Lee Cataluna: A Pandemic Looks Very Different In A Small Town Like Kauai Kauai is pressing the pause button on tourism, and it’s not because of fear.
There is a little ritual that people from Kauai perpetuate. When they meet someone new, they devote the first few minutes of the conversation trying to find a common acquaintance.
Oh, you grew up in Hanamaulu? You must know my cousin Shirley. Oh, you stayed at the Sheraton? My Aunty Verna works at the front desk. She must have checked you in. Oh, you surfed at that beach? The third house with the blue truck and the fish nets in the garage is my uncle’s house. Oh, you’re from Oregon? My cousin Kaipo grad from Oregon.
