Coming and going

From my earliest post, you know how dismayed I was to find no Target on the island. There are a couple of K-Marts, but none near me. I had to find new places to buy the little stuff it takes to set up an apartment. Now, just as I've pretty much wrapped up purchasing, Target is coming to Hawaii! A job fair at the Convention Center was closed early because so many people showed up to apply for jobs.

There have been several closing recently. It's hard to tell how much is due to the economic mess but tourism is really down. Since this is our first full year here, I don't know how much slower it is than the usual off-season. The restaurants are nearly empty at happy hour and there's plenty of room on the beach.

The saddest departure was our dear brew pub. Brew Moon closed suddenly last week. By coincidence, Rick was there the last evening it was open, although we didn't know it then.