I’ve been doing some gardening lately and I’ve noticed this stuff trying to strangle out my Citronella. I thought gardening in Hawaii would be fairly easy, but there are some mystery pests that come out at night and knock the flower heads off my hibiscus, munch my tender cilantro, stomp my sunflowers, and otherwise destroy…
Category: The Life Aloha
Anything to do with living in Hawaii
Terror on flight to Honolulu
Here is one of the more bizarre local stories I’ve come across lately. The story reads like some sort of funny urban fable and I kept waiting for the bizarre punchline at the end. I would love to know more about what happened on this flight…it would make an excellent TV movie…. cd Passengers on…
NY Times account of Catching The Dog
Here in Hawaii, huge crowds demanded that The Dog be let out of jail. When he was finally released, he started to speak to the crowd and was violently hushed by Beth who began cussing at his attorney for letting him speak.We’ll keep you posted… cd Duane Chapman of Dog the Bounty Hunter Finds Himself…
Dog The Bounty Hunter Arrested!!!!
I ran into Dog just the other day on the beach down from me and Mink’s pad. He and Beth were enjoying a day in the sand. (Yeah, that’s right, Dog and Beth come to OUR neighborhood to enjoy Hawaii….!) I hope the cops that cuffed him up are as helpful as he is with…
Oahu's last tiki bar up for sale for $3 million – The Honolulu Advertiser
Sadness. We’ve been wondering what would happen when the 92-year-old owner of the coolest bar in Hawaii passed on. Hopefully someone will buy and preserve the whole wonderful mess the way it is. Owner Annette Nahinu sure has had an interesting life…. Annette L. Nahinu turns 92 on Sept. 22 and has no hesitation in…
Women Rob Waimanalo Ice Cream Parlor and Candy Shop at Gunpoint
It’s hard to be a big woman… cd Honolulu police are looking for two women who robbed an ice cream parlor in Waimanalo at gunpoint. The only employee working at Dave’s Ice Cream at the time of the robbery told police that the women came into the store at about 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday and…
Oahu Sushi
We’ve eaten at a lot of the best sushi places on Oahu. Sometimes it is really hard to compare them as they are all very different sorts of places. I can’t say that I’ve had BAD sushi on Oahu, although the places below are all GOOD sushi, so if they aren’t listed….you are taking your…
Earthquake at the dollar store….
Mink Hippie and I were in the dollar store about an hour ago and it felt like a truck suddenly hit the building. I love this story that just showed up on honoluluadvertiser.com Mainly because it goes into some detail about how one of our neighbors was in the bathroom…I’m afraid that wasn’t the quake…
Wake Island threatened by Ioke
A lot of people don’t realize that Wake Island is a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The northwest Hawaiian islands stretch all the way to Wake. Islands include Lehua, Necker, French Frigate Shoals, Nihoa, and others. Nearly all are uninhabited. cd A Category 4 storm is heading toward Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean….
Dangerous Hawaii…meat cleavers and bullets
A woman who police said was threatening passers-by Thursday with two meat cleavers in Waipahu is facing charges of making terroristic threats. Officials said police were called to the parking garage of an apartment building on Kahua-moku Street at about 1:30 p.m. Officers said they found the woman, described only as being in her…