A little taste of home in Seattle

Nai`a

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Apr 26, 2008, 2:15:03 PM4/26/08

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Meh.

The color of the sky is different.
And the trades ... where dey steh?
And MAN, it's COLD outside!
There was a bit of snow the day before I flew in.
Only time I've seen weather like this, it was on top of Mauna Kea.

For those who don't know, I'm now working for a certain rather large
company in the Redmond/Bellevue are of Washington state. My parents
love it because they can now drive a few hours compared to flying a
few hours, in order to see me. And yes, it's a significant increase
in salary.

But to the topic:

I've found the Lynnwood L&L Drivein location (aka "Hawaiian Barbeque"),
and I also saw a place called, "Bobby's Hawaiian" on a TV show called,
"Diners, Drive-inns and Dives", on the Food Network last night, and I
heard from a friend about some Hawaiian Music also last night, but a
number of Ooopses on my part (plus a massive Xbox session of Halo 3
combat at work for Pau Hana) led to me missing that engagement.

And also, man, I'm tired after work, and my allergies are back! Probably
no small connection there; need to get some meds for that, oi.

Distracted. Where was I? Oh yeah.

So I guess the point is, are there any other places group members know
of to soothe the soul of the latest memeber of the Local Kine Diaspora?

Aloha mai Nai`a!
--
" So this is how Liberty dies ... http://www.lava.net/~mjwise/
" To Thunderous Applause.

al Guacamole

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Apr 28, 2008, 7:45:01 PM4/28/08

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I think you're in luck. Many of my HS classmates live in Seattle/
Spokane area. So I think that there's a huge community there.

Sharon T G Westfall

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Apr 28, 2008, 8:35:01 PM4/28/08

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In article <1209233...@news.lava.net>, Nai`a wrote:
> So I guess the point is, are there any other places group members know
> of to soothe the soul of the latest memeber of the Local Kine Diaspora?

Oh man, Michael; I've got nuttin to contribute to sooth your soul in that
cold cold place, but... man, remind me of when you were pining for Hawaii
from Canada... back back back... in the old days... <g>

So... now, years later... what have you learned from your experience
living in Hawaii?

Nai`a

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Apr 29, 2008, 10:25:02 PM4/29/08

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Sharon T G Westfall wrote:

> In article <1209233...@news.lava.net>, Nai`a wrote:

>> So I guess the point is, are there any other places group members
>> know
>> of to soothe the soul of the latest memeber of the Local Kine
>> Diaspora?
>

> Oh man, Michael; I've got nuttin to contribute to sooth your soul
> in that
> cold cold place, but... man, remind me of when you were pining for
> Hawaii
> from Canada... back back back... in the old days... <g>

11.5+ years ago, yeah.
A bit further back, all we had was ... "That Other Place".

> So... now, years later... what have you learned from your experience
> living in Hawaii?

There's a legendary joke about "The best case: Get salary from America,
build a house in England, ..."

I'd rewrite that to read, "Get salary from da Mainland, rent 2 bedroom
house in Waikiki, ..." as for the rest, I'm actually kinda partial to
Japanese food, and have no concious preference on the other. Heh.

We had a tiny bit of blue sky today, off in the distance.
But I don't (yet) have a window office, so I might have missed
something.

Tomorrow's payday, and if it's close to as sweet as I hope it should be,
I might be able to get back for a few days around La~ Makuahine fo
attend
the wedding of a friend. We'll see.

StanleyH

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Apr 30, 2008, 3:20:01 PM4/30/08

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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:25:02 -0500, Nai`a <mjw...@lava.net> wrote:

I got tired of eating at L and L in Lynnwood, too much shoyu for me.
I go to Uwajimaya, the Japanese store in International District,
downtown Seattle, across from the train station.
You can buy frozen laulau, Portuguese sausage, Tacoma Tofu, Hilo koko,
Kohala kim chee, lup cheong, fish cake, manju, sushi, kimpira.
The prices are going up, as with all groceries, but you can satisfy
your Hawaii cravings, at least foodwise.

Sharon T G Westfall

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Apr 30, 2008, 4:55:01 PM4/30/08

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In article <1209583...@news.lava.net>, StanleyH wrote:
> I go to Uwajimaya, the Japanese store in International District,
> downtown Seattle, across from the train station.

I remember that store! I used to go to one in Bellevue. That's a great
store.

Brian Bigler

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Sep 7, 2008, 11:40:05 AM9/7/08

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Way late to catch up with this thread, but anyone around to see this
today
should check out the Hawaiian Festival at Seattle Center. You can see
this
page at: http://www.seattlecenter.com/news/detail.asp?ME_MediaNum=1361

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Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
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al Guacamole

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Sep 9, 2008, 10:25:02 AM9/9/08

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On Sep 7, 5:40 am, "Brian Bigler" <naale...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Way late to catch up with this thread, but anyone around to see this
> today
> should check out the Hawaiian Festival at Seattle Center. You can see
> this
> page at:http://www.seattlecenter.com/news/detail.asp?ME_MediaNum=1361
>
> --
> Aloha pumehana,
> Brian and Mary

That's great! I also participated in a small way. A high school
classmate is on the planning committee and sent email to us saying
that Punahou and Kamehameha graduates putting in a big effort and that
we should support the Festival as well. It got our competitive juices
flowing and the result is that Waipahu High School put on a good
showing of support as well. This is a guy who is now a lawyer-- having
got his degree in the military. Jerry is constantly reminding us of
what losers we are, that so few of us public school kids of our
generation went to college.

BTW I think that you need to give your mayor of Seattle a hand because
my classmate says that the city supported them as well and IIRC the
mayor even showed up at the Festival. I can't believe there are that
many ex-Hawaiians that vote in Seattle.