The House

This is my dad's new house in Hawaii (my family is out front). The little town they live in is probably one of the least touristy places on Oahu. It used to "the boonies," but recently, they've been developing it a lot more as a nice suburbian area. There's everything from K-Marts (that sell liquor! not something you'd see in Oregon) to Home Depots to local libraries. The culture is pretty evident any place you go, though. There are Hawaiian goods at virtually any store you enter. The local vernacular is something known as "pidgin English" and is heard and written almost everywhere. For example, the other day at the store, we bought "pork butt," not pork shanks, legs, rear or anything. Pork butt. I'm surprised they didn't take it one step further and call it pig ass. Yum.

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