Post #686858 by Unga Bunga on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 9:22 AM

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http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/12/27/news/story2.html

"A saimin drive-in
Hawaii nostalgia artist Joe Pimental, 83, was born in Kahuku but grew up in Pauoa and Punchbowl.
"Spending summers at swimming and playing in Nuuanu Stream and Kapena Falls were the highlights of my young life," Pimental said.
"I also remember a drive-in for saimin where all the waitresses were dressed in kimonos. The place was lit up with lanterns. They would put a board, about 7 feet long, across the car like a table."
Misses that old banyan
Lorretta M. Sato, 83, grew up in Pawaa between what is now Kaheka and Sheridan streets.
"We used to play on Keeaumoku Street near the agriculture station," Sato said. "I used to swing from the banyan tree that was on the corner. I was so sad when they cut the banyan tree down."
Sato says another treat was shopping for new shoes once a year.
"Nuuanu street (mauka) of King Street was where all the shoe shops were," she said. "On Christmas Eve my parents took us there to buy shoes for our present."

Artist Joe Pimental's painting of the drive-in saimin
stand he recalls from his childhood."

I think he also has a famous painting of old Honolulu Stadium.