All major car rental cos are sold out at
Honolulu intl airport this weekend. The few cars that show up are very expensive, even for compact. The bottom feeders have cars with rules attached. This started about a week ago. We scored a deal with Enterprise at Aiea location. Quick uber away.
Nothing stops us from being American…except ICE
[Hawaii’s Oligarchy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_(Hawaii)- The Big Five (Hawaiian: Nā Hui Nui ʻElima) was the name given to a group of what started as sugarcane processing corporations that wielded considerable political power in the Territory of Hawaii during the early 20th century, and leaned heavily toward the Hawaii Republican Party.
Heading to O’ahu Friday for weekend get to (not away). See friends and family, some merriment and go back to some of the places that I grew up. When we get older, we never know when the “last time” will be
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.