Checked out Waikiki on Saturday night
This was around 2:30-3:30, sometime in there. I don't remember the exact time.
Point is, there was zero action on Kuhio. Probably had something to do with the presence of about three cop cars and an ambulance in front of the International Marketplace. Saw a guy lying back on the sidewalk, holding an icepack to his nose, watched over by a cop. No damaged vehicles that I saw though.
Anyhow, I was pooped and could see that that little drama was going to go on for a while, so I split.
He sure looked like a pimp
Friday night, Nov. 3, I cruised Waiks at around 3:00-4:00 am. Now I've visited here on and off over the past 10 years, cruised Waikiki in the days when the fun was on Kalakaua and the cops didn't give a crap. I'm aware that now things have moved to Kuhio, and there's more police presence than ever at the moment (I suspect the election is part of that equation), but the other night I became aware of some folks I hadn't seen before.
Namely a larger number of African-American men and working girls around. One guy was dressed in a three-piece suit, and he was walking up and down in front of Intl. Market Place like he owned the place. Was he a pimp? My street senses, honed on the mean streets and underground booty clubs of Detroit and NYC, said yes. Now, I am NOT racist, seriously. But some black pimps make a show of it, and this guy sure gave off the same vibe. A couple of the other guys looked more like muscle.
On top of that, a friend of mine who's local and knows Waikiki from having worked a number of jobs there, said there were a lot more black folks around at night than before.
So I'm getting the feeling that, amongst other recent changes in the Honolulu/Waikiki escort scene, that there's been a recent influx of black girls and now pimps from the mainland. Does this sound accurate to those of you with more experience here?