On my way home from church this morning, I drove past the Hawai’i Book & Music Festival. It was being held at Honolulu Hale, so I decided to walk on over.

There were publishers, vendors, author presentations, food booths, and entertainment. There was a large book swap tent, but you needed to bring books in order to participate. I had a curry lunch plate from India Café and sat down by the main stage to listen to a jazz quartet.

I walked around and checked out some of the publishers. Bamboo Ridge Press was selling new books for just $1.

Here’s Roland Cazimero performing a new song that he wrote about Honolulu for the Singer-Songwriter Showcase.

And here are the garlic fries that I had from the Gordon Biersch tent. I had a nice time….