It seems as though almost every town has someone who runs a business in some sort of a unique, high-profile way that sets them apart and turns them into celebrities. Cal Worthington, for example. He was a car dealer in the Los Angeles area and was famous for his semi-wacky television commercials which frequently included…
I first arrived in Hawaii on the 1st of May in 1962. It’s changed a great deal over the years, of course, but I remember, even then, thinking how truly wonderful this place must have been 25 or 30 years earlier … when the Moana and the Royal Hawaiian were really the only two hotels…
Those of us who have lived in Hawaii for more than a few years — for me, it will be 50 years in May of next year — can’t help bemoaning the relentless over-glamorizing of so many of the hotels here. As the renovations have added marble in the bathrooms and modern statuary and triple-tiered…