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On the “Windward” side of the island, in the small beach town of Kailua, The Food Company Market & Cafe is a hidden gem that many locals treasure.  From the outside, it doesn’t look anything special, but inside their menu is a plethora of meals ranging from pancakes to braised short ribs.  The selection of […]

Happy New Year!  Goodbye 2012 and hello 2013! For me, the time seems to go by faster as the year passes.  2012 has been an interesting roller coaster ride.  Usually my years are uneventful, but not this year.  During my winter break, I’ve reflected on the good, bad, and crazy times of 2012.  I don’t […]

About a 10 minutes drive away from Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck there is another famous must try place in North Shore. Just like the shrimp truck, Matsumoto’s is known for one thing, their shave ice.  Shave ice, as we like to call it, is also known as snow cones, snowballs, kakigori, guri guri, etc.  Basically all have […]

In 1993, an unassuming white bread truck turned Shrimp truck took simple ingredients and served up some of the best shrimp plates on the North Shore. Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck would drive around to all the hot surf spots on the North Shore.  Word of mouth spread about the famous (and cheap at the time) shrimp […]

Next week Monday, I’ll be leaving sunny (super hot) Hawai’i for the cold windy city of Chicago.  This is my third time in Chicago, but my first time being there during Halloween.  I had a hard time figuring out what costume will go well with the cold weather.  I found the perfect costume and even […]

Coming from Hawai’i, we believe that rainfall is a blessing.  We view rain as a way to wash away the bad spirits and invite the good spirits in.  After the hard partying and the emotional draining stay in Krakow, we were looking forward to a quick day trip in Wien (Vienna).  Unfortunately, we weren’t prepared […]

Finally, the first installment of AWD after I came back from Europe.  My dad is slowly getting better, but he’s decided that it was best to buy a wheelchair.  Special thanks to Hawaiian Medical Supply store for hooking us up!  They were all so helpful and nice. We bought a wheelchair where he couldn’t push […]

Kailua is a small surf town on the Windward side.  This town kinda reminds me of Coronado or San Clemente, California.  This town is filled with families and retirees who shares the same love for wind, sun, and the beach.  Annually, Kailua throws a huge block party filled with art, food, and merchandise/crafts.  This year, […]

This photo is from Marc and Angel’s 40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus the Mind. Check out my answer to the previous question.   I’m not going to go with the obvious choice of family and friends, but I think I would miss the most is the social gathering around food.  In Hawai’i, we are big on baby luaus, […]

This week’s theme is Sun. Any photographer will tell you that the sun can be your friend or your foe.  Most of the time, it’s the latter.  This week’s challenge, I decided to make it my friend.  It took a while, but I came up with this. The shot above is my friend.  I wanted […]