The 16th annual event.
Jon Kunitake, number 1.
The official name of the race is "The UCC Coffee Kunitake Farms Kona Marathon and Family Fun Runs."
Bree Wee with Jon, Olympic gold-medalist Frank Shorter, and Ruben Ruiz. Bree was second overall in the half marathon, first girl.
Jon's sister Marie with multiple-time marathon winner Jeannie Wokasch.
Jon with 2nd place finisher and former winner Rani Tanimoto and 1972 Olympic winner Frank Shorter.
Salsa Latino's have been busy performing lately. Here they are playing at Huggo's On The Rocks.
While the live Hawaiian music has ended at the Keauhou Shopping Center on Saturday mornings. This is my last portrait of Matt, Jamison, & Kaleio.
The waves washed away the sand last week at Magic Sands Beach.
So I went to Kua Bay where there was still sand.
Sam Rosen of the Ukulele Gallery was in his glory at the festival.
There was a block party up in Holualoa last weekend, paying homage to the ukulele and locally grown foods. Divine Goods was one of the hotspots, check them out sometime to see why. And Lani Lee's Hula group was performing at the post office.
The uptempo, smooth jazz sounds of Byron Johnson can now be heard at Pa Leo (across from the Kailua Pier) on Saturdays evenings from 7pm to 9pm. So stop on by, have an Italian dinner and some wine, and listen to Byron who's on top of his keyboard game.
I got word that the funding has been discontinued for the Hawaiian musicians to perform at the Keauhou Shopping Center's Farmer's Market. So stop by and say hi to Mat, Jamison, and the boys for this Saturday, June 27th, 8am to 10am. It'll be your last chance.
Wijit with Baby Girl are just some of the Thais and Filipinos operating at the market from Wednesday through Sunday.
Wijit blesses the produce, hoping for a day of good sales at Uncle Billy's Kailua Kona Farmer's Market.
At the beginning of Geary Street are a lot of art galleries, including an exhibit of Andy Warhol and Keith Haring.
The flower stalls are still lining the sidewalk with tulips and roses.
And the Old Navy had headless mannequins in interesting compositions. 
Some graffiti I walked by in San Francisco.
The electric trolleys were out in full force along Market Street, complete with their original paint styles.
Later on had dinner with famous night photographer Jerry Burchard with his Computer Tech at Cal Zones in North Beach. It was a wonderful time.
Just got back onto the island. Sat on the plane next to a 13 year old Japanese / San Jose kid who was reading Dante's Inferno.
She said she's already read some Shakespeare and hasn't started James Joyce, but has it. Time to put on the cut-offs and slippers (and to hope that my car starts.) Aloha.