made in Spain, Italy, etc. but not in China (the code word for all Chinese made goods at Neiman is “imported”, LOL).</p>
<p>I discovered a beautiful line of handbags that are made by a company started by a Columbia U MBA grad. Here bags are made in NYC and are competitively priced compared to Coach’s prices:</p>
<p>[Lauren</a> Merkin](<a href=“http://laurenmerkin.com/index.html]Lauren”>http://laurenmerkin.com/index.html)</p>
<p>OMG, I want this bag:
[Lauren</a> Merkin - Brown Tejus Embossed Suede Juliette](<a href=“http://laurenmerkin.com/ItemDetails.aspx?ItemId=849#]Lauren”>http://laurenmerkin.com/ItemDetails.aspx?ItemId=849#)</p>
<p>Bunsen, That is a gorgeous bag. I want it, too. And quite well priced from the looks of the quality.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link to Laura Merkin- really nice things!
I love this one, also on sale: nhttp://laurenmerkin.com/ItemDetails.aspx?ItemId=808</p>
<p>Why are bags and shoes so addictive? I also love wallets!
I do wear them out, so I do get to replace them every now and then (wink and smile)-</p>
<p>Maybe it is because you do not have to try them on, to have a great figure to show them off.</p>