One of my favorite friends in the whole wide world passed away this evening. Those of you who have been reading this blog over the past few months know that my friend Courtney had been battling metastatic ovarian cancer. I’ve been trying to write this blog entry for the last half-hour, but I keep writing [...]

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A couple of months ago, my friend Scott and I did some background work on a little production called, oh . . . “HAWAII FIVE-0.” :o) You may think it’s corny – because it totally is – but we love it, and working on the show for a day was super fun. We actually did [...]

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Totally predictable. Don’t waste your money. By the way, did you know it costs $10.25 per person to see a movie in Honolulu these days? I expect a little more creativity for my money. And a little less of Ryan Gosling becoming completely ugly.

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Dear Cancer, You may have our friend Courtney in a wheelchair and unable to actually digest food, but today, she had a craving for steak. And when Court wants steak, she gets steak. And a beer. Don’t believe us? Photos from Mrs. Clifford & “Courts Page” on Facebook. Take THAT! Yes, in the grand scheme [...]

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Photo by Donna Nakasue. Used with permission. I cooked with kabocha (Japanese pumpkin or winter squash) for the first time today. I love kabocha, but up until now, when I’ve eaten it, it’s been prepared by someone else. Since I had the idea to make a veggie-heavy stir fry today, though, I knew I wanted [...]

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Elizabeth Edwards at the 2006 LIVESTRONG Summit, Austin, TX. Elizabeth Edwards died today. She was 61 years old. There is so much you could say about Mrs. Edwards. The newspapers and TV news outlets seem to keep bringing up the sins of the man who was to become her ex-husband, the shame she experienced because [...]

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I think those people who live at that house on Pi‘ikoi did, in fact, eat their pet chicken. I mean, number one, the chicken is goners. It is not in the yard. There is a small, domed cage, but it now sits over a statue of an elephant. All ridiculousness aside, that’s gotta be a [...]

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This part of the year always seems to sneak up on me. Maybe it’s because we don’t have a true autumn here in Hawai‘i – it doesn’t really get colder, and the leaves don’t change color or fall off, so when the pumpkin spice latte pops up on the Starbucks menu, I’m just pleasantly surprised. [...]

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Who is visiting here from sbcp5.dhs.gov? I am simultaneously amused and concerned that anyone is reading about my recipes, migraines (two days this week already, by the way) and other obsessions from a Department of Homeland Security computer. My curiosity has been piqued.

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Time to get interactive: Are these dogs or bunnies? Scott says dog. I say bunny. Don’t let my preference for “bunny” and the fact that this is my blog influence you or anything. See, Scott, you shouldn’t challenge me to do something mental like poll people on my blog . . . because I will [...]

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