Merrie Monarch week

Aloha, peeps! It’s showtime!  The 49th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival, Hawai’i’s premier hula competition, takes place this week over in Hilo, Hawai’i at the Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium.  This is “the grandad” of all hula competitions with people from all around the world gathering for this great event.  This will be my first experience there, and …

Happy Easter!

Good morning, bloggers! It’s a beautiful Easter Sunday morning here in Paradise and we’re getting ready to go join the family for Easter Sunday brunch.  We had another great night at Kani Ka Pila last night with lots of friends and family joining in the merriment.  It was great to see my fellow Thursday degenerate, …

Gettin’ ready …

Happy Aloha Friday, everyone! Another week has come and gone … it’s pau hana time!  Come down and join us at Lulu’s tonight or Kani Ka Pila Grille tomorrow and start off your weekend with some great music, food, and drink.  After this weekend, MDNA hits the road – first to the Big Island for …

IOKS

‘Morning, all! IOKS stands for IOLANI ON KONA ST., our little boutique store located at our factory in Kaka’ako.  Customers are always blown away when they first enter this little jewel because it’s such a sharp contrast to the rest of the neighborhood.  Many have described IOKS as a “beautiful oasis”, and a place where …

Moving on …

The winds died last night … it was so still that I woke up and had to turn on the overhead fan.  On nights like these the puppies are pretty restless because they can hear every little thing and will start barking in the middle of the night.  I passed out really early last night …

Damn virus!

‘Morning, As usual, Sunday was a do-nothing kinda day so there’s not much to share.  I’m thinking of skipping my Sunday blog altogether … what do you think?  Carla’s sick again … she got a relapse of the cold which she had about a month ago and now sounds like a barking seal.  I remember …

Happy April Fools Day!

Aloha, peeps! It’s the first day of April, also known as April Fool’s Day!  I already pulled a good one on Carla by telling her that our sewer line broke – her face took on a look of total panic until I said “April Fool’s!”, after which she gave me the familiar one-fingered salute!  Hahaha!  …

Happy Aloha Friday!

Good morning! Nothing much to talk about today other than the fact that it’s BEEYOOOOTIFUL outside!!  Gonna be a busy day for ManoaDNA, though … we have a radio interview and magazine photo shoot this afternoon, and then we’re back at Lulu’s for some pau hana merriment.  We won’t be at Kani Ka Pila Grille …

The Masters

Hey guys, The mother of all golf tournaments – the Masters – starts next Thursday at Augusta National.  This is the one tournament that every professional golfer wants to win because the prestige and glory that comes with it is unlike any other PGA event.  For this golf wannabee, however, the closest I’ll ever get …