What we’re about
Aloha! This is a diverse, active, group for anyone who is interested in meeting new people and having a good time. We organize happy hours, hikes, volunteer events, plopping on the beach afternoons, movie nights and more. Suggestions for events are always welcome!!
We strive to be an inclusive, supportive, kind, politically and drama free group (well most of the time anyway). Everyone is welcome and we look forward to meeting you!
Considering joining us, please take a moment to review our past events, and member reviews. This is a public group, so you can see members' event comments and event photos too. If you want to be a member, we want you in our ohana. [rev: 250724/mb]
Upcoming events
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Honolulu City Lights Parade!
The Nighthawk, 12 S. King St., Honolulu, HI, USI love a parade! This year's parade is coming a little sooner, just right after Thanksgiving. It’s time for the annual Christmas LIGHTS Parade! So come join us!!!
This great parade starts at 6:30 p. m. along King Street from Aala Park (River Street) to Honolulu Hale. (530 S. King Street). There are all sorts of lights on all sorts of vehicles! - People with lights! - Marching bands with lights!! - Performers with lights! The sidewalks will be very crowded - In past years, more than 75,000 people gather for opening night! The city Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held at 6pm, at Honolulu Hale. But instead, we'll stake out a place that’s better for the parade itself.
Why Nighthawk?
We'll meet at The Nighthawk bar (corner of King St. & Nuuanu St.). The bar fronts the parade route, plus you can purchase food & drinks there too. No need worry about lawn chairs, or bathrooms for that matter.
At the end of the parade route , there will be vendors, food trucks, and live entertainment set up between the Mission Memorial Building and the Fasi Municipal Building. The food truck lines can be long, so mo better grab da kine before going.
For more information about the night's and month's festivities, please visit The Honolulu City Lights website.
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Free parking at Safeway on Vineyard and Pali – about 4 blocks walk. There are many buses going through Chinatown, but there will be detours. You should be able to get within a couple of blocks of King & Nuuanu.
Traffic Advisory
Due to the parade, there will be traffic detours, street closures, and parking restrictions throughout Chinatown and Downtown Honolulu starting at 1pm.
(more info);
phone: (808) 229-3033
website26 attendees
Tonkatsu Tamafuji - Dinner for 8, Kapahulu (20)
Tonkatsu Tamafuji, 449 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu, HI, USSince this place is so popular, I'll keep putting it on the schedule every month or so. Update on their move downstairs: it looks like Tamafuji will be here until April, 2026.
One of my first dinner meetups was at Tonkatsu Tamafuji; I remember waiting in line for our turn at a table. And the line was long; in fact, I remember the maître d' coming out to tell some folks they wouldn't be seated that evening. That was 2018, now I'm making reservations, with a 5 - 6 month wait (this kind of reminds me of San Francisco).
Hokkaido’s Tonkatsu Tamafuji opened on Kapahulu Avenue on February, 2017, and the lines filled the second floor of Hee Hing Plaza with folks hungry for deep-fried meat.
Tonkatsu - pork cutlet, coated with fine bread crumbs, deep-fried to a crisp in hot, hot oil, and served with a ketchup-shoyu-Worcestershire sauce; when it’s done well, it’s divine. At Tonkatsu Tamafuji, you’ll find variations on the dish: chicken, oysters or shrimp instead of pork and topped with runny eggs for katsudon.
The Tonkatsu Tamafuji franchise has 11 locations in Japan (2017), and the menu here comes with some exclusive-to-Hawai‘i items: cheese loin katsu, cheese chicken katsu, mix katsu and the one-pounder katsu.
Because of their popularity, they can afford to be strict: 1. we can't be seated until our entire party arrives (so please be on time); 2. we lose our table if we're not seated within 15 minutes of our reservation; and 3. dining is confined to 90 minutes, I actually had to acknowledge this before they accepted my reservation.
Because of the above, I'm limiting RSVPs to members with zero no-shows. I'm also limiting RSVPs to long-time members, or new members who have attended at least one event in the past 4 months. Hosts can check this. I'm just taking the lead from the restaurant.
For those of you who enjoy eating out, please consider becoming an event organizer.
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They allow separate checks.
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Mall parking at Hee Hing Plaza, downstairs.
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2, 13, 14, 24: Kapahulu Ave & Leahi Ave (1 block).
(more info):
phone: (808) 922-1212
website | menu | yelp 4.6 ⭐️ / $$
Opening review (February, 2017)
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Past events
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