Archive | December, 2008

Banking service on the Avenue

American Saving Bank in Foodland Finance Factory in Market City Territorial Bank at Kilohana Square, 1016 Kapahulu Avenue First Hawaiian Bank in Safeway Central Pacific Bank at Safeway Avenue Center Bank of Hawaii across Taco Bell, 727 Kapahulu Avenue American Saving Bank, 737 Kapahulu Avenue First Hawaiian Bank by Hee Hing Center

Schools in Kapahulu Area

Kapahulu Bible Church Pre-School 3221 Makini Street Honolulu, HI 96815 Tel: (808) 732-1744 Waikiki Elementary School Students/Teachers: 363 / 20 Grades: Kindergarten – 6 3710 Leahi Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815 Kaimuki High School Students/Teachers: 1347 / 90 Grades: 9 – 12 2705 Kaimuki Avenue Honolulu, HI 96816 Kaimuki Middle School Students/Teachers: 742 / 41 Grades: [...]

Stormy weather at the Ala Wai Golf Course

Stormy weather at the Ala Wai Golf Course Check this out.  Ala Wai Golf Course driving range after the storm.  Is that a duck swimming in the “pond”? Picture by Hiram Pajo.

Accident on Campbell Avenue

Let’s hope the drunk driving accident on Tuesday morning was an isolated incident in the Kapahulu neighborhood. Campbell Avenue is very straight and wide. Traffic lights are located at each end of the avenue, on Monsarat and Kapahulu Ave. People sometimes end up driving a little too fast without knowing it. Believe it or not [...]

Christmas gift project from instructables.com

Just ventured off to instructables.com and posted my first do it yourself project.  My project – a grunge style ipod holder made from a leg of a pair of jeans. This would be a perfect gift for your have-it-all friend.  Among other things you can learn to made are rain water collector, solar oven, moss grafitti…

The YMCA Kapahulu Skatepark

The YMCA Kapahulu Skatepark opened in October 1997 but closed by September 4, 1999. Your near by skatepark is in Makiki. See other skating facilities. History on the Kapahulu Skatepark1, 2

The sixth and twenty sixth miles of the Honolulu Marathon

The sixth and final miles of the Honolulu Marathon are located on the edge of Kapahulu. Residents loves to give the runners their cheers! The sixth mile begins where Kalakaua Avenue fork left onto Monsarrat Avenue, along the back side of Honolulu Zoo, where art on the fence happens every Sunday. Look to the left, runners can [...]

Rained out

Last week it rained so much on the island that we almost forgot what it was like to be sunny.   The marathon runners started with the rain but was greeted with some sun in between. Congratulations to you all.  It rained so hard on Saturday that we can’t see the top of Diamond Head. 

Honolulu Board of Realtor on Kapahulu

Thanks to Mathew Ngo, RA, I landed on the Honolulu Board of Realtor  web site. I am very happy to see realtors don’t guard their information like they used to a decade ago. Now, they want you to look and when you see something you like, you call the agent listed.  Very simple. I search the Kapahulu neighborhood and got 29 listings of home and [...]

The Monsarrat Business Block

 Aloha Sushi Creative Nails Bogart’s Café & Espresso Bar Diamond Head Beauty Salon Health Bar L&L Drive-Inn Diamond Head Dentistry Le Muse Kaimana Pantry Mi Casa Taqueria Pioneer Tavola Tavola Italian Osteria Paul’s Professional Barber Water Blue – bikini and things Diamond Head Market & Grill The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Aloha Gas Unity [...]