New Retail Center Coming to Iwilei… but at What Cost to Health?

Here are some snippets from this article I just read: ……..Once developed, the four-acre land parcel will likely house an expansive retail center located approximately 15 minutes from Pearl Harbor and adjacent to a lively retail district…. ….“Additionally, due to the site’s environmental issues, the borrower was able to purchase the property outright, rather than [...]

A Two Newspaper Hawaii Island Moment

Ian Lind often talks about a “Two Newspaper Moment”. We had one today on the Big Island. In the Hawaii Tribune Herald the headline reads: Poll: Kenoi leads mayor’s race In the West Hawaii Today headline it reads: Poll: Most Undecided While both polls say that Kenoi is in the lead the headlines are fairly [...]

Who is the Better Athlete in this Picture?

I found this interesting Wall Street Journal article about Duke Kahanamoku and Babe Ruth. In it states: …Mr. Marren estimates the photo would go for between $500 and $1,000 if it were put on the market today. The autographed program he puts at between $3,000 and $5,000. Babe Ruth is “the most popular athlete of [...]

Hut 1… Hut 2… Hut 3… Colt Brennan Begins His Pro Career Today

*Update -  The police report from todays 11/19/10 car crash can be found here: Colt Brennan and Girlfriend Shakti Stream Get in Head-On Collision in North Kona. Well Colt Brennan begins his NFL career today in the “2008 Hall of Fame” game. I guess we will soon find out if he really can play with [...]

A Picture from the Past

My Grandfather was sent to Yap during the Sixties to help with some Medical stuff. He also came to Hawaii to be the physician for the Hawaiian Agricultural Company back in the Sixties. A few years ago House Rep. Glen Wakai was going to send me to Yap to give many of the pictures I [...]

Living in Harmony with the Land

In 2001, my girlfriend at the time (now wife) wrote a paper for an English class that she was taking at the time. I’d like to reprint it here, as it has more meaning now to me, then it did 7 years ago: Living in Harmony with the Land The beauty of living off the [...]

Tourists 0 ….. Pornography 1

You know tourism is dropping in Hawaii when the head of Hawaii’s Tourism Authority gets busted for sending out porn on his work time. The buggah had one killah job only to possibly lose it because he was nuts…. Or at least has nuts. ;)

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