Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Every time I’m in Waikiki I think, “Hey, I should come here more often.” But when we’re just five minutes from Kailua Beach over on our side I just don’t see much need to leave Windward. The kids had Tuesday off for Election Day and we needed to clean the house and finish unpacking, but…
Hey local friends, here is something new and fun! Lauren Roth Art at 131 Hekili St. in Kailua is verynearlyalmost open! Maybe you’ve seen my article about Lauren and her new shop in the latest issue of Go Kailua (pgs 42-45). Opening the shop has long been a dream for Lauren and her husband, Jonathan. Tonight…
Chris flew in from San Diego yesterday afternoon—THURSDAY. I have been trying to get to Waikiki on a Thursday night forever! There are free hula shows at the Kuhio Beach Park hula mound Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays at 6pm. After school we picked Chris up and got dinner at Duke’s for the very first time,…
This trip was exactly how weekend trips should be. Weekend getaways used to be so easy—Savannah for a couple days? Why not? Then we had kids and every trip turned into a disaster. Not this one! This one was fun and so easy from start to finish. Here’s how we started it: I got the…
There’s an island across the sea Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai And it’s calling, yes, calling to me Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai In the mists of Fern Grotto Mother Nature made her home And the Falls if Wailua where lovers often roam So I’ll return to my isle across the sea Beautiful Kauai, beautiful Kauai Where…
You know when your phone does that squalling emergency alert noise in the middle of the night and scares the crap out of you? There was flash flooding across Oahu this week so I got one of those. I checked and saw it wasn’t an incoming ballistic missile and went back to sleep. Unfortunately, it…
It’s Halloween, so essentially Christmas time I guess, and I’m happy to say it certainly feels like the holidays here! That might have something to do with Chris being home on post-deployment leave this week, or all the squadron parties and events we’ve been going to. Between a squadron trunk or treat, a preschool Halloween…
