Notes on "Ohana":

•  In tribute to the original Chinatown Express, one block down from the Hotel Pennsylvania.

•  All my Spanish comes from Google Translate, although I did research Puerto Rican slang. If anything has come out awkwardly, my apologies.

•  Carisi's good deed probably got Alex home about two hours sooner.

•  The Michener excerpt is from Hawaii.

•  In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote a popular book, still in print: How to Win Friends and Influence People.

•  I had no idea the Danielsons had a daughter until I wrote this story...

•  "like he was counting" -- "Untethered," of course.

•  Zane Grey was my mom's favorite author.

•  ...or about Viola Perrino, either. Sometimes the characters tell you things you never knew.

•  "Dog trainer turned detective" -- it worked for Susan Conant in books, so...who knows.

•  Gracie Mansion is the traditional home of New York City's mayors.

•  With love to the "late" E.L. Freeman's, where I bought all my diaries.