A Hawaiian woman tells of her grandparents and aunt; family property; Buckle Street and Anapuni Street homes, gardens, and furnishings; schooling, including Lincoln School and, later, University of Hawaii; hula studies and teachers; Kanakaole sisters; 1925 move to Kalia; neighborhood and activities; hotels; Fort DeRussy soldiers; Squattersville; Mabel King; shellfish, fish and limu (seaweed) availability off Waikiki; Royal Hawaiian Girls Glee Club dancers, concerts, and serenading; boat days; celebrity tourists; modeling work with photographer Edward Steichen; account of Pearl Harbor attack eve in Waikiki; wartime entertaining at army installations; marriage to Colonel Frank Steer; Kodak Hula Show; entertaining royalty; May Day in Waikiki; ...