One point for anyone in the San Francisco area. There were two women at the hotel. They left yesterday. One of them is Eileen Hazel, a singer songwriter from Berkely. She was in Hawaii worki9ng on learning the language and writing songs in Hawaiian. If you get a chance to see her playing out in the coffeehouses or wherever take it. She's pretty good.

I met them as I sat on the covered patio playing my guitar. I sang Bertha's Mussels and heard their applause. Later they joined me and we passed the guitar around. Eileen sang her Hawaiian songs and her friend, Diane, has been studying slack key guitar and played a few pieces. Not bad. We spent a couple of evenings on the patio swapping music and stories. Fun time. The second evening Eileen brought out her uke and Diane her guitar. We jammed along and enjoyed the soft Hawaiian breeze and cool evening air. Several of the other hostel occupants sat around and enjoyed the time. One kid wanted to participate but the only songs he knew where They Might Be Giants tunes. Without accompaniement it didn't work very well but we encouraged him to sing out.