I grew up in the area that shows on real estate maps as “Old Kahala,” just a short one-block walk from Waialae Beach Park, where these photos were taken.

It was April 1971, according to a note with the negative. Meda and I were both pursuing graduate degrees at UH at the time, living in a rental apartment maybe a mile or so up the hill in Kaimuki. We would drive over to my parents’ house every weekend to do our laundry and hang it out to dry. On this day we ended up at the park.

I’m don’t recall if this was an early selfie or if Meda was in my face with the camera.

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