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]

Good morning, everyone, and “Happy Aloha Friday!” to you all!  April is flying by so quickly … half of 2011 is almost over and it seems like we just got finished celebrating the New Year!  Doesn’t it seem like the world is in fast forward .. like things are coming at us so fast that [READ MORE]

Aloha kakahiaka, friends!  Another beautiful Sunday morning here in paradise as I sit here with my coffee and start preparing for another busy day … yes, there is no rest for the weary!  ManoaDNA is performing this afternoon at the Kokua Japan concert / telethon over at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  We are honored to [READ MORE]

Aloha kakahiaka, peeps!  I just heard that there was another big quake in Japan which originated near the same area as the big one in March.  Miraculously, there was no tsunami this time … thank goodness!  I don’t know how long it’ll be before Mother Nature decides to give Japan a rest, but I hope [READ MORE]

Puppies scared the crap out of me this morning … one of our neighbors’ dogs started barking at 6am this morning, so our dogs decided to join right in at full volume.  We were all sound asleep when suddenly “BARK! BARK! BARK!!!”   Man, it’s a good thing I still have control of my bowels [READ MORE]

‘Morning, everybody!  Hope everyone’s week is starting off well … it’s a slow morning for me, but I have a couple of meetings scheduled for this afternoon.  Of course, the ongoing crisis in Japan is always a hot topic for discussion since Hawai’i is close to Japan both economically and culturally. I heard that the [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]

‘Morning, my peeps, and a happy “Aloha Monday” to you all!  I sure hope this week is a whole lot less stressful than last week, although efforts to help the earthquake & tsunami victims in Japan continues at a frantic pace.  On a more positive note, there are signs that things are starting to settle [READ MORE]

While we all continue to devote our energy to raising awareness about the recent events in Japan and supporting the Japanese people, a small yet powerful story continues to impress me, but not surprise me. Why is there no looting in Japan after the earthquake? “During a state of emergency it is not unusual to [READ MORE]

Yup, it’s rainy & windy up here in the “valley” … I thought I could sleep a little later since it’s Sunday but our dog, Buster, got me up at 5:30am crying because he wanted to go out and eat grass.  I guess that’s what dogs do when they have an upset stomach .. eat [READ MORE]