Hi peeps, Landed in Fukuoka late this afternoon on Hawaiian Airlines inaugural flight. Took us 10 hours to get here and we’re pretty exhausted. Performed at the media reception and then went to eat ramen at our favorite restaurant, Ippudo. Had a great shio ramen with char siu, boiled egg, and corn, along with bite-size [READ MORE]

Its finally over and I’m totally exhausted! The Merrie Monarch Festival was such a fabulous first-time experience for me & my family … I don’t even know where to begin! First of all, Sarah’s halau, I Ka Wekiu, ended up winning the top honors – they won 1st Place in both the men’s hula kahiko [READ MORE]

Aloha from Hilo, everyone! We arrived in Hilo yesterday morning and guess what … it wasn’t raining! Hilo not raining?! Ya gotta be kidding! Anyway, went to get the car from Hertz and they upgraded me to a 4-door Jeep Wrangler – what a piece of junk! There’s nothing automatic and everything is manual – [READ MORE]

Yup, you guessed it!  I went to Scott’s Boot Camp class yesterday afternoon at the Honolulu Club and now my body hurts like hell!   I’m so stiff & sore that I look like the Frankenstein monster when I walk.  The hardest part is sitting down and standing up … pure agony and takes forever.  This [READ MORE]

‘Morning, peeps! Today is my day for meetings … first one starts at 9am and the last one is at 7pm!  Gotta get through a lot of stuff before we head on over to the Big Island for Merrie Monarch.  I’m sure tomorrow’s blog will be pretty dull since I’m sure you won’t want to [READ MORE]

Aloha, peeps! It’s showtime!  The 49th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawai’i’s premier hula competition, takes place this week over in Hilo, Hawai’i at the Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium.  This is “the grandad” of all hula competitions with people from all around the world gathering for this great event.  This will be my first experience there, and [READ MORE]

Happy Aloha Friday, everyone! Another week has come and gone … it’s pau hana time!  Come down and join us at Lulu’s tonight or Kani Ka Pila Grille tomorrow and start off your weekend with some great music, food, and drink.  After this weekend, MDNA hits the road – first to the Big Island for [READ MORE]

‘Morning, all! IOKS stands for IOLANI ON KONA ST., our little boutique store located at our factory in Kaka’ako.  Customers are always blown away when they first enter this little jewel because it’s such a sharp contrast to the rest of the neighborhood.  Many have described IOKS as a “beautiful oasis”, and a place where [READ MORE]

The winds died last night … it was so still that I woke up and had to turn on the overhead fan.  On nights like these the puppies are pretty restless because they can hear every little thing and will start barking in the middle of the night.  I passed out really early last night [READ MORE]

‘Morning, As usual, Sunday was a do-nothing kinda day so there’s not much to share.  I’m thinking of skipping my Sunday blog altogether … what do you think?  Carla’s sick again … she got a relapse of the cold which she had about a month ago and now sounds like a barking seal.  I remember [READ MORE]