Stay safe in this storm. With all the outages, who else still has a copy of "Pidgin to Da Max" from the 80s?

Seeing the news about the power outages and flooding all over the islands. Hope everyone is staying dry and your generators are holding up.

Being stuck inside today (I'm living in Korea now, but the nostalgia hits hard) reminded me of those rainy days back in the 80s when we’d just sit around flipping through "Pidgin to Da Max." It was basically the survival guide for local life.

I used to go to Honolulu Bookstore at the Ala Moana Shopping Center with my middle school friends (we were from Maryknoll School, wearing our matching uniforms). I have this core memory of us just standing in the aisle, laughing at the Peppo illustrations and trying to explain 'stink eye' or 'geevum' to each other.

It’s wild how much that book actually preserved the local soul of that era.

Since a lot of us are probably stuck at home right now, what was your favorite entry or illustration? Or what was your go-to "stuck inside" memory from back in the day?

Stay safe out there!