Kaimuki

Jamba Juice’s Acai Bowl (the poor man’s version as compared to Blue Hawaii)

My wife Bernedette and I were in the Pearl City area doing some errands and we were both super hungry but the problem was that we were supposed to eat dinner in a couple of hours.  TWO HOURS!??  That was like FOREVER away, but not so far away time-wise that we could go and eat a huge [...]


12th Avenue Grill

It was my nephew’s birthday and we decided that we should go somewhere extra nice to celebrate.  None of us had ever been to 12th Avenue Grill so it was a perfect opportunity!
12th Avenue Grill is located in Kaimuki at 1145C 12th Avenue and their reservation phone number is 808-732-9469.  Their hours are Mon-Thurs 5:30-9pm, Fri-Sat [...]


Rai Rai Ramen

Sunday afternoon, my wife Yumiko and I were meeting our friend at the Running Room on Kapahulu to pick up our free shirts for the Great Aloha Run coming up on February 16th (it will be our first one!  GOD/VISHNU/ANYONE/ANYTHING PLEASE HELP US).  While waiting for our friend to show up, we looked at some of the runner’s shorts they had available [...]


A Taste of the Bayou of Kapahulu

It was dinner with my parents night coming up and I was having a heck of a time trying to figure out where to eat.  Normally we go and eat either Italian or Greek food with my parents but they had just recently had both so I had no idea what to suggest.
I must have spent a good [...]


My Big Fat Greek Lunch

I was at work with my boss and we were out on a business visit in the Kaimuki area.  It was near lunch so we decided to get some food.  He asked me what places I knew nearby and out of my mouth came the words, “you ever try Big Fat Greek?”  He had tried [...]