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Uncle Markie out and about.

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Mon
12
Nov '07

Uncle Markie’s Walking Tour.

Well — after a breakfast of coffee and banana in the room and a couple of ham and cheese crescents in the lobby (and it was 9:45!), it was off on a walking tour of Honolulu. I’m not quite sure I realized how far it was to CompuUSA. According to Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006, [...]

Mon
12
Nov '07

Hawaii Condo Business Masquerading As Hotels.

So — that real estate property I listed a couple of days ago is part of a wave of hotels turned condos run by hotel groups — called Condotels. Best I can tell, I’m staying in one — though I haven’t seen any of these units on the resale market. Basically you buy your hotel [...]