The owners of this skinny empty lot on Alii Drive are proposing at 4 story 34 unit condo development. Adding up to 68 more cars to an already backed up Alii Drive. There’s also 58 homes under construction across the street from this lot. No concurancy planned
Cutting my walk short, high VOG levels. But at least there’s this. Looking N at Lyman’s. Tide pool and 2 paddlers taking a break before coming in to wash boats and load.
Our retirement is down $17k in 10 days. Thats a projected 5 months of expenses for us. We don’t have that many years to recover.
The Waltz have been a part of Hawaiiam music since the late 1800s when Hawaiians educated in Europe came back with an affinity for the Waltz. This one was written by Queen Lili’uokalani sung by the Na Wai Chamber Choir
Likely the most famous is the Kamehameha Waltz by Emma Veary for the school
What I really love about Hawaiian Music is that I can listen to a song written by Queen Liliʻuokalani in the the late 1800s and recored in the 1930s on a 78rpm, and rerecored dozens of times, right up to now, with different interpetations, styles and arrangemnts. You can draw a straight line.
Southwest Airlines is slowly eliminating the reason we have flown them. The free bags was a big one. Hawaiian Air just went back to being our primary airline. Huaka`i get 1 fee bag, good enough for me. Plus AMEX points transfer to Hawaiian
Just heard someone mention an Addressograph machine. We had one of these in our house when my Dad was starting the business associations that he set up. We had trays of these plates
I was fortunate enought see Emma Veary and Nina Keali`iwahamana live in my life. 2 Amazing Hawaiian singers. Both clasically trained and brought that element into Hawaiian music.
I was generally a conservative until about 10 years ago. Became more of a centrist. Continued to move left. Now with the Democratic Party moving right, guess I’m now a progressive
Fun to watch. Almost 100 years ago
Growing up in Kailua this radio station was on all the time in our house. We’d get home from school at it was on, we’d come in from playing and it was on. My mom had a transistor radio and play K-Lei when went to Kailua Beach. Hawaiian music of the era was our soundtrack.
The old Hawaiian Music playlist that I made has Nina Keali`iwahamana, Lena Machado, Vicki i’i Rodregues, Early Gabby Pahinui, Ed Kenney, Kui Lee, Don Ho, The Hilo Hawaiians, Alfred Apaka, Hauanai Kahalewai, Pauline Kekahuna, Andy Cummings & Jack DeMello and his orchestra. Will keep adding.
I had fun making of playlist of old Hawaiian music. The post war period of mid 40s - mid 60s was a Golden era. When I was a small kid in the 60s in Kailua, there was local radio station K-Lei that played this music. They were located in Kailua shopping ctr. We used to look in the window at the DJs
I’m not interested in on all the time AI. If I have a specific thing, I’ll ask ChatGPT. I’m a minimal SIRI user. Set a timer, etc.