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
- Guilty! Another car in
Honolulu
August 23, 2011 06:36PM - Thoreau in a box in a box
under mattresses
July 28, 2011 02:31PM - Ever dream of living in
Hawai'i?
July 18, 2011 12:18PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Loco moco! Thanks for
the tip.
Sarah, I don't
know about building codes in
Hawaii…”
July 20, 2011 12:56PM
View From The Lanai's Links
Guilty! Another car in Honolulu
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 »
Thoreau in a box in a box under mattresses
“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 frittered… Read full post »
Ever dream of living in Hawai'i?

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 »
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