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I'm over here on Oahu after my accident on Kauai. Lived on Kauai from 1969 to 2008 but I don't know anyone on this forum that has been here that long to be able to relate to things on how they were on Kauai. I will say that with the never ending restrictions on fireworks New Years and the 4th aren't anywhere near what they use to be...not even close.
What I dearly miss that is no longer on Kauai that I would have loved to have shared with my kids was living in Hanapepe back then. Before the Swinging Bridge became a tourist attraction we use to catch Samoan Crab off the bridge. Then of course the beach; diving, swimming, camping, fishing (Salt Pond and that's still there).
Movies at the Hanapepe theater with the real Kung Fu movies from China, and instead of pop-corn they sold shave-ice, boiled soy beans, some candy and seeds. Then we all go to David's Saimin stand on the corner and have his homemade saimin. The last time I saw the theater it was boarded up...the same with David's stand.
Attending old style Luaus in Kekaha...ooooohh; can those people party. Rose Kanahele, you out there?
My most favorite was going to the Hanapepe River mouth each season. The whole town would camp to catch O'opu... Everyone brought food, drink, love.
Most of these things are now only memories for those of us still walking the earth from that era.
Mahalo tyvin, great post. Even thou we grewup different island i still feel your loss. I myself was very sad to hear that all of the ethnic and small independent movie houses in oahu have been torn down or closed. I myself remember almost every weekend going to the liberty intell they closed, then the empress, golden harvest and toho theater to watch chinese kungfu and old samuri movies which we were crazy about.
But the above wasnt the only movie houses that i went to, i remember cinematic and like alot of others seeing Star Wars for the first time, or the queen b4 they went xxx. Or the king. I also remember going to wikiki 3 to see the omen, posiden adventure, planet of the apes, king kong, the towering inferno, etc. That was such a neat theater with palmtrees and stars on the ceiling. I heard the last one to go was the varsity. Its sad to see all that unique local culture gone. The experience is what is gone, which no corporate theater chain can reproduce. Cont on next post.
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(cont from above post) The ethnic theater in Hawai'i were also very unique, when i moved to Oregon i wasn't able to find anything like it.
Ok so if your like myself and sometimes remember little kid time and it brings a tear to your eye? Let me share a gift a walk down memory lane. See if these kickstart your memories. Aloha.
I just heard that another local place just closed down.
Byron's Drive-In, by the airport. I remember small kid time my mother and i would eat at a drive-in restaurant before we went to Waialae drive-in theater. Is there any real drive-in restaurants anymore in oahu?
I think ppl forget just how unique Hawai'i is and take it for grantted. I know here on the mainland where i am the true drive-in restaurants where gone 20 plus years ago. Anyway heres a clip to remember.
I think ppl forget just how unique Hawai'i is and take it for grantted. I know here on the mainland where i am the true drive-in restaurants where gone 20 plus years ago.
There is still an A&W Drive-In on Hwy 26 between Gresham and Sandy, Oregon. On nice days, they deliver the food to your car while wearing roller skates!
There is still an A&W Drive-In on Hwy 26 between Gresham and Sandy, Oregon. On nice days, they deliver the food to your car while wearing roller skates!
I moved to Portland from Hawaii about 5 years ago to a place called the Indigo off the Pearl District to help a friend with a start up. All glass building. I had sweeping views of Mt St Helen's and Mt Hood. At least I did in September when I moved in. I gave up on Portland 6 months later and I never saw those mountains again. Cheap wonderful place. Weather, not so good.
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