We’ve been around the track a few times since we first started wrestling with Safeway’s latest promotion, which promises personalized discounts via a computerized system that tracks prior purchases. Safeway calls it “Just for U”. We are still calling it “Not 4 U”. When I last wrote about it, we had finally managed to get [...]
The Honolulu Academy of Arts and the Contemporary Museum moved ahead this week with a plan to merge into a single entity. According to letters sent out to their respective members this week, the two arts organizations had reached a non-binding agreement and signed a letter of intent, formally entering a phase of “due diligence”, [...]
Okay, this may be a little late for the celebration of the East-West Center’s 50th Anniversary, but… I found it in a box with some other remnants of my life in high school today while crashing around in a closet looking for things to throw away. It’s an original program for the ground-breaking and dedication, [...]
Things appear to be heating up in the crowded race for Lt. Governor in the Democratic primary. Brian Schatz, former State Democratic Party chairman, told supporters he is rolling out his first television ad. So is Lyla Berg, who is leaving her seat in the State House to run for LG. Berg notified supporters that [...]
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Another review of expenditure reports filed by lobbyists and the businesses and organizations that employ them confirmed what I initially noted two weeks ago–money spent on the gifts given to public officials by lobbyists are rarely publicly disclosed, despite the requirements of state law. This time I looked at reports filed by individual lobbyists, as [...]
A couple of good pictures of Mr. Toby are included among today’s Friday Felines. Actually, all the cats are in this batch. Except Duke. I’m not sure how he escaped the camera this week, but he did. Perhaps its something about the diet. Duke’s going back to the vet on Sunday to have the progress [...]
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I stopped at the Apple Store in Kahala yesterday to find out what the wait is for new iPhones. I thought I might order replacements for both of us. I ended up leaving the store about an hour later with two new iPhone 4′s, activated and ready to go. Wallet all lightened up. Now comes [...]
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Just over a year ago, I found this photo of a group of friends from cub scouts hiking up the ridge above Kahala in 1957. I’m in there along with some close friends. It was one of a batch of photos from that day. Last year I tried to track down the other hikers. Chad [...]
