Blogs from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States, North America - page 2

Bonjour à tous, J'ai vraiment retrouvé, la vie moderne, la foule, le bruit, la circulation, rien de manque à Honolulu. C'était quand même bon le calme de la campagne. Il y a des avantages d'être en ville, le choix pour souper le soir. Attenant à l'hôtel il y a resto où j'avais prévu d'aller. Le temps de fumer ma clope j'avance d'une vingtaine de mètres, et il y en à un autre, qui à l'air plus sympa, une belle terrasse, plus de vie. Comme il n'y à pratiquement jamais de menu affiché à l'extérieur, ce sera la surprise. Surprise il y a eu au menu "assiette de charcuterie - fromage - fruits. La décision n'a pas été longue à prendre. En France, j'aurais un peu tordu le nez, mais ici la charcuterie italienne comme les fromages ... read more

It was a hard night's sleep for Steve as his swimmer's ear became very painful, which then required an urgent care trip in the morning to get antibiotics pills plus ear drops. Everyone was also up very early, which was going to make for a long day considering the plan in the afternoon was to drive to Honolulu to order special Portuguese Malisadas from Leonard's Bakery and see Tory's cousin Dave at his restaurant, Pint and Jigger. Tory, Susie, and George entertained the kids all morning in the pools and waterslides while treating them to some much-deserved treats of Mickey Cookies. The kids had a tasty lunch of the minion-shaped chicken nuggets that Tory bought earlier in the week, one of the thrifty ways to save money on the vacation of grocery shopping for some meals ... read more

Woke up to sunshine and warm weather. Breakfast at the club today included fried spam! Spam sushi was also available. Fresh fruits. Fresh pastries. We were joined by 2 little birds at the empty chair at our table. We took the real Uber today to go to Pearl Harbor. Arrived at about 9. Had to have bag rental for $7 for the camera case. NO BAGS at all and the camera case was considered a bag. We did not have ticket for the boat to the Arizona reserved ahead so we headed to the "stand by" line. We heard there is sometimes a long wait so we got there early. We were on the 9:15 boat to the USS Arizona Memorial. The boat was not full and after a short briefing about the Arizona we were ... read more

From Benzinga: Gone but not forgotten US based airlines. Have you flown any of them back in the day? We’ve gathered a list of airlines that were once prominent names in the sky, of which are gone now but not forgotten. Mohawk Airlines 1945-1972 (not that I can recall, and no, I never got the haircut either)Why it died: Labor issues and strikes forced a merger with Allegheny Airlines. Fact: Hired the first African-American flight attendant in the U.S. Allegheny Airlines 1953-1979 (I recall a puddle jumper on US Scair that connected me to Pittsburg from Canton-Akron airport) Why it died: Rebranded as USAir, and eventually US Airways. Fact: Founded by the du Pont brothers Richard and Alexis as an airmail service in 1939. Aloha Airlines 1946-2008 (I flew them often back in the 80s, and ... read more

From ABC News: url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-life-expectancy-declined-2020-due-covid-report/story?id=81862300 US life expectancy declined in 2020 mainly due to COVID, report finds For the U.S. overall, life expectancy was 78.8 years in 2019, an increase of 0.1 years from 2018. States with the highest life expectancy were mostly in the Northeast and West states while states with the lowest life expectancy were Southern states. "The fact that there can be such large differences in life expectancy within one country, that's what I find most interesting," Dr. Elizabeth Arias, director of U.S. Life Tables at NCHS and first author of the study, told ABC News. Hawaiians had the highest life expectancy at birth in 2019, living to nearly 81 years old. The Aloha State also led the U.S. in highest life expectancy for w... read more