Brian and I island hopped to Maui this past weekend to celebrate our one year anniversary. It was a relaxing and fun weekend and neither of us wanted to leave. There is a tranquility and spaciousness about Maui that I don’t think exists on Oahu, but I guess that is what is neat about the islands; they are all beautiful in such different ways. I always felt pulled to Hawaii, and aside from the obvious,…
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I am inspired by this music video today, Mickey Smith created this video for Ben Howard’s song, “Old Pine.” Love the imagery and the tune. Enjoy. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/22163776 w=400&h=225] OLD PINE from Astray Films on Vimeo.
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I have two friends in town from Vancouver for ten days, which means I get to pretend like I’m on vacation too. (That never gets old.) I took them on a tour of the southeast side of the island yesterday, from Diamondhead to Waimanalo. As we played on the beach, one of my friends commented that I’m like a happy little kid. I absolutely love having my good friends here with me, so I guess it makes me, well,…
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I decided to move my blog from Tumblr to WordPress. I find the latter has more of the functions I wanted and, in my opinion, it is more user friendly. I work with WordPress on the Surfrider website so I’m also a little more familiar with the format. I used to write on Blogger for years as well, and I continue to recommend it to anyone starting up a blog, but I wanted to try something new. I’m still playing…
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4.29.2011 It was a real life fairy tale and I’m not ashamed to say I stayed up late and enjoyed every minute of the Royal Wedding last night. From the big hats (or ‘Fascinators’ as I learned they are called), to the trees in Westminster Abbey, to William and Kate looking absolutely stunning, I was entranced. Yes, there are more pressing, important things going on in the world, we all know this. Yet, what is…
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