191 days ago by World Wide Ed

Happy May Day y’all! I promise I won’t say it. My willpower is strong. Will… not… say… it! May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii! Gaaaah! Sorry, I just couldn’t hold it in! Yes, today is Lei Day (in Hawaii… STOP IT!), and, as such, we will do an apropos Fave Five list. Now I’m no [...]

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205 days ago by lwilcox

I'm watching the Merrie Monarch Festival, being televised live and streaming on the web from Hilo. http://www.kitv.com/merriemonarch/index.html And now I know why most Oahu florists have been shrugging their shoulders, explaining they have no pikake to make into lei. Pikake is on rich display around ...

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206 days ago by lwilcox

People in Hawaii love to help, if they can. Unless you want something that is just too dear to share. PBS Hawaii staffer Debbie Miyagi wanted to buy a pikake lei for someone special, but florists kept telling her that the windy, wet weather has been terrible for the pikake crop. The popular sweet-sm ...

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