DENNIS ODA / DODA@STARBULLETIN.COM
No, this isn't a view through a pair of giant binoculars. It's just two couples who happened to be walking toward each other along the sidewalk at Ala Moana Park, as seen through two pipes stored along Ala Moana for a construction project.

RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Stacey Hayashi, a repair and material analyst for Hawaiian Airlines, used tweezers yesterday to fasten status flowers, petal by petal, to a model of a Hawaiian Air Boeing 717 which will be affixed to a float for tomorrow's Aloha Festivals parade. Hawaiian Airlines is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Hayashi and other Hawaiian Air employees started working on the float, some of which can be seen in the background, on Tuesday.