a walk in the park

*Note: Today's post is more a story, not a fashion dissertation.*

So yesterday I visited a playground that I haven't been to since I was little. I used to play there with my friends all the time— there was a seesaw, a tire swing, a giant dragon made out of tires, even four wooden houses! Aikahi Playground used to be one of my favorite places.

Anyway, it was so weird to be there, years later, watching little kids squeal and chase one another. It was like watching a younger version of myself. However, the playground I had known was no longer there— they had torn it down for safety reasons and remodeled it in 2009. The painted tire-dragon and wood structures had been exchanged for turf, fake wood, and a concrete dragon with glazed tile inlay decorated by students.

The new and improved Aikahi Playground of my youth

The new concrete dragon...

Tiles painted by students at the nearby elementary school

This structure is painted to look like a honu, a green sea turtle.

One of the last remaining tires of the old playground...

From Top To Bottom:
Sunglasses: Marc by Marc Jacobs
Long sleeve: Converse One-Star
Dress: Old Navy
Slippers*: Old Navy

*Now, you might have noticed I did not write 'flip-flops'. In Hawai‘i, locals use the term 'slippers'. I know that on the Mainland (continental U.S.) and otherwise, many people refer to them as 'flip-flops'. However, I have grown up my whole life in Hawai‘i calling them 'slippers', and that's how they'll be referred to in this blog. :)

stay sentimental,
Kiana