Archive for January, 2009

Boom Shack a Lacka – The Shack!

It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon.  I got home from work around 5pm thinking about all the things I could do.  I made the mistake of sitting down on our futon and looking outside.  A lot of days, there is this lone golden plummer (it is a small brown speckled bird) that visits us and [...]


Mexico Restaurant. Yipa Yipa Ariba!

It was a Saturday morning and I had woken up bright and early.  Normally this would be the point where I’d talk about how I then went on a fantastic hike or run or maybe some exciting and fun-filled gallivanting around town with my wife.  But it was not meant to be, for I had to go [...]


Zia’s Caffe

Zia’s is one of those neighborhood Italian restaurants that I go to pretty frequently with my parents.  It is dependable good tasting Italian food with good service, a nice atmosphere, and prices that won’t break the bank.
We normally go to the Kaneohe one as it is larger than their Kailua location.  They are online and [...]


Menchies Part Deux

This is a second review of menchies, the first review here was done by our fabulous contributor potbellypig of the genus Sus Scrofa (by the way, hello there whoever you are who just arrived here via a search engine searching for the genus of potbellypigs). 
My wife Shirley and I had spent the ENTIRE day working in our yard [...]


La Pizza Rina! How Do I Love Thee

I mentioned it before that some of us crazies are sorta training for the GREAT ALOHA RUN.  When talking about the GAR with a friend of mine who did the marathon, she mentioned that you should “carbo-load” two days before a big race as it will give you more long term energy.
I knew I was going on [...]