Aloha kakahiaka, everyone!  It looks like we may have more rain headed our way – the skies are overcast but at least the humid, voggy weather has finally gone away.  I hope you all have a great Tuesday … I know I’m planning to! Preparations continue for ManoaDNA’s upcoming trip to Japan … so many [READ MORE]

Aloha!  Did any of you guys watch the NCAA Final basketball game yesterday?  I’ve never seen such poor shooting in a final game before … I don’t know if both UConn and Butler had the jitters or what, but they couldn’t make a basket to save their lives!  Some of my friends claim that both [READ MORE]

I can’t believe how quickly this week is going by!  It’s already Thursday and also the last day of March – man, this month went by fast!  I’m also looking forward to joining my buddies for our weekly round of golf at WCC since I haven’t been able to play the last couple of weeks [READ MORE]

Love that Dunkin’ Donuts coffee!  I sometimes blend it with one of the coffee selections from our NEspresso machine to create a little variety, but my favorite is still the original!  Ahhhh … nothing like a little taste of java heaven! Carla & Linda just took the puppies for their walk and gave them their [READ MORE]

Monday .. the start of another work week and also the last week of March 2011!  This has been one month that I’d like to forget … I sure hope April is better! Went to play squash yesterday morning and really got a great workout!  I haven’t sweated that much in quite a while and [READ MORE]

Man, the trades have really been blowing the past few days!  It’s actually kinda nice … better than the hot, humid stuff that comes with the south and west winds.  Nothing much happening this week other than trying to keep IOLANI moving ahead … the news about huge cancellations in our visitors market due to [READ MORE]

Good morning, everybody!  I’m back … just had to take a break from all the craziness that’s been going on over here.  The awful earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan is continuing to create quite a stir as Hawai’i begins to mobilize to find ways to help raise funds and donations for the victims.  And [READ MORE]

This week’s photos include shots from the IOLANI Christmas party, a ManoaDNA wedding, food & drink, Tokkuritei’s last night, and Punahou basketball! First, we start off the IOLANI Christmas party and a shot of the crew dancing and Alex playing BINGO! It was so funny and awesome to see the IOLANI family having fun again. [READ MORE]

What a month this will be. Last week Tuesday we started the festivities with the release of Evolution, this week we blessed The IOLANI retail store, and next week we are off to Japan! Take a breath! Hope all the readers are having fun! See the Japan people next week!

If you listened to our radio show on Radio-i 79.5 in Nagoya on Sunday, then you know I just went down to the Iolani clothing factory to see the progress of their new retail store that is being built and that should open sometime during the summer. It’s coming along pretty good and I am [READ MORE]