Hawaiianology

“You can score at the point after” The Point After was located in the Hawaiian Regent, 2552 Kalakaua Avenue. It was the nightlife hub of Waikiki and opened at 9:00 pm and closed at 4:00 am every day with the last call at 3:30 am. It was known for its live music, crowds, good dance floor action, but the life of it was the experience and that Live music was the key. Such a popular place with the lines on the weekends and the cover charge would add up so people would save up to go dancing. There was a Point Pet VIP card to get past the cover charge, the 2 hour lines, and it would avoid the whole thing and go and have fun. It didn’t matter too much though, because they were packing people in and were way over the maximum allowed number. It was so popular it was like the Studio 54 of Hawaii with Stevie Wonder jamming and other people going under the radar. The way people would dress was in Angel Flight pants that clung to all their parts, nice long sleeved collared shirts, Members Only jack...

The Hawaiian Regent Hotel (1971-2000) was among the largest hotels in Waikiki at the time, occupying five acres and featuring over 1,300 rooms spread across two towers: the original L-shaped Kealohilani Tower and the 33-story Paoakalani Tower, added in 1979. The hotel's design incorporated spacious lanais, giving each tower a distinctive character and contributing to the architectural texture of the area.   Architects: Before the Hawaiian Regent Hotel was built, the site was part of old Waikiki’s patchwork of small guesthouses, beach cottages, and low-rise apartment buildings. In the decades before Hawaii’s statehood, this part of Waikiki was known for its quiet, residential feel — a mix of local homes and modest vacation rentals, rather than the high-rise hotels we associate with the area today. In the late 1960s, there was the Hawaii’s Tourism Golden Era with Jet travel that brought more visitors to the islands, developers began clearing older properties to make way for mode...