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Everyone loves new cars. The sights, the smells, the power... the prices... well not everything. This weekend thousands of people flocked to the annual First Hawaiian Bank Auto Show held at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. I attended the auto show and took a lot of photos, not to mention sat in a few of the display cars and checked out their features and prices. Am I in the market for a new car? Not so at this time. My old Toyota still gives me good service and is all paid for.

Top photo: Chevrolet Corvette, Below: Lincoln MKX Crossover SUV

More photos: Mel's Auto Show Page | BuzzNet | Flickr

2007 Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra

They seem to be everywhere in Waikiki. And also in the Ala Moana Shopping Center. The ubiquitous ABC Stores, an operation that is aimed squarely at tourists and probably a very profitable operation in the islands. Recently ABC Stores opened what I think is their largest store in Hawaii at the site of the former Honolulu Book Shop/Walden's/Border's Book Express location near Center Stage on the street level of Ala Moana Center.

I just happened to be by, camera in hand when I snapped this quick shot of the place lit up for the evening. I never shop at ABC since most of the items are geared towards tourists - sundries, disposable cameras, little batteries, film, cheap t-shirts, some tacky Aloha wear, gifts, sunscreen, sarongs, beach towels and stuff. Prices are generally higher than say, Long's Drug where similar items and more are also sold, but usually at a better price. The tacky design t-shirts at ABC are cheap, sometimes 2 or 3 for $20. Maybe more.

Tourists like the stores because they are convenient and placed near or in the major resort hotels in Waikiki and elsewhere. There seems to be an ABC Store on every block of Waikiki. I think there is only one in Ala Moana Center and you're looking at it (haven't checked to see if the smaller location in the same center is still in operation)....

It is very rare for people in Honolulu to be jolted by an earthquake. Yesterday at around 10 in the morning, a very mild earthquake rolled through Honolulu. I felt it at my workplace but was not even sure that it was an earthquake. It was only a short time afterward when I checked with KSSK radio that I found out that an earthquake had been felt in Honolulu.

The quake was a news item for the day, but has since been eclipsed by other, more pressing matters. If you want to know more about yesterday's quake, check out these links:

• Article at Honolulu Star-Bulletin.com
• Article at the Honolulu Advertiser
• Recent Earthquakes in Hawaii

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