Good People
Three hours, two helpful friends, one helpful stranger, two parents, $500 and four tires later — And I’ve finally found myself at home, in bed, and grateful.
Read More »Joziah’s Birthday // Through My Lens
A couple of weeks ago, my friend had a fun baby lu`au for his son, Joziah (a blond-haired, blue-eyed cutie, btw!), at Senator Fong’s Plantation & Gardens in Kahalu`u. Good food, good music, good people, a bouncy castle, and several kegs. #goodtimes
Read More »Congratulations Corrie
Over the weekend we got together with family in Waimanalo to celebrate with my cousin Corrie — She’s a newlywed who’s expecting her first baby! (She’s due on Feb. 20, let’s hope she’s a day early and baby Noah can share a birthday with Aunty Era <3
Read More »Happy Birthday, Mom!
Today is my mom’s birthday! I doubt she’d want the world to know, so I won’t say how old she is today, but she’s actually pretty young so it shouldn’t even matter. Anyhow, we’re off to celebrate at a surprise party with some of our close family and friends. It’s a karaoke thing and I can’t wait to hear everybody sing haha! I’m also excited to debut my mini pumpkin cheesecake and eat garlic chicken from Sugoi :)
But most importantly, of course: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM! I love you <3
I wanna know // What are you up to this weekend? What have you celebrated recently?
Happy Sunday,
Tiera
California, Disneyland & the Best of Friends
After a month of super top secret planning, my friend Pono and I set out for the city of Orange to visit Joelle (my BFF) & Jayson (BFF’s BF)! Jayson lives in California for school and Joelle’s living there for the summer, and over the long weekend for 4th of July I was in Cali, too!
I got talked out of bringing my camera to Disneyland (we had a hardcore tour guide and had no time for pictures, haha!), but I managed to sneak in a few iPhone photos :)
Here are some of the highlights:
- Pono Girl and I not sleeping at all on the redeye flight
- Almost getting scammed by a knock-off Disney shuttle (and being saved by another lady from Hawai’i!0
- Surprising Joelle at iHop
- Wrapping up my toe to get my foot into tennis shoes
- Picking up our park hopper tickets
- Disneyland & California Adventure!
- California Screamin’, Dumbo the Flying Elephant (pictures only, lol!), Indiana Jones Adventure
- Matterhorn Bobsleds, Mickey’s Fun Wheel (definitely not recommended, lol!)
- Pirates of the Caribbean (with Captain Jack Sparrow), Soarin’ Over California (pretty awesome)
- Space Mountain (longest line of the day), The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (twice)
- Silver sequined Mickey ears and Joelle’s birthday dinner at Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria (where almost every staff person had an Italian accent!)
- World of Color (So, so good, but the Fastpass situation needs some work)
- Guy talk (Jayson + I + MMA + the Joe Rogan Podcast)
- Pono leaving at the crack of dawn the next morning :(
- Relaxing poolside and in the pool (something haoles don’t seem to do haha!)
- Omiyage and two buck chuck at Trader Joe’s
- UFC 132 at The Gaslamp in Long Beach with Ivan & Brian
- Continuing the night with shuffleboard, beers & the jukebox at Michael’s in Huntington Beach
- Outlet Christmas shopping at The Citadel in L.A.
- L.A. Italian Kitchen and Transformers 3 at The Block with Ivan
- Jayson & I testing a million options at the badass soda machine, a la Ari Shaffir
- Finally trying Five Guys Burgers. Legit.
- Stealing a Lakers box (in exchange for stocking their shelves for free) from CVS
- Poolside/jacuzzi adventures with our new drunk friends (Cousins? Haha!)
- Sushi and Scallops at King’s Fish House (Crazy good)
- 360 degrees of fireworks on the parking lot roof
- Packing up (sad face)
- Waiting nervously in the airport line (my last name is legally hyphenated, on my ticket it was not. In HI my last name can skate by, but I wasn’t too sure about CA!)
- First class back to Honolulu
Is that enough awesomeness for you? It was for me!
Love you J&J, thanks for opening your home so graciously :) Can’t wait to see you both soon!
// I wanna know // What was the last vacation you took? // What’s your favorite theme park?
Sayonara,
Tiera