Lookin' Good Haleiwa PO...

the other morning I had to go to the bank and the post office.

At the post office, I came across painters taping windows and prepping for an update.

so I had to take a quick photo.

over the weekend we saw that they had it almost all done and it's

GREEN!

I love it!

it's MY green!

I asked the painters this morning if they'd replaced the windows and 

they told me no, just re-painted them.

since there's so much going on at the other end of Kam Hiway,

it's nice to see this bright update at the Waialua end.

something other than drab brown/tan

Only In Hawaii...

yup, a Spam burger.

Only problem this one has a hamburger patty too.

Saw this at Jack-In-The Box...

so figure it won't be long before it shows up at Mc Donald's

here.

We do love our Spam here in Hawai'i

Overnight Fence...

hubby told me that on his way home from work today he noticed something

new at Laniakea Beach...a white picket fence.

so we took a little "cool off" drive up there to see it...

it's blocking the only really safe way to get down to the beach there.

Haleiwa side has plenty sharp rocks that you  have to climb down.

It looks "homemade"  the "no parking" signs don't have any codes listed on them

and there's even a sort of hand lettered sign that says something about beach access.

I guess after reading a little about it that no one actually knows who put the fence

up and it appeared "overnight".

I can understand peoples frustration, especially if you lived right there.

Even with the barriers, which seem to help somewhat, tour buses still 

park there, so that means that tourist think it's ok to pull up and park on this 

narrow strip of land. We've seen HPD sitting there giving out tickets when

cars stop and even saw a car towed one day.

It took us  1 1/2 hours the other day to get to Laie again.

I also know that it is against the law to block access to the beach here

in Hawaii...so this does seem strange.

The article I read said that they were trying to find out who actually

owned the land right there.

Wonder how long it will stay up?

It Was Hurley...

During the boarding of my flight home, I looked up just in time to see

this guy...

I posted it on IG with a quite catchy hashtag...

"he was LOST, but he found Hawaii 5-0"

It was Jorge Garcia or "Hurley" from LOST.

We'd actually met him once at Hardware Hawaii in Kailua.

He went to SCHS with Geoff and remembered him.

I'm sure there are other famous people who are also on my flights, 

but this really was exciting because I loved that show so much and

watched it all the years it was on.  

I'm glad he's back in Hawaii because I know how much he loved it.

Cherr-i-o Miss Roxy...

Roxy, a tech specialist at school is going to study in England (I can't stand it!)

for a year.

At last weeks meeting, there was a "surprise" (she knew) going away party for her.

the party combined foods that she'll miss; poi donuts, chow fun, somen salad, etc

and our take on foods that she'll have in England...

fancy desserts

tea sandwiches, aged cheddar, water biscuits

marmite, salt & vinegar crisps

and our take on "fish & chips".

 We love Roxy & will miss her, especially when there's a computer problem

and her first question to us is "did you turn it on?"

Only In Hawaii...

can you go to Bank of Hawai'i ATM's and be asked if you want the directions in

English, Japanese, Korean and Hawai'ian.

Happy Labor Day...

not only is Labor Day a celebration of America's workers, it's

also the "official" end of summer.

I can only hope tha we start seeing some cooler weather over here...

enough already! Bring back the trades!