Hi everybody! Just saw a rough cut of the documentary, “Stories from Tohoku: With Heart & Hope”, a film about Project Aloha, the trip we took with our “ohana” from the Japanese Community and Cultural Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) to the Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures back in October of 2011.  Dianne and her film [READ MORE]

Aloha, everyone! It’s the last week of February and like 2011, this year is flying by quickly.  Hope you all had a great weekend … mine was filled with music and golf.  We performed at the Kani Ka Pila Grille on Saturday night to another packed house, and were especially happy to see many familiar [READ MORE]

Good morning world! As we support the Honolulu Festival this morning, we come to you from The Jade Dynasty restaurant in Ala Moana center!

Hi everybody, Well, we’re off to another early start this Saturday morning … we’ll be appearing on Perry & Price to help promo the big Honolulu Festival next month.  We were just on the P&P radio show a few weeks ago to help promote the Punahou Carnival, so Mike and Larry are probably sick of [READ MORE]

Happy morning, people! Looks like I spoke too soon … I was feeling a little cocky because I felt no pain after my Boot Camp class on Tuesday.  WRONG!!  By the time we were done with our Hyatt performance last night (Wed.), I could hardly walk!  The muscles in my thighs, shoulders, and arms were [READ MORE]

Aloha, everyone! Missed posting yesterday’s blog due to a power outage in our area … someone said it was caused when a woman driving her car knocked down one of the utility poles by UH.  Power was out for a long time (about 12 hours) – boy, she sure picked the right pole!  ManoaDNA performed [READ MORE]

A very windy “Aloha Monday” to you all! I hope you all are enjoying the President’s Day holiday!  Of course, it’s not a holiday for our family because our IOLANI on KONA ST. store will be open today .  That’s ok, though, because I really enjoy meeting with customers and talking story with them.  A [READ MORE]

Aloha, everyone! It’s Valentine’s Day, the day of love … which coincidentally, also happens to be Carla’s & my wedding anniversary!  Although we have another busy day at IOLANI, we’ll be joining our friends Wayne & Susan Miyao later for dinner.  Their anniversary is also on Valentine’s Day and they were kind enough to invite [READ MORE]

Yo, peeps! It’s Sunday morning here in the valley and there’s excitement in the air as everyone prepares for final football game of the season – the NFL’s Super Bowl!  Although my two favorite teams didn’t make it (Broncos and the 49ers), I’m still going to root for the NY Giants just because Carla is [READ MORE]

Aloha, everyone! It’s Thursday which means an afternoon round of golf with my fellow degenerates.  And why I’m bragging about this to you guys is because it’s the first thing that I’m actually looking forward to this week!  Things should start picking up tomorrow with the Punahou Carnival, KKPG on Saturday, and the Super Bowl [READ MORE]