After thoughts ….

Good morning, my friends! It was quite an eventful weekend for my family … Alex & Sarah’s engagement, Nick’s return, Alex’s final Friday night at Lulu’s, MDNA’s awesome jam Saturday night at Gordon Biersch, and an all-day gathering of family & friends at Kaimana Beach on Sunday. There’ve been so many major happenings in our …

Congrats Alex & Sarah!!

Aloha, friends! Well, it’s official … Alex and Sarah are ENGAGED!!  He proposed yesterday as the two of them sat on beautiful Kaimana beach watching the sunset … you couldn’t have asked for a more romantic setting!  And because Alex had told us beforehand, we were all there to witness the happy occasion including Nick, …

Happy Aloha Friday!

Aloha, friends! Wrapping up another busy and VERY hot week! And though it’s only the beginning of September, I’ve already shifted into high gear in order to finish my projects by the year’s end.  Changes are happening so quickly around me and there are some days when I feel absolutely lost … yet, I take …

It’s %#*&@ HOT!

Whew, it’s hot!  Woke up this morning and took the puppies for their morning walk at around 7am and it was already heating up.  Yesterday had to be one of the hottest days that I can recall, and today may be even worse!  I decided to go to the Honolulu Club to play squash … …

Busy, busy, busy ….

Aloha kakahiaka, my friends! Woke up to another beautiful cool and breezy Manoa morning … a welcome relief from the awful heat and humidity of the past week!  I’ve been so busy the last couple of months that it’s really starting to affect me physically and emotionally … but there will be ample time to …

The Show Must Go On!

Well, let’s see. I’m not supposed to talk about this gig, but I want everyone to know an update because of an impending natural disaster…hmm…such choices. I guess I’ll just have to talk in code! This weekend, the state of Hawai‘i is preparing for two hurricanes to roll through the islands. As we speak, Hurricane …

Aloha, mom …

Good morning, everyone! We’ll spend our last day in LA cruising around before grabbing an In ‘N Out burger and heading out to LAX for our flight home. It’s been a great trip .. Napa was absolutely phenomenal and LA was, well .. LA! We had dinner at a great Mexican restaurant in Woodland HIlls …

Hana Hou II ….

Another cool & breezy evening in the ‘valley and I just finished re-stringing and waxing my guitar. Damn, I hate changing strings, especially on the twelve .. it’s like stringing two guitars! Plus, I always end up getting a few pokes from the ends that stick out from the tuning pegs … suckers are like …

Hana hou ….

Aloha, everyone!  Since I’m on a roll, I thought I’d continue my ramblings from yesterday’s blog.  Let’s see … I told you all about the exciting new musical journey that Alex is embarking on in September, but MDNA still has a pretty full schedule until then.  Because of road trips and several special events, there …