Monthly Archives: September 2008

Black Sand Beach

We passed the volcano Park and stopped at the Black Sand Beach.  This is the most of a turtle I’ve ever seen at one time.  It was headed back into the water after the adoring fans and paparazzi became too … Continue reading

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Best Pancake House in Paradise

            “One of USA Today’s 10 Best in the Nation.”  That’s Ken’s House of Pancakes, in Hilo, Hawai’i.  Ken’s makes it into the Hawaii guidebooks too.  L has a friend who is a native Hawaiian who says “When I come … Continue reading

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Barack Obama’s Sister

On Friday night, September 19, L took me to a Democratic event at the Mooheau Bandstand in Hilo.  The Bandstand is downtown, right across the highway from the seawall, overlooking the bay.  I had walked through it once before at … Continue reading

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Tokyo Godfathers

 Tokyo Godfathers Directed by: Satoshi Kon                         Tokyo, Christmas Eve.  An infant is abandoned, and the three people who find it are the least equipped to care for it.  Can they find the baby’s parents, and in the process … Continue reading

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Roxie, Thoughtful

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A Pirate’s Life for Kate

The Taming of the Shrew Written by William Shakespeare Directed by Jennifer King   By the end of summer I was jonesing for a live Shakespeare fix, so on August 31st I went to Ives Park to catch the final … Continue reading

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