Aloha Gayle!
 
We look forward to seeing you in paradise!  I am a curator at Mission
Houses Museum in Honolulu and of course think your trip would be
incomplete without a visit here (Tues - Fri tours at 11, 1 and 2:45 pm,
Saturdays tours at 11 am and 2:45 pm).  Mission Houses is where Hawaiian
was first translated into a written language and than taught to the
people - it is frankly a fascinating story. I would also include Iolani
Palace and a Plantation Village in your trip to Oahu.  These are my
favorites but also give the full picture of Hawaii's History from the
people's perspective.  Each has a web site.   Of course, a museum person
will always want to see the Bishop museum too.  They have a lovely
collection. 

 
 Don't worry about the fish - I am allergic and do fine.  A couple of
places to eat - Buzz's in Kailua (Oahu) and I really enjoyed Duke's...
The State Art Museum has a fantastic restaurant.  Don't pass up the
chance to get a plate lunch from a wagon parked along the street in
Honolulu - Fun and a basic Hawaiian experience.  Like kitsch - visit
Hilo Hattie's.  Like art museums  go to the Academy of Arts.
 
Want some more thoughts - please feel free to contact me via email and
we can continue our conversation...
 
Elizabeth Nosek 

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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Aloha! Hawaii! Bless you!

Gayle,
    Big tourist destination or no, you just have to see Pearl Harbor.  
It was the highlight of our week (besides the fact we didn't have the
kids for a whole week...) The submarine display there was very eye
opening, and the USS Missouri was neat, too. Enjoy!
Heather McClenahan, museum assistant/web master Los Alamos Historical
Society http://www.losalamoshistory.org [log in to unmask] PO
Box 43
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505-662-6272 (office)
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Quoting Gayle <[log in to unmask]>:

> This one is for me.  Two weeks from today, I'm off to Hawaii for   
> better than two weeks (note Jim Roberts and Julia Moore will be   
> taking care of MuseJobs while I'm away; Linda Wilson will be helping  
>  on on MuseDocs but we are looking for a second helper, so let me   
> know if you're interested).  I won the airfare last year, my folks   
> kicked in two weeks worth of timeshare, and we're spending a week   
> each on Oahu and the Big Island.  I've watched the Travel Channel,   
> read some of Hawaii for Dummies info, and subscribed to online   
> newsletters trying to fully understand "this foreign country" (hey,   
> it wasn't a state when I was born, and this is my first trip).
>
>   I know not to take lava rocks as souvenirs unless I want to have   
> bad luck forever, and you won't catch me with pork in the car on the  
> Pali Highway lest I offend the Gods and they make my car break
> down.   I know that the volcano has exploded (more than just  
> erupting), and  that some of the things I'd like to do aren't going to

> be conducive  to my gimpy status (bad knees).  I also know to look at 
> but don't  touch the green turtles or monk seals.  Even though most of

> my major  expensives are being totally taken care of (airfare and 
> lodging),  and I purchased interisland on Hawaiian and not Aloha, and 
> we have  our rental cars, I fully expect things to be quite expensive.

> We  planned for this.  I get a workplace bonus each March, and that 
> will  be taking care of some of my expenses.
>
>   But like any trip I take, I want to suck up everything in a short   
> period of time and to fully absorb what I see.  So, I am asking you,  
> the experts, to give me your sound advice and recommendations as to
>  what to miss and what not to miss when we're there. What insider   
> history might I look for?  Where are the hidden secrets the common   
> tourist might miss?
>
>   Please send me your suggestions within a week so that I can print   
> things up and have them with me when I travel.  I value your   
> opinions on such matters highly.
>
>   Thanks!  I mean Mahalo!
>
>   PS No, I'm not surfing but my 60-this-year guy is and I'm going to  
>  be the one on the shore laughing my ass off taking pictures.  And   
> I'm probably going to starve this trip because I am so not a fish   
> person.
>
>
>
>
>
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