06-30-2010, 08:12 AM
Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone!
It seems plenty of people come to Hawaii and want to make it like it was "back home". Don't worry, Boca Raton style McMansions in Kona seemed like the bloody Antichrist to us, we couldn't wait to get back to our jungle home and listen to the coqui try to keep us from sleepin (that time change was a mean one!) We promise we won't ever mention "how we used to do it back in the states!" (don't worry, its the mainland, we know!!) We have snowbirds that love to come down in the winter here and tell us how great they do everything up north. I can totally understand how much it makes ya wanna give em stink eye! I can appreciate the local mentality, April and I got resident prices at a couple places... I'm guessin a few folks thought we were kama'#257;ina cause "we stay on the other side of the island"
Hawaii has so many hardware shops! I was stoked!! I've been involved with construction in Exuma and know what it means when things work on island time. Truthfully I'm the white American and my last name isn't "Rowe"... I know what that should mean there, but I now have a bunch of friends that made me family on those little islands and everyone knows everyone. Kinda miss that cracked conch come to think of it, maybe time for a vacation!
As for the pace of island life, I think we can manage that.
William DeBoe
Delray Beach, FL
Moe'uhane Oihana mahi ai
It seems plenty of people come to Hawaii and want to make it like it was "back home". Don't worry, Boca Raton style McMansions in Kona seemed like the bloody Antichrist to us, we couldn't wait to get back to our jungle home and listen to the coqui try to keep us from sleepin (that time change was a mean one!) We promise we won't ever mention "how we used to do it back in the states!" (don't worry, its the mainland, we know!!) We have snowbirds that love to come down in the winter here and tell us how great they do everything up north. I can totally understand how much it makes ya wanna give em stink eye! I can appreciate the local mentality, April and I got resident prices at a couple places... I'm guessin a few folks thought we were kama'#257;ina cause "we stay on the other side of the island"
Hawaii has so many hardware shops! I was stoked!! I've been involved with construction in Exuma and know what it means when things work on island time. Truthfully I'm the white American and my last name isn't "Rowe"... I know what that should mean there, but I now have a bunch of friends that made me family on those little islands and everyone knows everyone. Kinda miss that cracked conch come to think of it, maybe time for a vacation!
As for the pace of island life, I think we can manage that.
William DeBoe
Delray Beach, FL
Moe'uhane Oihana mahi ai
Mahi 'ai 'Ulu