Interview

During last year's RIMPAC 2024 exercise, TV news crews from around the Pacific were in Honolulu to cover parts, or all, of the events. One of the crews were from EBC-TV, from Taipei, Taiwan. One morning, they stopped off at the Lagoon Drive parking lot at the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, waiting to get video of US Navy and US Air Force fighters taking off from the "Reef Runway". During a break in departures, EBC reporter Teresa Tan interviewed Charlie, one of the next generation of aviation enthusiasts as part of her stand-up report. 

At The Tide Pool

Beyond the hedges at the Ko Olina Resort, are rocky shorelines. In some spots, there are some good sized tide pools. I came across this family, that found one of the larger tide pools, with their kids sitting in it.

In The Trenches

A motion-blur shot of the Kaimukī Bulldogs offensive line (green) and the Kalani Falcons defensive line (white), about to collide after the ball was snapped.

No Soup For You!

On the counter at Taka's Box Lunch stood a figurine of the "Soup Nazi" character from the NBC TV series "Seinfeld". I didn't think there was such a figurine ... but found it pretty funny it was there when I bought breakfast one morning. On a visit to Taka's a few months ago, the Soup Nazi figurine was gone.

The episode, from season six, featured an extremely popular soup take-out restaurant, with strict ordering guidelines. If the owner didn't like the way you ordered, or even had a question, his infamous remark was "No soup for you! Get out!" The catchphrase was mimicked by many, including one of the SportsCenter anchors, when describing a great defensive play.