A window into the 39th annual Hana Relay. Team Runaway Brides enjoying the festivities of this year’s Hana Relay Ali Webb of Team Runaway Brides carries the baton (bouquet) for her team towards Hana Poledancing Policeman, doing their thing in the 39th annual Hana Relay Poledancing Policeman, doing their thing in the 39th annual Hana [...]
Maui County’s Mayor’s Office. Nice, yah? This is the fancy remodel that former Mayor and current candidate Alan Arakawa is complaining about. He says Mayor Tavares shouldn’t have spent taxpayer money on a Wailea wannabe reception area. We at the Moon agree.
Ganja and son were good neighbors. The father smelled like Old Spice and was watchful; the son was looking more and more like a half-Jewish Bob Marley and made the earth sing Reggae blossoms. Quiet, nice and with a beautiful dog named Buddy to boot. But speaking of boot, they got the boot and had [...]
By Lisa Hamilton Here’s the tail end of my dream of the other morning: “Real Life is just like making love,” I said to my dream companion. “The more you give, the more you get”. Dream friend laughs delightedly, glowing of smile and eyes. I awaken happy, wanting to explore the idea. Here’s the result. [...]
All drugs have two names, a trade name and generic name. Example, the trade name is Tylenol and it’s generic name is Acetaminophen. Aleve is also called Naproxen. Amoxil is also called Amoxicillin and Advil is also called Ibuprofen. The FDA has been looking for a generic name for Viagra. After careful consideration by a [...]
By Phil Swatek When I was a young lifeguard working for the City and County of Honolulu, nothing irked me more than being rotated out of my “country” station into town. Town, especially Waikiki, was great for the older guys who held forth like little lords on their respective beaches, dispensing advice, scolding miscreants, ministering [...]
By Ginger Johnson The other day a friend and I were working around my house and yard, trying to beat back the chaos that crawls over an aging house if you so much as look away. Out in the bright sunshine we noticed an inch long, green and black winged bug that seemed unfamiliar to [...]
Dear Friends: A candidate for high office asked me recently: “What do your voters want?” I said I couldn’t speak for all, but overall we want to end Hawai‘i’s crippling control politics. The machine, old boys network, status quo, establishment, insiders. By whatever name, it describes today’s centralization of political power and control in the [...]
By Ken Pinsky Not everyone needs a special place to be, but I do. Some people are just natural gypsies, coming through Maui and touching down for a few months, then off to another exotic destination. Not me. I stay put, mostly. Although some tinge of quiet, wistful envy sometimes washes over me as I [...]
J.M. Buck and Nathaniel James Until now, Maui County councilmember and mayoral candidate Sol Kaho‘ohalahala has remained quiet in the press regarding two lawsuits alleging that he is not a legal resident of Lana‘i and therefore should not hold the Lana‘i council seat. If successful in the 2010 election, Kaho‘ohalahala will be the first Maui [...]
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