On Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 11:54:23 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On Friday, September 4, 2015 at 4:25:32 PM UTC-10, gtr wrote:
> > > On 2015-09-04 21:34:09 +0000, dsi1 said:
> > >
> > > > I used to live right off one of the busiest streets in Honolulu.
> > > > Kapiolani Blvd. It was the gateway to Waikiki...
> > >
> > > Yeah, I use to date Cindy Crawford. We've all had times with hard
> > > luck...
> >
> > That's an odd thing to say since you don't know a thing about me,
> > Kapiolani Blvd, or the Moiliili-McCully area.
> >
> > Kapiolani Blvd is the gateway to Waikiki. At one time, the section
> > into Waikiki had the highest numbers of accidents of any roads in the
> > state. I had an accident when a kid on a moped tried to cut in front
> > of my car. He rolled on my hood and when I hit the brakes, he was
> > propelled onto the blvd. He did a roll and landed on his feet. It was
> > the most beautiful stunt we'd ever seen! I gave it a 10/10 myself. A
> > perfect score!
> >
> > The section of Kapiolani Blvd in front of our apartment had a median
> > strip dividing the roadway. Across the blvd was the Ala Wai park.
> > There was an opening in the strip for cars turning into the park. Due
> > to the poor street lighting and the likely inebriated state of many
> > of the drivers, cars would slide into that opening, thinking it was
> > the cutout to turning onto Waikiki. They would slam full speed into
> > the media strip and suffer serious suspension damage. A lot of them
> > would be stuck with both front wheels in the air. Whee - fun! What a
> > great place that was: you could pull out right into the thick of
> > things from your parking spot and it even had front row seats to
> > minor, non-fatal, accidents. I loved living there.
> >
> > The Moiliili-McCully area, where we lived, was mostly old houses in
> > the predominantly Japanese section of Honolulu. At the time, the
> > homes were owned by first and second generation Japanese-Americans.
> > Right off the busy Kapiolani Blvd was a fairly quiet and slow moving
> > neighborhood. It's quite a contrast to be transported to a 40's-60's
> > Hawaii just off that main road - it was pretty much like the place we
> > lived in the early 60's.
> >
> > I did see Tony Curtis driving around in a big white Lincoln. Ha ha,
> > he looked totally lost and out of place in that setting. OTOH,
> > Moiliili is pretty much out of place in it's setting. It's really an
> > anachronism in this new Honolulu/Waikiki era. Too bad, we can always
> > use time machines.
> >
> >
>
> I used to live off Kuilei just north of there. So many memories..
> Carol
>
> --

That was a happening place in the 70's and 80's. I don't go near there these days. Maybe when they have self-driving cars, I'll visit occasionally. I'll just get out on Kalakaua and the car will go park itself. That'll be cool.