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Quiet North Shore Beach

Lori — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:06:50 +0000

For a quiet moment during this busy holiday season… Took this during an early morning fishing outing on the North Shore. Quiet North Shore Beach

Quiet North Shore Beach

Kailua Farmer’s Market

Lori — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:39:07 +0000

For the past couple of months we’ve been going to the Kailua Farmer’s Market on Thursday afternoons. I love the KCC Farmer’s Market…it’s just that it’s really hard for me to wake up early on Saturdays! So this Kailua one is perfect. Lots of ono food, and at the very comfortable hour of 5:00 pm. Take [...]

Kailua Farmer’s Market

Miyako Restaurant, Honolulu

Lori — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:41:07 +0000

I wanted to take my dad someplace special for his birthday the other week and after thinking about it for a while, decided on Miyako Restaurant in Waikiki! This is the same place that we went to for our 5th wedding anniversary last year. But this time I made sure to get seating out on [...]

Miyako Restaurant, Honolulu

IKURA!

Lori — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:45:07 +0000

Any other ikura fans out there? I want to say “thanks!” to my mom’s friend who gave me the big container of ikura you see below. With it, I made myself a nice little ikura don with choy sum for dinner. Funny thing, I never liked ikura growing up. It actually really grossed me out. [...]

IKURA!

Noboru Japanese Restaurant, Kailua

Lori — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:30:10 +0000

After going to watch a concert on the Windward side a while back, we went with my mom for a drive around Kailua looking for a restaurant that was still open for a late lunch. Craving Japanese food we decided on Noboru near Down to Earth in Kailua. Since it was after the time that most [...]

Noboru Japanese Restaurant, Kailua

Vegetarian Burritos

Lori — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:17:01 +0000

After my experience making vegetarian tacos, I wanted to try veggie burritos next! For this one instead of making my own tortillas I used flaxseed wraps that I found at Costco. For the filling I used these refried beans that are SO GOOD! I used the Amy’s Vegetarian Organic Refried Beans with Green Chiles. The green [...]

Vegetarian Burritos

Okinawan Festival 2009

Lori — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:12:07 +0000

Since my mom had bought some Okinawan Festival scripts from a friend, we headed on down to Kapiolani Park yesterday to help her spend it! We browsed through an arts and craft tent, a country store, and another tent selling orchid plants. My mom picked up a really pretty orchid that will look great once [...]

Okinawan Festival 2009

Vegetarian Tacos

Lori — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:11:13 +0000

Tried to make some vegetarian tacos a while back. I was pretty motivated so I even made my own homemade tortillas! For the meat substitute I cut up a boca burger into little pieces and cooked it with some taco seasoning. Added some veggies and salsa and had a quick little dinner! Vegetarian Tacos

Vegetarian Tacos

Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas

Lori — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:16:58 +0000

Hi guys! I’m still alive, just super busy starting a new job this year. I have photos from back in May just waiting on my camera…but until I have time to get those together, here’s a little something to tide you over. This weekend we went out to celebrate my mom’s birthday at one of our [...]

Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas

Down to Earth Hawaii – Vegetarian Eats

Lori — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:26:34 +0000

Finding vegetarian places to eat out here in Hawaii isn’t always easy. But we’ve found Down to Earth to be a great place to pick up lunch while grocery shopping! On this day we had a couple burgers and a bowl of chili. Everything was delicious! And the really good part is now that Circuit [...]

Down to Earth Hawaii – Vegetarian Eats

Kanamachi and Shibamata

Lori — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:34:25 +0000

DAY 11 To everyone who has stuck around for these three months of Japan posts, thank you very much! This blog covers the last day of our trip and I’ll be returning soon to those familiar food recipes and reviews! On our last full day, we took a couple of trains to get to the Kanamachi Station [...]

Kanamachi and Shibamata

Fishing in Tokyo

Lori — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:25:49 +0000

DAY 10 I was so excited to finally make it to this day in our trip since we both LOVE fishing!! Two of our friends took us to Okutama for a day of trout fishing. The weather report said it was supposed to be really cold there so our friends’ wives decided not to make the [...]

Fishing in Tokyo

Nikko Day Trip – Toshogu Shrine and Yuba!

Lori — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:28:05 +0000

DAY 9 On day 9 of our Tokyo trip we decided to go on a day trip up to Nikko! Our friends made the train reservations and also picked up musubis, maki zushi, and sakura mochi for breakfast! After a leisurely ride to the north, we got off at Tobu Nikko Station. Right outside we were greeted by a [...]

Nikko Day Trip – Toshogu Shrine and Yuba!

Ueno Park, Yanaka Ginza, Sengakuji Temple, Beer Museum Yebisu

Lori — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:24:16 +0000

DAY 8 We started out Day 8 by catching the Yamanote line to Ueno station where we met our friend. Before our trip, all of the weather forecasts said that the sakura would be in full bloom during our time in Tokyo. However, just before we arrived, cold weather descended upon Tokyo and lasted for most of [...]

Ueno Park, Yanaka Ginza, Sengakuji Temple, Beer Museum Yebisu

Japanese Baseball at the Tokyo Dome

Lori — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:37:19 +0000

DAY 7 We slept in a little on this morning since all we had was a 1:00pm baseball game to catch at the Tokyo Dome. Normally we aren’t big baseball fans, but we really wanted to see a Japanese baseball game because we had heard about how different they were! Before we left, we had some of [...]

Japanese Baseball at the Tokyo Dome