Archive | January, 2009

World Martial Art on Panai Street is gone

They’ve tried everything, free 1 month tuition, free uniform, and must not have enough students to sustain the business. 

Walking Tours for Kapahulu?

Walking tours for downtown is fun. Anyone consider doing one for Kapahulu, Diamond Head or Waikiki district? History of the royalty playground of Kapiolani park, the sell out of the waterfront land fronting Kapiolani Park, the making of the Ala Wai Canal, the Chinese migration into Kapahulu, the military present at the Diamond Head crater [...]

New to the Avenue

GameStop is now at the Safeway Center. Aloha BBQ with a new coat of orange paint replaced what used to be the purple New Kapahulu Chop Suey. It’s must be hard to be the neighbor of Ono Hawaiian Food. namibia.womf.com comments: [1] Yellowbot.com on GameStop GameStop.com

Easy Grocery Shopping in Kapahulu

Grocery shopping are so easy when you live in Kapahulu. All major grocery stores are near.  Of course we have Foodland at the mauka end, and Safeway in the middle.  Times and Longs are right up the street on Waialae Ave.  Star Market, Kokua Market and Down to Earth are in the University/Moiilili area.  Not [...]

Gondominga

Sad but true. Soleil Boutique’s physical store on Kapahulu has been closed. You can now shop online at soleil808.com. Tesoro Gas is back on line again for your convenience. With new underground containers, I bet the gas is cleaner as well (with more sediment in the tank over time) Shigezo is gone and replacing it [...]

Green Tech Company in Hawaii

We have an explosion of green tech company in Hawaii. Some start-ups and some have been here for decades. Check them out. Hau-Energy, Ocean-It, Suntech, 21th Century Technologies , Sopogy, Humdinger Windbelt, Energy Industries, Pacific Biodiesel, Organizations: USGBC Hawaii Not Local but still good Earthtech AECOM, Microplanet

Architecture in Kapahulu

Located in the thick wooded area inside Kapahulu, this shell house is well situated with its element. A poetic gesture of its existence.…. eh, just kidding, we don’t have any wooded area in Kapahulu. This house is by Artechnic located in Japan. See more photos from WAN. Dramatic form that shouts and yet quiet enough [...]

Memories of Kapahulu

After a lunch conversation on Alex Drive-Inn at our current Wasabi location. A real drive-inn of sort with waitress in rolling skates, serving food with tray mounted to you mobile window. I quickly Google search Alex Drive-Inn and results in many nostalgia posts about the Avenue. People had fond memory of past eateries and play [...]