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and that sort of stuff. It’s themovement of
the wind and the waves and the trees and
all of that. It’s all kindof intertwined. Their
art is, a lot of times, made with materials
found there and depicting the life there. I
just gravitate toward that.
What do you remember seeing the first
time you arrived on the island?
It’s really a
dramatic setting. From the water, you look
up toward the sky and themountains kind
of carve into it at these amazingangles. It’s,
you know, just as you imagine paradise:
On theRoad
withJeremyPiven
What is thefirst trip that you remember
takingas akidout of Chicago?
I’m from a
theater family, sowe didn’t really have vacation;
we didn’t establish that law. Jumping on bicycles
and riding up anddown LakeMichigan— that’s
whatwe did, becausewewere gypsies, artists.
We didn’t havemoney, and that is just theway
itwas. That’swhat’s so great about an amazing
family:Whereverwewere, wemade it our own,
sowe had a good time.
What doyou takewithyou toKauai?What
kindof packer areyou?
I try to be a light
packer— that’s the goal, but it never seems
towork out thatway. You justwant tomake
sure that you know you are going to be really
active there. If you’ve got shoes, you know you
are going to be hiking, and you are going to get
themdirty, that’s for sure. It’s just really casual
there, so you bring shorts you can throw on over
your bathing suit, or aT-shirt, so you can run and
grab some food. You don’t need to bring a lot for
nighttime stuff. You don’t needgear. You don’t
have to bringdress shirts or blazers or anything
like that. You can just be very, very casual. It sort
of allows you to travel a little lighter.
What doyou carrywithyouas far as an
iPod, books, and soon?
Youwant tomake sure
you have readingmaterial; it’s a great place to
read. It is actually an amazingplace tomeditate,
which I try to do. I’m successful and unsuccess-
ful. You can really do it anywhere— anywhere
at all, but Kauai is a very powerful place, and you
can tap into that pretty fast.
Doyou takeyourBlackBerrywithyou?And
wouldaBlackBerry evenwork inKauai?
I
don’t know, man. I try to turn that thing off.My
cell phone doeswork there, but onmy last trip,
thankfully, it didn’twork.
Soyouare completelyout of touch for how
long?
Every time I go there for aweek, Iwish I
had two. It’s the kind of place Iwould suggest
for anyone, if they could, to even stretch it out to
10days. Youwon’t regret it.
Visit:
The last of the
great independents.
The owner/operators
who give not only fine
beef but their hearts
aswell.
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