Tag: Hawaii
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Spotted At The Dollar Store
Got this text photo from Cole today: “At the Dollar Store … look what I see!” So, I just had to post it. For some reason, this pic totally creeps me out. Which means, I love it! And I have decided that my new hobby is collecting photos of crazy-looking plastic hula dancers, which seems […]
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Disrupting A Packaged Paradise
Not the exact issue, but still. Five years ago, I spent summer in Hawaii. Here’s a look back … I plop down on a bench in downtown Honolulu and wait for my friend Lisa to get done with her job at a native Hawaiian law firm. I open a copy of Honolulu Weekly and flip to my […]
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The Baddest Bro Ever
Five years ago, I spent summer in Hawaii. Here’s a look back … On a misty evening in July 2006, Lisa and I spread out a blanket on the lawn at Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, waiting for the Beach Boys to take the stage to perform a benefit concert for the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Everything […]
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Feeling The Heat
Five years ago, I spent summer in Hawaii. Here’s a look back … I had been warned not to pack jeans. Oahu is hot and humid all the time, seriously, 24 hours a day, my friend Lisa told me over the phone. She had flown to Honolulu a month before and settled into her job […]
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Loss To The PVS ‘Ohana
The Polynesian Voyaging Society lost a special member of its family March 8 with the death of Herb Kawainui Kāne. A Hawaiian artist, historian and cofounder of PVS, Kāne, 82, passed away on the 36th anniversary of Hokule’a’s maiden launch. He helped design this voyaging canoe and served as its first captain. Kāne helped usher […]
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Let Me Explain
Aloha, dear friends and welcome to “Wailing Peacocks,” a blog devoted to sharing the true story of how a navigator, double-hulled canoes and dozens of volunteers voyage to distant places to demonstrate the value of home. That’s awfully vague, isn’t it? Let me explain. This project, affectionately nicknamed “For Hawaii, With Love,” centers on the […]
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