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then & now

    FOOD HAWAII

    Then & Now | Giovanni’s Shrimp Trunk

    north shore | giovanni's shrimp truck

    Then: 2008

    north shore | giovanni's shrimp truck

    Now-ish: 2015

    north shore | giovanni's shrimp truck

    Then

    North Shore | Malaekahana Beach Life

    Now

    I don’t know why I am so compelled to write Then & Now posts. Probably the same reason why we keep returning to the same places, why I take a billion photos, and why I keep a blog. Something inside of me needs to look back, compare, and remember. Am I looking for change, like a spot the difference puzzles, or am I looking for similarities, a touch stone to the past?

    Whatever the case, since our last trip to Hawaii in 2008 the garlic shrimp truck industry, and food truck business in general, blew up in the North Shore. We knew there were other shrimp trucks, possibly even ‘better’ shrimp trucks, but none of those places were Giovanni’s. It had to be Giovanni’s.

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  • CAMPERVAN HAWAII TRAVEL

    THEN + NOW | Hawaii

    The last time we were in Hawaii was in 2008. We rented a VW campervan and camped all around Oahu and Maui sleeping any place that would allow or at least…

  • MEMENTOS

    THEN + NOW | House of Prime Rib

    It seems kind of fitting that the first time we met was over food. I had recently moved to SF and, while I wasn't dating anyone at the time, I had…