After getting a Kindle for Christmas last year, I challenged myself to read more and to see just how many books I could read in a year. I have to say… I definitely disappointed myself. Not even a book a month! I’m not trying to make excuses, but some months were definitely busier than others… … Continue reading
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and fun night. Since I just became a Yelp Elite, Jake and I scored free tickets to the New Year’s Eve Party of the Year in Kaka’ako. Food trucks, carnival rides — even live bands and DJ’s at three different stages! There was always something going … Continue reading
So if you read through my last post that gave you a quick overview of the sights we saw on our Roberts Hawaii Oahu Grand Circle Island tour, you’ll recall this stop at the Byodo-in Temple. This stop, is one of my top two favorites of the whole trip. You get about 45 minutes here … Continue reading
In Hawaii there are a bunch of different New Year traditions. There’s mochi pounding, sashimi eating…but my family, ever since the ball dropped for the year 2000, we’ve made a huge cookie — which we dubbed that year The Millennium Cookie. The tradition stuck and we’ve been making huge cookies for 15 years now! All you … Continue reading
This isn’t necessarily my New Year’s Resolution, but something I want to do in the new year, or challenge myself to do, is read more. Everyone says they don’t have the time to read, but really how many times have you been bored and all you do is open and close Instagram on your phone … Continue reading
My childhood consisted of reading Harry Potter book religiously, so when I found out that part of our family trip at the beginning of 2013 included a visit to Orlando Studios — AKA a visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter — I couldn’t contain myself. That’s why it’s in my Top 3 2013 Moments. … Continue reading
I seem to be picking my Top 3 2013 moments based on the intense feelings I had while experiencing these sights. Seeing snow on Mauna Kea and traveling with Jake for the first time definitely had my heart aflutter and got the travel bug in me worked up. The next moment in 2013 that I … Continue reading
**Update:Â My Triptease on Mauna Kea was just awarded a place in the Editor’s Picks! Click the link to see it! As 2013 starts to wind down — with only five more days left in the year — I wanted to take the time to remember some spectacular things that happened to me this year. This … Continue reading
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