In Hawai’i we live so close to each other that I hear my neighbors blowing their nose while I watch a movie in my house. Yet, someone can take a forklift and steal a 2000 pound piece of equipment with no one seeing them? Bullshit! This is the way Hawai’i works. A three year delay…
Category: Travel
A renter hangs out in a closet – The Honolulu Advertiser
A craigslist ad for the rental of a walk-in closet here in lovely Kailua is causing consternation (as below). Creativity in small spaces is par for the course in desirable locations – this closet would probably be a palace by Manhattan or Aspen standards. In Aspen, I lived in the breakfast nook of a one-BR…
Rocket Foam May Save Surfboard Industry – Yahoo! News
Damn, if only I had worked harder to develop my Oahu Garbage core made from all the trash tourists leave here…. cd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A material developed to protect electronics in nuclear weapons could resolve a shortage after the major supplier of surfboard foam suddenly closed its doors late last year, officials said…
Bar Hopping Robbery
Imagine what the guy THOUGHT might happen!!!! cd 2 female bar-hoppers held in armed robbery Police arrested two women, 21 and 23, who allegedly robbed at gunpoint a 26-year-old man they met at a bar. Police said the women met the man at one bar, and when it closed, he agreed to accompany them to…
Maui May Be Running Out of Sand
Of course, the ideal solution would be to use Oahu’s garbage and recycling as the mix in concrete to support the building industry. Leave the sand for the beaches and dunes, use shredded glass and trash to mix up concrete… cd WAILUKU, Hawaii – Maui may be running out of sand, threatening not only its…
City Council Committee Votes for Curbside Recycling
The frustrating part about this, is that even though it shows what the people want, it won’t necessarily change anything. Mufi gets to keep making deals with highest bidders. Another example of why democracy and bureaucratic systems lead to impotence and destruction. Personally, I think we need a benevolent dictator. The two problems are that…
Important Curbside Recycling Meeting on Oahu Feb 13th
You’ve heard me bitch about the recycling here…or lack of it…if you are on Oahu and can make it to this meeting, be there! cd There will be a VITALLY important meeting Monday Feb. 13, at 9:30 a.m. at Honolulu Hale (City Hall) on curbside recycling. If you and anyone you know can come down…
Kailua Second Sunday Gallery Walk 2/12
Was reminded by the radio this morning that this Sunday is the Kailua Second Sunday Gallery Walk, here in lovely Kailua on the island of Oahu. The manager of the Balcony Gallery at 442A Uluniu created the gallery walk about 6 months ago now. The Lodestar Collective, next door to the Balcony, plans an “anti-Valentine’s”…
Honolulu Screeners aren't efficient but VERY friendly
I wrote not too long ago about smuggling the dreaded cigarette lighter…can’t say that I’ve been groped by a screener, but I can always hope for that next time….here are the bare bones…. One passenger complained that a 12-inch meat cleaver packed in a piece of carry-on luggage was undetected at a Honolulu checkpoint. Another…
Honolulu Zoo's Orangutan Couple on Honeymoon
I’d be happy too if they put me in three million dollar house and never made me work…. It’s about time…. cd The Honolulu Zoo will officially open the new exhibit featuring two orangutans. Rusti and Violet are now best of friends after being introduced just a few weeks ago. The two orangutans are enjoying…