Month: June 2010

• June 24, 2010

  Moonlight Ukuleles

  As the air cools slightly and the sun drifts toward Waianae on Wednesdays in the summer, the zoo closes down for five minutes. After those five minutes, the gates reopen and the zoo lawn is transformed into a picnic ground, a play field and an amphitheater. Wednesday night, the zoo becomes the Wildest Show. Every…
• June 4, 2010

  The Frocking Date

  Today they held the frocking ceremony on J’s ship. What is frocking? It sounds kind of… bad, doesn’t it? Like it might even be painful. Well, back in the old days, the sign of a Petty Officer or commissioned officer was that they wore a frock coat. When they got promoted, it sometimes happened at…
• June 1, 2010

  Lanterns on the Sea

  Yesterday was Memorial Day, which in Hawaii means it was Lantern Floating. As someone who enjoys observing cultures, I had to see for myself. My friend and I went down to the beach in the afternoon and enjoyed the sunshine and the breeze in the trees. I entertained myself watching the birds in the trees;…