As I type this, Hawai‘i and the majority of the Pacific are under a tsunami warning, as a result of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile last night. Let me emphasize this: My family and I are fine. We live several miles from the nearest shore line. We also hoard Purell with Aloe (the [...]

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My family and I celebrated my birthday last week (February 17th) at The Pineapple Room, Alan Wong’s more family- and wallet-friendly restaurant adjoining Macy’s at Ala Moana. As much as we love Chef Wong’s flagship restaurant on South King Street, the Pineapple Room has long been a favorite of Todd’s and mine. Birthday “cake,” Alan [...]

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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I hate monkeys. I hate monkeys about as much as I hate talking babies. That said, if we could fire all the stupid people and replace them with typing, filing monkeys, I would have NO problem with that.

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Daniel Dae Kim signs autographs at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival. Daniel Dae Kim (right) and me (see red arrow) in a scene from the “LOST” episode titled “Ji Yeon.” Awesome news: “LOST” star Daniel Dae Kim has been cast to play Chin Ho Kelly in the pilot of the “Hawaii Five-O” remake! Kim plays [...]

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Although I have been keeping up with my reviews over at Yelp, I realize I haven’t done a food post here in a while. Sorry about that. Greek isn’t the type of cuisine one usually grows up with in a Japanese household, so I was kind of sheltered from it until college, when my co-workers [...]

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