Views by the Bay

MacBook Air battery had to be done immediately I have always brought work on vacation. The habit started in college during my freshman yea...

You can't find octopus jerky (right) in California One of the first shopping expeditions on this Hawaiian trip was to Costco. 90% of th...

Waikiki's Kalakaua Avenue, like the Las Vegas Strip, is quiet in the early morning. Most of the tourists are still in bed; a few athlet...

When our suburban parish created a pre-school in the early 1980's, it was viewed as fulfilling the church's mission "to proclai...

2021 : tents along Kapiolani Boulevard, a block from my parents' home The homeless tents have moved from across the street to our side,...

The monkey pod tree has undergone more trimming during the summer. The neighborhood coconut wireless says the job cost "in the thousa...

The line stretched half a block to the shaved ice stand, but it wasn't a hot mid-summer day at the beach. Island Vintage Shave Ice s...

14 populations of humpback whales: 9 (blue) not at risk 4 (pink) endangered, 1 (yellow) threatened. ( NOAA ) The worldwide humpback whale...

Duke Kahanamoku was famous during the first half of the 20th century. Starting in 1912, he won gold and silver medals for the U.S. Olympic ...

The four most valuable companies on the U.S. exchanges--Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet (Google), and Amazon--all enjoyed at least a 6% bump in ...

You can see Diamond Head from the McCully bridge The Ala Wai Canal looks inviting this morning--no, not for swimming --but over the years ...

....at this Honolulu McDonald's.

Marugame Udon , first visited in 2012 The eye test told me that Waikiki tourism is almost back to normal. It's early November, when th...

Helicobacter pylori, not to scale (Yale illustration) In our household we are partial to buying foodstuffs with antioxidants. (Antioxidants...

The flight to Honolulu was full. I headed to the restroom halfway through the 5½ hour flight. It's best to go before one absolutely h...