Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of entries that highlight Pahoa. This vacant lot, between Pahoa Realty and Sukothai Restaurant, which the public, largely spearheaded by Fred Blas, maintains for a deadbeat property owner is envisioned for a community garden/art park or other public green space.
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Among us was a mermaid, a leopard, batwoman, spiderman, Jasmine, Snow White, the alphabet, and a baby octopus. Our team of trick-or-treaters hit old Pahoa Town, the littlest ones by stroller and a wagon.
Before the rain came down we hit every lit business and residence. Gladly, many of the businesses offered us treats — Jeff Hunt Surfboards, L & L Hawaiian Barbecue, Black Rock Cafe, Pahoa Home Video, 7-Eleven, Pahoa Cash-N-Carry, Island Naturals, Book Buyers, Puna Style, Sukothai Restaurant, Pahoa Village Cafe, Boogie Woogie Pizza, the tattoo parlor, LuQuin’s Mexican Restaurant, even the Pahoa Fire Station.
Sadly, one of the only establishments in the historic corridor to reject us was the police substation. Officer Watkins answered the door, empty-handed. ”Sorry, we don’t have any candy,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 7-Eleven, Black Rock Cafe, Boogie Woogie Pizza, Book Buyers, Halloween, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hawaii County Police Department, Hawaii Fire Department, Island Naturals, Jeff Hunt Surfboards, L & L Hawaiian Barbecue, LuQuin's Mexican Restaurant, Pahoa, Pahoa Cash-N-Carry, Pahoa Fire Station, Pahoa High and Intermediate School, Pahoa Home Video, Pahoa Neighborhood Facility, Pahoa Village Cafe, Puna Style, Sukothai Restaurant
Vallaeia Springs' mural painted on the wall outside Sukothai Restaurant in Pahoa
“It was a gift to the Hawaiian people and to the Pahoa people,” Springs said. “I didn’t get paid for this. It was a gift of love. It comes from my heart. I think Hawai’i is one of the most incredible places I’ve been on the planet.”
Springs scrubbed the wall with a hand brush and, as she cleaned it, “listened to what really wanted to be there.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Pahoa, Puna, Sukothai Restaurant, Vallaeia Springs
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