Mahalo Osaka!

Aloha, everybody! Great night at the AMHall in Osaka last night! Saw many of our fans, including our pal, Yutaka who was leading the MDNA “cheering section”! Also saw many new faces in the audience too. Mahalo, everyone, for coming out to see us and I apologize for not being able to visit with all …

Nagoya & Osaka

Good morning from Nagoya, everybody! I can’t believe it … I actually slept until 10am this morning! I guess the exhausting pace and jet lag finally took its toll on this old body. Probably could have slept a couple of more hours too, but gotta get ready to check out and head on over to …

Showtime!

Woke up at 4:30am here in Sapporo which ain’t too bad considering the jet lag. Japan’s time zone is 19 hours ahead of Hawai’i … or for us simpler folk, Hawai’i is 5 hours ahead yesterday (huh?). Don’t try to figure it out – it’ll only make your head sore. And it’s been pretty cold …

Beautiful Sapporo

Aloha, We arrived in Sapporo late last night after a grueling 10 hour flight on Hawaiian Airlines from Honolulu. Since Hawaiian started this new route just a few days ago, the plane was pretty empty so there was lots of room to stretch out in. Reiko and her group met us after we had cleared …

Big Day!

Good morning!  The Big Day has arrived and we’re off to Sapporo to kick of our very first “ManoaDNA Meets Ohana” Fall tour presented by Hawaiian Airlines.  I’m so excited that I haven’t been able to finish packing yet … oh well, as long as I don’t forget my guitar!  And our shipment of brand …

Another very early morning for me … got up at 4:30am totally wide awake.  I’m usually up around 5:30am or later, but for some reason I’ve been waking up super early.  Must be all the stuff on my mind – music, business, family … sometimes I feel like a juggler trying to keep all the …

Halloween wrap-up …

‘Morning, all!  It was another epic Halloween evening … there were so many kids out trick-or-treating in our neighborhood last night!  I got home around 7:30pm and our street looked like one huge block party … I had to practically inch my way down the street in order to avoid hitting an Avenger, zombie man, …

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Yes, my friends, it’s Halloween!  Can’t wait to see all the kids in their superhero or monster costumes parading through our neighborhood … so cute!  I hope we have enough candy … kinda hard when you run out and have to put an apple or some other healthy snack in the kids’ candy sacks.  That’s …

Wow, Hurricane Sandy is totally devastating the East coast … reports of massive flooding and power outages including 16 people dead so far.  The damage done by this super storm is unprecedented and it ain’t over yet.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone over there … hang in there, guys!  It’ll be interesting …

‘Morning, my friends! Trades are back although it still feels kinda hot & humid .. played golf yesterday with my Selohssa golf group out at the Royal Kunia G. C. and it was pretty warm.  The skies got overcast in the later part of the round, so it cooled off a bit … as did …