Post #189765 by Sabina on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 9:15 PM

Seeing the recreation is positively spooky- far beyond a moment of deja vu, it's the feeling of walking over a grave or something- and yet, it also feels so very good- this is not a bad thing.

I know so many of the original Honolulu customers were more than just customers- they were friends of the Chans, so to see a phoenix like revised Honolulu 2 is sort of a combination of feelings; awe, wonder, and tears to the eyes- as it shows the depth of love the Chans and Honolulu inspired.

For those of you who never wandered the original, I have a few treasured pictures you can compare the new 2 to-

These were taken before most of the artifacts were removed-

http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/Honolulu-VA?page=1

This is the folder of the external Tiki pole removal with some external pix of the original, and some internal pix after everything was gutted-

http://www.sevenpleasures.org/gallery/HonoluluTikiPoles?page=1

And here's one last picture from our 'night of the seven pleasures' last summer here at our home bar taken with the Honolulu external poles-

I can't get over how well the owners of the new space conveyed the real feeling of the original! Mahalo for sharing these with us!