Happy New Year!

2011 is here, I just turned 27, and it’s been far, farrrr too long since I’ve contributed anything to this blog.  And while I can’t change how fast time seems to fly these days, I can make it a point to share my latest foodie adventures with all of you – and between the holidays [...]

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Wine Down Wednesday @ town – July 14th, 2010

Every single week a note about Wine Down Wednesday pops up on my twitter from owner @edstown, and every single week I think “I need to go and do that.”  But, despite my good intentions, I have to admit that yesterday was the very first time I ever actually followed through – something that may [...]

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Breakfast of Champions

What better way to start the day off than with banana stuffed croissant french toast and an amazing cup of coffee from Covenant Books & Coffee on 12th. Avenue in Honolulu?  I dare say not much.  If you can’t make it for breakfast (they also do a mean breakfast burrito), stop in for soup (a [...]

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Soul De Cuba Cafe

“Like stones rolling down a hill, fair ideas reach their objective despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.” – Jose Marti, Statesman, Poet, Visionary and Cuban Revolutionary We have been talking about trying Soul De Cuba Cafe since a dinner down the street [...]

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Town Kaimuki

Saturday, as Lesley and I lazed around wondering what to do with ourselves, I flipped through the latest Twitter posts on my phone for some inspiration and came across a photo from @edstown of that night’s dinner menu at Town which looked incredible.  Lesley had never been there before and I’ve been craving it for [...]

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Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House

If you are ever in the Nashville, TN area, a trip to Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House would definitely be very much worth your while. Miss Mary Bobo’s is located in Lynchburg, TN, which is famous for being a sleepy little town of 500 residents that houses the Jack Daniel’s Distillery. A perfect day trip [...]

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A Top-Notch Send Off

I recently left my job to pursue a career in real estate sales and my coworkers took me out for a very nice farewell lunch at Alan Wong’s Pineapple Room.  The food was, as usual, delicious, and you couldn’t beat the company…Excited to embark on my new professional journey, one thing for sure is that [...]

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Kauai Eats

Last week Thursday and Friday, my coworker Colleen and I went to Kauai to make a visit to all of our favorite restaurants….I mean to work (which there was a lot of I promise!)… A girl works up an appetite running from appointment to appointment and so we decided to treat ourselves with a few [...]

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Oishii!

My mom is in town for a conference and she specifically requested that we go to a new favorite Japanese restaurant of hers, Imanas Tei, for dinner last night.  I discovered this place a year or so ago and I’ve been a regular patron ever since.  Always packed to the brim with Japanese people (I [...]

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Cookbooks to Love.

“Cooking is not about convenience, and it’s not about shortcuts. Take your time. Move slowly and deliberately, and with great attention.” – Thomas Keller, The French Laundry   I am of the opinion that one can never have enough great cookbooks.  Personally, I read through them like novels, marking the pages I want to try [...]

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