Hey Pepper...dat is when my Mommy liffed dere. Wot wuz she doink dere?
Dexxtuh, Mom-Julie lived in Honolulu from August 1966 to June 1968 as she was attending the University of Hawaii (but she did not graduate from there; she transferred from there to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and graduated from there in 1969.).
She lived in The Trade Winds Apartments for about a year of that time which was directly across the street from the Iliki Hotel which was fantastical. She saw Pat Boone eating in the coffee shop there one night for example. Then for a while she lived with two other girls on LihoLiho Street in a tiny little apartment.
She has very good memories of Hawaii and has been back a number of times since. Honolulu has changed so drastically over the years, though, it is like night and day. There is no way to describe to people how 'it was back in the 60's' as it bears no resemblance to that Honolulu at all.
Poki, she remembers the plumeria trees so well and used to go to the cemetry to pick the plumeria flowers to make leis when friends were coming over from the mainland to visit! I am sure that was probably illegal but who was there to complain? The corpses? MOL
Anyway, those were the days. Mom-Julie was 20-22 then and it seems several lifetimes ago. She a grand 60 years old now.
Love, Pepper

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Pepper (one, fine, little dood)