View from the Lanai

From high desert to high-rise

View From The Lanai

View From The Lanai
Location
Honolulu, Hawaii,
Birthday
March 24
Bio
Deidre Pike, a lecturer at the Reynolds School of Journalism, works as an assistant professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

MY RECENT POSTS

AUGUST 23, 2011 6:36PM

Guilty! Another car in Honolulu

Have a Fit I thought long and hard before I decided to bring my Honda Fit to this 600-square-mile island. Cars don’t belong on an island. From reading David Quammen’s The Song of the Dodo, I've learned a bit about island biogeography. Ecosystems are fragile.

During my first job interview… Read full post »

 “Still we live meanly, like ants; though the fable tells us that we were long ago changed into men; like pygmies we fight with cranes; it is error upon error, and clout upon clout, and our best virtue has for its occasion a superfluous and evitable wretchedness. Our life is fritteredRead full post »

JULY 18, 2011 12:18PM

Ever dream of living in Hawai'i?

The view from the lanai, as depicted in a brochure for the apartment I rented sight unseen

I signed the lease, sent the check. But I have not seen the view from the lanai of my new apartment in Honolulu’s Makiki neighborhood. One of my new colleagues checked out the apartment for… Read full post »