Busy day!

Aloha, peeps! Boy, yesterday turned out to be super busy at our IOLANI on KONA ST. store!  Started the morning off with a magazine interview and photo shoot, followed immediately by a video taping of IOLANI with Japan celebrity, Toshikazu Fukawa (check out the pic!)  He’s a very personable guy and an avid collector of …

Video shoot today!

Aloha, everyone! Got another busy day ahead, starting off with an early morning marketing meeting, then a video shoot at our IOLANI ON KONA ST. store with Japan celebrity Toshikazu Fukawa.  I was told that years ago, he was a member of the popular Japanese idol group SHIBUGAKITAI, then later became an actor and is …

Coffee change-up!

‘Morning, all! I just committed heresy … instead of brewing a pot of my favorite Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, I made a cup of Nespresso!  We actually ran out of DD yesterday so I had to use the other stuff which actually is pretty darn good!  It comes in individual servings, ranging from very mild (beige) …

Aloha Monday!

Hazzit, peeps! Start of another week … man, May is almost over and Memorial Weekend is coming up next week!  Is it my imagination or does it seem like this year is also zipping by??  I guess it’s true that the older one gets the faster time goes by and in the end, everything just …

Sunday sunrise!

Good morning, everyone! Just got back from walking the puppies on a beautiful, but wet Sunday morning here in Manoa!  It’s been raining off and on since early morning and there’s a cool breeze in the air … a sharp contrast to the hot summer-like weather we’ve been having recently.  And of course, I saw …

Happy Aloha Friday!

Yo, my peeps! Boy, the weather’s been real hot lately .. almost seems like summer’s come early!  It was a scorcher out at Waialae yesterday  and I’d like to say that my game sucked because of that, but I can’t.  Started out with a birdie on the first hole and then it was all downhill …

Old puppy dog

Aloha kakahiaka, peeps! Buster, our Jack Russell terrier, is 16 years old and slowly going deaf and blind … and since 1 dog year equals 7 of ours, that would make him 112 years old!  No wonder he’s falling apart!  Actually, he’s in pretty good shape considering his age although he’s been running into things …

Ahhh .. Sweet Embrace!

Hi guys, We had a great rehearsal last night … especially loved the arrangement of Alex’s new composition SWEET EMBRACE, which we’ll debut soon.  Nice movement, great vibe … just a really fun and uplifting song.  I love learning new material – it gets the ‘ol juices flowing again and forces us to get off …

Killer squash

‘Morning, all! And no, I’m not talking about the vegetable squash .. I’m talkin’ about squash, the racket game!  My buddy, Tim, is in town and a bunch of us got together yesterday and ended up playing some of the most intense games of squash that I’ve played in years!  Guys were flying around the …

Weekend recap

Aloha, everyone! Boy, lots to tell.  It was a quiet night at Lulu’s on Friday with very little energy in the air – quite unusual for that place.  We get a night like that every now and then so it was really no big deal, except that it requires so much more energy for us …