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The Lanai City

by ALOHA DEAN

This unassuming plantation town grew up in the '20's and hasn't changed much since. Cool and quiet under stately Norfolk and Cook Island pines, the streets are lined with tin-roof homes and old-fashioned stores; three restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner; banks-even a police station with a wooden jail in the yard. In the evening, people congregate up the hill at the local country inn-the Hotel Lanai for drinks and dinner. It's a great town for strolling or lazy bike rides.