Community Builder | Speaker | Supporter
Disclosure: Lilinoe and I received two free tickets to the Freestyle Invasion tour from the cool cats at Hawaii Pacific Entertainment. Last night Lilinoe and I put on our dancing shoes, well…the same shoes we wore to a wedding reception a few hours ago and boogied on in to the Neal S. Blaisdell arena. As [...]
This past Saturday, March 24, 2012 my family and I participated in the inaugural Cash Mob Hawaii event. A cash mob combines the sudden assembling of people and the buy local movement. From the Cash Mob website: “What are Cash Mobs? The general idea is to encourage people to go into small, local businesses and [...]
Politics is never fun. It’s tough, messy, and most often unrewarding. So, I don’t get involved in politics. Instead, I just get involved. My company Pono Media has been retained by the Kirk Caldwell for Mayor 2012 campaign to provide social media strategic support. As with all of my freelance clients, the decision wasn’t immediate. [...]
For the past three years my parents have hosted a large gathering at their home during the Christmas season to welcome home Guy Kawasaki and his family. Last year brought buckets of rain, so much so that my Mom’s towel pantry was completely bare and it took her three days to wash, dry, and fold [...]
It’s official! We’re registered for the Kaiser Permanente Great Aloha Run on Monday, February 20, 2012. The 8.5 mile course begins at Aloha Tower and finishes inside of the Aloha Stadium. Every day we drive the course shuttling between work, paddling, and events. On this day, we’ve committed to the same route, but with healthier [...]
According to Crowdbooster, the tweet below was my “top tweet” last week with more than 27K impressions. It was also featured in Civil Beat’s daily live blog coverage of APEC. I hope that people will heed the call to support Honolulu small businesses affected by APEC.
I did make it a point to try town’s pig’s feet though, after being told by a couple of people, including L.P. “Neenz” Faleafine how good it was, “and I don’t even like pig’s feet!” she marveled. via Take a Bite – Hawaii News – Staradvertiser.com. I saw one of Hawaii’s top foodie [...]
Twenty years ago this year marks the anniversary of the passing of my Nanny, my maternal grandmother Hu’i Park. I’ve shared my journey with hula before, but as life has it that journey was short lived until this year. Invited to participate in The 38th Annual King Kamehameha Hula Competition, Chelsea began dancing for Hu’i [...]
In 2009, the good people at Servco Toyota selected me to participate in the 2010 Prius Experience. For one month I was able to test drive “Juicy Toyota” — a 2010 Prius hybrid. I blogged my experience, hosted a tweetup, and while we did not become owners three people in my life are now Prius [...]
Update: Order online from BÜTI GROOVE HAWAII. Hawaii based GRP HOME CO. swiftly pulled their talents together to raise money for our neighbors in Japan. Led by Hawaii celebrity Lanai Tabura, designers from local clothing companies HI Life Clothing, Fitted, In4mation, BUTI GROOVE, Barefoot League, and Aloha Army designed the ALOHA FOR JAPAN t-shirt that [...]
Last year Chef Roy Yamaguchi extended his Aloha to Haiti after the country was hit with a devastating earthquake by hosting a fundraiser at his restaurant. Guests dined on a traditional Haitian dinner and were asked to donate whatever amount they could afford to the American Red Cross. It was through this fundraiser that I [...]
Last Friday, I had a few hours between my TEDxHonolulu X-Team meeting and a fund raiser at the Hawaii Theater, so I decided to attend an art gallery opening that I was invited too via Facebook. I walked about a block to Pauahi Tower and was greeted by an air conditioned lobby. The first piece [...]
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About two years ago Lilinoe and I made an effort to introduce our children to the joy of wave riding. Chelsea was in her first year of canoe paddling and had an interest in stand up paddle surfing. We purchased a bodyboard from Town & Country and headed to one of my favorite spots, Waikiki [...]
