Love history. Just learned, the Waialae Country club was originally the Isenberg Ranch. The original home became the clubhouse. Farmer’s Road was pig farms. There is so much more to the story.

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The Hualalai from 1941 and the song about it.

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The Brewer’s pitching bossed the Dodgers


Fascinating article. In 1982, my first wife and I moved to California. I had opened the TGI Fridays on Ward Ave in 1980, they offered me a job in Marina Del Rey. Big opportunity for a local boy.

A Look Back at 1982, a Pivotal Year in the Transition to Today’s Hawai‘i - Hawaii Business Magazine


One of my “go tos”


This is earliest recording of Hawaiian Steel guitar that can be located, 1913. There were purported to be earlier recordings on wax cylinders. The issues is the early cylinders were filled with plaster of Paris that didn’t hold up in Humidity

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When they build the puka in the Pali. Hilo Hattie with Andy Cummings


I’ve been in Food and Beverage management for most of the past 50 years. Always believed you’re either built for it or not. You can’t learn it in school. Even if you’ve run another type of business successfully, restaurants are different. Seen so many people fail, cuz they are the wrong type.


I inherited some Costco stuffed peppers my grandson didn’t want and turned it into a sloppy Joe. An old school lunch favorite


Since the new iPadOS is optimized for keyboard, I don’t really want to buy and apple keyboard, so this rig works.


As long as Phil Liggett calls Tour De France races, I’ll watch.


Cheap cable


Random old photo. Mahalahoa road in Kohala. Looking south down the Kohala and Kona Coast. 1943.


The owner of this restaurant in Auckland was a guest at the hotel. We talked for quite a while. Similar backgrounds and so much in common. It was fun

Gallery | New York Grill, Newmarket, Auckland.


Did bloodwork today. Results are zero flags. Like a perfect report card.


Peter Moon started his own record label, Kanikapila Records. They released 19 albums & 1 EP between 1984-93. There were some released on higher quality. None of them are on streaming services. I have all but 3 in my collection. Very hard to find.



Woot, 2 issues that I reported were addressed in the latest IOS build. I realize there had to be a lot more reports, but hey.


I can comfortably say Iʻll never go to any of the red states. Thereʻs a chance I may go over some, or through them in a train.


I went to culinary school in the 70s and climbed the ladder quickly before moving to the FOH. Something gratifying happened at Outrigger in the kitchen before my injury. I would often see young cooks watching me. When I asked why, they said they just loved to watch me work. Old school style