I love Hawaii. And I love Christmas. But Christmas IN Hawaii is, well, weird. Ok, maybe not weird, but it’s definitely different when you grew up somewhere like, oh let’s say CANADA. I can never seem to get that feeling here. You know – that warm fuzzy holiday feeling that suddenly creeps up on you and you can’t help but bask in all of its giddiness. I think the feeling only comes when the temperature drops below…
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I snapped this photo on the weekend at Keiki Beach on the North Shore. I love it. Just some old friends “watchin’ the tide roll away…wastin’ time.” I love their chairs, the blue ocean backdrop and the pure bliss conveyed in doing absolutely nothing.
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This past weekend the Surfrider Foundation’s Oahu Chapter held its 9th Annual John Kelly Environmental Achievement Awards on the North Shore at Waimea Valley. I am proud to be involved in organizing this fun event that honors environmental leaders who follow in the footsteps of pioneer surf environmentalist John Kelly. Kelly started the grassroots group Save Our Surf in the 1960’s (Surfrider’s predecessor in many ways) that was responsible for protecting the coastlines from destructive…
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September was a busy month with visitors in town, so I haven’t written much. I have however, been toting around my camera taking photos all over the island. My brother, a very skilled photographer (see his work here), has been giving me little lessons over the last couple of weeks. I have a lot to learn but I’m having fun attempting to apply what he has taught me so far. Here are a few of…
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I knew something was up when my boyfriend went for a run one afternoon from Waikiki to Hawaii Kai, up and down Kokohead crater (a 1200 foot, 1000 plus staircase climb) and back to Waikiki. That’s a 27-28 mile trek. For fun. “You ran more than a marathon,” I said incredulously. “Yeah,” he shrugged. I guess it should have come as no surprise then, when he told me he wanted to run the HURT 100…
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