Happy New Year!

2014 is upon us!  Another new date to remember to write.  When I worked at the bank, knowing the new year was required.  Especially when depositing checks!  So much has changed in the past few years.  I remember when I used to play with both fireworks and firecrackers during new years eve.  I can see why they need to ban it – the smoke nuisance can really affect anyone with asthma.  I remember once when I was a kid, I was playing with firecrackers and it popped in my hand.  My hand stung for like the whole night.  I would freak out if it happened to a kid in front of me but for me, it was a cool experience to have.  Hahaha okay sorry.  Just reminiscing a bit.  I hope you all had a great 2013 and I wish you all the best in 2014.  I leave you with a picture I took during a trip to Hilo a few years back.  This was like the calm before the storm called Saddle Road.  I didn’t know I drove on that thing until afterwards, it was nuts.  Happy New Year!

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Staycation

Hi folks!  I hope you guys are having a great holiday season!  I’ve been off since Christmas day and it has been great.  I’ve been spending time with family and friends so it’s been hard to update as regularly.  My cousin is back from Chicago for the break so I’ve been trying to get some quality time in with her!  I have all this pictures burning a hole in my hard drive that I must share with you guys!  And share I will!  I promise.  Just wanted to drop by in the meantime to say hello.  Here’s a picture from my day off last week.  I had a crazy month so taking that day off was amazing.  Boy was I productive!  I went all around the island that day!  Here’s a picture from the Pupukea Beach Park…:)

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!  I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.  I already had a battery mishap – all things should come with batteries!   Okay positive attitude.  🙂  Anyway, I hope you folks get some good rest, good food and good gifts!  Hopefully you have some time off too!  Here’s a gingerbread tree I made…!

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Fendu Boulangerie – Honolulu, HI

We ran an event in our office recently and ordered lunch for the participants.  Since I helped out – I scored a sandwich of my own!  I’m not sure if Fendu Boulangerie would be known for their sandwiches, but they are good!  I would definitely recommend them!  Here’s how two of them look:

131214-01Black Forest Ham Sandwich – delicious!  I couldn’t eat mine on the same day so I had it the next day and it was still good!  It’s a testament to how good the bread was!  I definitely recommend this. 

131214-02Vegetarian Sandwich – doesn’t that look great?  I love all the grill marks.  This wasn’t my sandwich but my coworker seemed to like it too!

Spaghetti

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131211-02Just a quick update with some spaghetti I had earlier.  A friend was nice enough to give me some food as she returned my container.  Was onolicious!  Thanks bra!

I Lied

So I totally said my time would free up a few weeks ago and I was dead wrong.  It’s probably been more hectic than ever, the next two weeks are going to be crazy too.  I apologize.  I’ve been doing some restaurant-ing the past few weeks too so I hope to get them up for you folks.  I’ll try to work on some posts tonight.  Please bear with me!  I am pretty excited to share some recipes I made too!  It’s the holiday season so I’ve been baking up a storm for various events/bake sales…or just to eat.  LOL.  Hope you all are doing well.  I’ll end this post with another Chicago picture.  Sorry!  I couldn’t believe how beautiful this picture was that my cousin was able to capture from her room.  Can you believe her view?  Willis Tower!

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Art by Afi

I would like to share some recent pieces I purchased.  I like to call them art because they really are!  My coworker creates ceramic pieces in her free time and she does wonderful work.  Every year when we have our craft fair, she donates them to benefit a scholarship fund.  EVERYONE loves it and buys them.  I truly think she undermines her own skill, every piece is so pretty and creative.  Here are two pieces I bought this year.  And happy end of November everyone!  Can you guys believe it?  Did you guys go Black Friday shopping?  I went and my pants were inside out, I didn’t know until I was driving home.  I’m awesome.

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The planter has slits on the bottom to let out excess water.  This one included the cactus!  Yay!

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Gift Wrapping

Every year, my friend Kristian overdoes himself wrapping gifts.  And I’m not trying to sound negative by saying overdoes because he is insanely creative and talented at it!  So I can confidently say he is constantly on his game wrapping presents while I am a big mess.  This year, I thought of a cute way of wrapping his present which utilized my high school skills.  Back in high school, I loved created photo collages of my favorite singers/actors and used them as book covers.  I also used it in my old planners – if I ever dig them up one day, I will definitely post it!  So here is what I created:

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Like a new car with the red ribbon…

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Veggies!

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Wailana Coffee House – Honolulu, HI

Today is just a quick post of a dinner I recently had at Wailana Coffee House.  I originally felt like a steak but they ran out so I got their Roast Pork dinner.  It’s a pretty good deal because it comes with the all you can eat salad bar!  I like salad so that’s a big plus for me.  Service was not great so I can’t exactly recommend this place but it’ll feed you just fine (lol).

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