But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
Or so says David Bowie.
Consider Haleiwa. Once a quiet little town on the North Shore of O'ahu. During the winter the place of the greatest surf in the world and thus it draws surfer boys. It also became home to those Haight-Ashbury types who never outgrew tie-dye and Volkswagen Vans.
Today, it's gone as yuppie as everywhere else.
Here is this little surf shop that is been there forever...
Note the "Internet Cafe" hotspot banner hanging in the picture above.
For years, the only grocery store for miles was a little Foodland which has a new neighbor...
Goodness knows you don't want to be in small town Haleiwa without your light mocha venti latte.
Then again, some things are still the same.
You still need to quarantine all animals that enter the state for three months...
Literally, your animals need to be caged up and monitored for three months to ensure that rabies and other animal diseases that do not exist in Hawaii aren't suddenly brought in with your pets.
There was a lively debate between the kids as to which one of them had to go into the cage first.
Although she is getting much better, most towns are still beyond the pronunciation capabilities of my midwestern wife. Try this one on for size...
Or the place where I grew up (and my parents live to this day)...
The only place in America spelled with all vowels.
Finally, Hawaii's sense of irony still is as vibrant as ever.
Check out this sign on the freeway...
There is a minimum speed limit of 40 mile per hour while driving in this...
40 miles per hour. Yeah right. Try 10.
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