Entries from December 2008 ↓

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

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: 6 - 8
631 18th Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816

Jefferson Orthopedic School
Students/Teachers: 13 / NA
Grades: Pre-School - 6
324 Kapahulu Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815

Jefferson Elementary School
Students/Teachers: 528 / 37
Grades: Pre-School - 6
324 Kapahulu Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815

Ala Wai Elementary School
Students/Teachers: 531 / 34
Grades: Pre-School - 5
503 Kamoku Street
Honolulu, HI 96826

Hawaii Center For The Deaf And The Blind
Students/Teachers: 80 / 19
Grades: Pre-School - 12
3440 Leahi Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815

La Pietra - Hawaii School For Girls
3151 Monsarrat Ave #404
2933 Poni Moi Rd
230 Students • 8.042 Student/Teacher

St Mark’s Children Center - Kamaaina Kids
539 Kapahulu Avenue,
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 734-6112

Good Samaritan Pre-School
1801 10th Avenue,
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 732-0517

Kaimuki Christian School
1117 Koko Head Avenue,
Honolulu, HI 96816
(808) 732-1781

Unity School
3608 Diamond Head Circle,
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 735-7666

St Patrick School
Private School
1124 7th Ave
490 Students • 20.763 Student/Teacher

Liholiho Elementary School
Public School
3430 Maunaloa Ave
337 Students • 16 Student/Teacher

Kaimuki Christian School
Private School
1117 Koko Head Ave
252 Students • 13.191 Student/Teacher

Kcaa Pre-Schools Of Hawaii
(808) 732-1755 1261 Pueo St
Honolulu, HI

People Attentive To Children
(808) 833-6866 650 Iwilei Rd # 205
Honolulu, HI

Montessori in Makiki

http://www.thestateofhawaii.com/childcare/
http://www.hawaiilanguageschool.com/
http://www.hawaiithreads.com/archive/index.php/t-7630.html

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.

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 - the speed limit is only 25 mph on the Avenue. Parked car sometimes are too close to the intersection and crosswalks, preventing entering traffic to gain better views of oncoming traffic or oncoming traffic to have better views of pedestrian waiting to cross.  There are 8 crosswalks on the avenue. So, please kukua, slow down a bit and watch out for crosswalkers. Park a little away from intersections and crosswalks. Mahalo.

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 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 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 have a glimpse of the finish line, which by the way is 20 miles away. After running pass the Waikiki Shell, and make a right, runners will run along Kapiolani Park on Paki Avenue with Diamond Head on the left. Runners will be tested for their first gentle uphill incline on Diamond Head Road, but also will be rewarded with an awesome view of Oahu’s coastline, with two lookouts ahead.

For the last mile of the course, it’s all down hill to the finish line. Runners will run once again under the chalky base of Diamond Head cliffs, pass the lighthouse, back onto Kalakaua Avenue, pass Sans Souci Beach, the Waikiki Aquarium and finally finish near the Kapiolani Park Bandstand. A job well done. Congratulation. 

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. 

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 business opportunity on December 12, 2008. You can even find rentals on the site.  Very nice. 

Sample listing
Single Family home with 2 bedroom 1 bath at 2838 Kaimuki Ave for $668,000. Across from crane park. Half a block from Kaimuki High and Market City Mall. A plus or minus depends on how you look at it.

Single Family home with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath at 3385 Campbell Ave for $758,000. Okay for home business.

Two Pho business for sale.  Why? Nobody like pho anymore?

 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 Church
Queen Kapiolani Garden

3150 Monsarrat
Kahala Pediatrics, 200
Chris Yamada, DDS, MS – Children Dentistry, 201
Tanya Castro – Peak Performance, 202