r/Oahu

10 day vacation with 8 full days in Oahu. Had great weather everyday except Wednesday night where it rained very hard for several hours where some streets got flooded.

The Good

• Laylow Hotel - great location. Beds too soft - had to switch to a room that had a day bed which is firmer. Stay on the side opposite the pool otherwise it is noisy.
• Hanauma Bay - Roberts Tour was cheap and vey convenient. Nice beach.
• Kailua Beach - another nice beach on the leeward side. Took theBus $3 about an hour.
• Waikiki Beach - another nice beach with beautiful views. Sunset was gorgeous.
• Pearl Harbor - nice tour - make sure you make reservation. Took theBus $3 from Waikiki.
• North Shore - convenient ENoa shuttle only $10.
• Matsumoto Shaved Ice - North Shore
• TheBus - convenient and cheap. Got the Holo cards before the trip. Easy to add money online.
• Lam's - great food in Chinatown.
• Diamond Head - nice hike beautiful views. Make sure to get early reservation. Took the Bus.
• Paia - food is good. Liked the fish tacos. Had the mahi mahi sauteed which was not so good. Should has went with something blackened.
• MOSA! Ice Cream
• Bishop Museum - interesting museum. Good for a rainy day.

The Bad

• Marugame Udon - had 2 meals. One was ok. The 2nd meal was pretty bad - didn't feel good luckily didn't get sick.
• Traffic - Honolulu traffic is brutal. Just to get to the H1 is a challenge. That is one reason I did not rent a car. You need to budget travel time into any itinerary.
• Waikiki Aquarium - very very small. Few exhibits. Hard skip.
• Lots of very pricy restaurants in Waikiki. Example Taormina $50 spagehtti. Wish I found other restaurants the had tasty food that weren't crazy priced.
• Makua Banana Bread  Haleiwa - why the hype? $12 for a super soggy small bread loaf. Threw it in the garbage.

Cheers.

I’m super into Guinness rn. I know the Irish pubs out town and Waikiki side got Guinness on tap but anyone know of any others not on east side?

I have been playing electric guitar about 3+ years. I’m self taught. I’d like to find some people to jam with to improve my playing skills.

Even if it is "just" a house owned by their great/grandparents, that is a huge leg up.

I just thought of this because someone was talking about the lack of work ethic in state workers.

Not only do some of them have union protection so they won't get fired for doing just above the bare minimum but it's like there is no ambition. And maybe it's because they've got a paid for home to live in? So, just cruise.

I'm sure the property taxes are what they are, but I just don't see how most people can survive unless they have that kind of support system.

And I don't have that at all. That is all.

ETA: I obviously meant Generational Wealth. I can't change the title, though. Lol.

I’m moving from a house in Kalihi to a condo in town. Kalihi house is 3 bedroom but we don’t really use the third and are planning on getting rid of a lot of stuff like workout gear.

House in town has two floors which I am concerned about. My finances wants to just get a U-Haul but I’m worried about the heavy pieces of furniture that need to go upstairs. I’m hoping to get some estimates that seem reasonable that will change his mind so we don’t have to do all the heavy lifting.

I’m also curious if anyone can give an idea of what they’ve paid for similar moves? We are somewhat traumatized after hiring movers in Brooklyn to a move us to a home 10 blocks away and getting charged $900 for them to not move all of our stuff and then threaten us because they wanted a 40% tip (20% for each mover 🙃).

I’ve seen some postings about 2 guys a truck and Kamaina movers. I’ve used Royal Hawaiian before to move from Hawaii to Mainland so I know how expensive they are and I’m trying to be a little more frugal.

Aloha friends!

We had a large group of volunteers that had to cancel volunteering at our Special Olympics Hawai'i - O'ahu Division bowling competition for today and tomorrow.

If you're in or will be in the Schofield area, please consider coming out to volunteer. We're looking for volunteers during the days/times below.

Today, Saturday, 10/3, 12pm-4pm

Tomorrow, Sunday, 10/4, 9am-1230pm

Tomorrow, Sunday, 10/4, 12pm-4pm

You'll get a free volunteer t-shirt and we'll feed you lunch!

We'll be at the Schofield Bowling Center. 557 Burr Place, Schofield Barracks.

If you don't have base access, no worries, you'll just need your ID and car registration/insurance.