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]

‘Morning, my peeps!  It’s another Aloha Friday here in Hawai’i nei and the start of another busy weekend for me and ManoaDNA!  Our long weekend of performances actually started last night at the Pakele Live! benefit for Japan and continues through the weekend, ending with the big Kokua Japan concert on Sunday at the Hilton [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]

Nah, it’s not … but it is April Fool’s Day here in Hawai’i!  It’s the first day of April and a day to be on your guard in case any of your friends decide to pull a practical joke on you.  It’ll be interesting to see if anything happens at Lulu’s tonight … I had [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]

Aloha kakahiaka, my friends!  It’s Aloha Friday here and the end to an exhausting and emotional week for me & my family.  Although the news coming out of Japan is still not good, massive rescue efforts are well under way and aid is starting to pour into Japan from many foreign countries.  Meanwhile, we in [READ MORE]

Aloha kakahiaka, my friends!  I spent most of yesterday sending emails and chatting on Facebook with many of our friends and fans in Japan, trying to find out if everyone was ok.  I was very relieved to hear that many of them were safe, but a few of them told me that they were still [READ MORE]

“A cool breeze enters the restaurant as we are lead to our tables. It’s a busy night at Lulus Waikiki, and a crowd has gathered from the weekend’s Pro Bowl festivities. It’s hard to make out, but there’s a hum of music above the bustle of voices. Who is it?” When ManoaDNA started playing in [READ MORE]

As the title may imply, the theme for today’s post is RECHARGE! I don’t know the word in Japanese, but I think it’s すうっと！ Unfortunately, that meant that I also slacked on the picture taking, but hopefully I can get some together for Thursday’s Nick in Photos post. Friday, Alex & Dad spent the night [READ MORE]

Wow, a week since my last post! I better step it up! Starting off the weekend in the dark, ManoaDNA was featured on the KHON2 morning news with Manolo Morales. We were helping promote the ‘Ohana Festival in Moiliili benefiting the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Then, of course, this weekend marked the first one back [READ MORE]