For many of us, half the fun of traveling is finding new places to eat that you don’t normally get at home. When we were planning our Brisbane, Australia trip, my dad read somewhere that there is a large Indian population in Brisbane so the food there is authentic and very tasty. Of course, we are always down for a good Indian meal so we walked just a few blocks from the Queen Street Mall to Indian Mehfil and got…
On a recent trip to LA, on our way to the Getty Museum, my friend Will and I were looking for a place to eat and we stumbled upon Zankou Chicken. It boasts Mediterranean cuisine and it got pretty good reviews. Of course, if you have the word chicken in the name of your restaurant you gotta try the chicken (although they do serve other meats and vegetarian options as well). We ordered the quarter chicken plate which, in addition…
When I was a senior in high school, I tried out for the varsity baseball team. Despite not having played any kind of organized baseball since Little League, I figured I was a good enough athlete to make a go at it. When the day of the tryout arrived, I stared nervously at the other students that were trying out as well. Many of them had played baseball for a while and looking around, clearly I was at a disadvantage. …
Boy, April was a busy month. Easter, the March for Babies and Slugger growing leaps and bounds (she now eats solid foods and while she doesn’t quite crawl yet, she does manage to get wherever she wants to go). It’s not like life hasn’t been happening as much as I just haven’t taken the time to share it with everyone. Sorry about that. My friend Ryan tweeted about Friday 5 this morning and about how one of our mutual friends…
A few weeks ago some of our really good friends from church blessed me and Keao with a nice dinner at the new Hard Rock Cafe in Waikiki. For many years the Hard Rock Cafe stood on the corner of Kalakaua Ave. and Kapiolani Blvd. Although it was right across from the Hawaii Convention Center it was just inconvenient enough from Waikiki that i would imagine unless you really were a fan it would be easy to pass up. Luckily…