Garbonzo,
My wife, (Cebuana) loves the Hawaiian Islands too. She has never been there, but has seen many of my own photo's and many tv films/documentaries about the islands. She always says : "It's too beautiful there".
Being that I myself have lived there, I've been able to tell her much about the Islands and that Hawaii is truly like what she's seen and heard about on tv.
LOL, like your wife, my wife buys lotto tickets too! She always says: "If I win we are moving to Hawaii"!!! So we can live in a paradise in the U.S. and be closer to my family. Of course, she would be quite happy living in the Phils. too, which would be an "affordable" paradise for us. We are going to try to move to the Phils. this year, unless she gets lucky!!
As for me, I originally went to Hawaii on an 8 week booking with a California road group, (Top 40 Show/Dance Band). We were to do the 8 wks at the Naniloa Surf Hotel in Hilo. We were a good band and ended up being booked on the islands for 3.5 years. We were offered more bookings on the islands by the Amfac Corp. but we were all homesick and just wanted to go back to California.
We worked for every major hotel on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the big island of Hawaii. (from Kalakaua Ave to the Kona Coast and all points in between.
I still play music 2 nights a week. >
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