09-14-2009, 08:50 PM
Rob,
Have you been to Waikiki lately? Like you, I'm all for the entrepreneurial spirit of American free enterprise, but the number of street performers has gone well past the few who play a guitar, offer a photo with their parrot, or innocent things like that. Maybe it's an artifact of the economic downturn, but there are significant numbers of panhandlers and aggressive performers on the streets now.
We were there for a week in late August and I'll attest that, like the article states, the sidewalk in the vicinity of the International Marketplace is a carnival atmosphere with performers. It's not necessarily family friendly, either. We've always enjoyed the guys who paint themselves with silver and go through a robot routine while perched on a small pedestal by the roadside, but there are some who take up the entire sidewalk and become aggressive about your putting money in their pot. We saw that lady doing the psychic readings, and I have to admit she was out of the way and not blocking the sidewalk. On the other hand, there was a troupe of about six guys who were doing gymnastics and martial arts demonstrations who were jumping and romping over the entire width.
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
Have you been to Waikiki lately? Like you, I'm all for the entrepreneurial spirit of American free enterprise, but the number of street performers has gone well past the few who play a guitar, offer a photo with their parrot, or innocent things like that. Maybe it's an artifact of the economic downturn, but there are significant numbers of panhandlers and aggressive performers on the streets now.
We were there for a week in late August and I'll attest that, like the article states, the sidewalk in the vicinity of the International Marketplace is a carnival atmosphere with performers. It's not necessarily family friendly, either. We've always enjoyed the guys who paint themselves with silver and go through a robot routine while perched on a small pedestal by the roadside, but there are some who take up the entire sidewalk and become aggressive about your putting money in their pot. We saw that lady doing the psychic readings, and I have to admit she was out of the way and not blocking the sidewalk. On the other hand, there was a troupe of about six guys who were doing gymnastics and martial arts demonstrations who were jumping and romping over the entire width.
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour