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IOLANI Remodel Video

Nick — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:00:53 +0000

For those of you who are not able to follow our radio show broadcasting on 79.5 Radio-i in Nagoya, Japan, “Manoa DNA Reports” is a segment from our show where we report about places or events around town and share them with our radio listeners. I am going to try and follow up here on my blog on those reports, so if you see this header, that’s what’s up.

Following up on our weekly radio show, here I am reporting Live! from the IOLANI factory build. After more then 50 years of creating a great tradition in Hawai’i, IOLANI is now moving into a new era with their very first retail store. Right now, it is just a bare-bone shell of a room, but there is a lot in store! Watch as I walk you through the initial look and give you a sneak peek into things that will come!

For more information on IOLANI and the upcoming opening of the IOLANI retail store, head over to IOLANI.com.

“Nick Reports” is a section of the segment “Manoa DNA Reports” featuring weekly reports from each of Manoa DNA (Dad, Nick & Alex). Featured on Manoa DNA’s radio show, “Discover Aloha,” “Manoa DNA Reports” showcases different highlights from Hawai’i and Manoa DNA. For more information about “Manoa DNA’s Discover Aloha” radio show, visit the show’s website, or tune into 79.5 Radio-i (Nagoya, Japan) every Sunday from 11:00-13:00 (11a-1p).

Bellows Beach Park

Nick — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:00:37 +0000

Borrowed Non-maliciously from HawaiiWeb.com

Like I mentioned on our radio show, one of my favorite beaches to go and camp at is Bellows Beach Park in Waimanalo. For those of you that have never been out to Bellows, if you head east past Sandy Beach, you will round the corner and arrive in Waimanalo. A quaint town on the east side of O’ahu, Waimanalo has great food joints, and even better beaches. As you venture into Waimanalo, past the polo fields, you will arrive at Bellows Beach Park. Part of the USAF Bellows Air Force Base, Bellows Beach Park is a limited access beach that allows for weekend overnight camping.

My friends and I often go to Bellows to camp, and our favorite time of the year is fourth of July weekend. This is a jam packed camping weekend at all beach parks on O’ahu because most people have the entire weekend off from work. You have to plan ahead and get permits early, but if you do, it is a weekend full of fun and fireworks on the beach. It doesn’t hurt that you wake up every morning to the ocean and sun!

But be careful of the man-o-war!

L&L Drive-Inn

Nick — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:00:43 +0000

As I reported on our “Discover Aloha” radio show, one of my favorite places to eat is L&L Drive-Inn. L&L, as it is known here in Hawai’i, is a franchised chain of plate lunch restaurants featuring delicious local food. My favorite from L&L is the garlic shrimp plate, which includes fried shrimp doused in garlic, macaroni salad and rice. DEEELICIOUS!

Anyway, as I reported on the show, I have eaten at L&L Drive-Inn all over the country, including Oregon and New York. Below is a picture from 2005, which features me, in New York City, making shaka signs like a true dude…