Families

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This picture was probably taken in 1989 or 1990.

Top left: My dad          Top right: My dad's brother, my uncle

Bottom left: My mom   Bottom right: My uncle's wife

And that's me sticking my head out from behind them all. 

Lots of memories here. My uncle Ray owned College Inn, a restaurant across the street from the University of Hawaii. My family spent a lot of time there and their son was very close to us. And that was a long time ago.

New Year's Eve 2010 in Hawaii

My relatives in Hawaii celebrated New Year's Eve with the usual blast of fireworks in the yard. Things are changing now, but when I was growing up there, our neighbors, who were Chinese, would celebrate the event with endlessly long, heavy strings of firecrackers and Roman candles. The final blast would take several minutes. When that was over there would be a huge feast of Kalua pig, lomi lomi salmon, poi, and all the trimmings Hawaiian style and Asian style.