Oreo Truffles & Sugar Cookies

Posted on March 29, 2013 by sandersnm

Today, Josh has a pitch-in dinner for work and we were in charge of dessert.

Being Touristy with Emel – Day 4

Posted on March 13, 2013 by sandersnm

Emel and I started our day with a quick hike to Manoa Falls. It was a great day and not too muddy (much better than the last time I hiked it). After that, we headed to Josh’s base so Emel could see what a military base looks like. We met Josh for lunch and had some pretty fantastic sushi and treated ourselves to Starbucks before our base tour (efficiently led by Josh). Then she headed to the beach and I headed to work.

After work, we attempted to have a healthy dinner (after all of the food we had been consuming) of Asian chicken salads…we then ruined them by finishing off the malasadas (still just as good the next day). Tomorrow is her last day…I will MISS her!

Emel in the tree arch on the way to the waterfall.

Manoa Falls!

Emel and I at Manoa Falls.

I have missed this!

A delicious Asian Chicken Salad (and healthy)!

Being Touristy with Emel – Day 2

Posted on March 11, 2013 by sandersnm

For Emel’s second day, we headed to the North Shore of Oahu. It was POURING (typical), when we left but cleared up nicely to a light drizzle by the time we got to Giovanni’s for some shrimp. Our first stop was to get some Baja Corn (so delicious). Then we ordered our shrimp (this turned out to be an entire day of eating). After filling ourselves with some pretty fantastic food, we headed up to Haleiwa and stopped at a beach along the way to watch some surfers. We stopped in Haleiwa to have, not one, but two desserts and wander around all of the shops. Our first dessert was the açai bowl (açai blend, honey, granola, apple bananas, coconut flakes). Then we decided to try Matsumoto Shave Ice for the first time. This a really famous shave ice stop for tourists and the line is always ridiculous and out the door, so Josh and I have never been patient enough to try it. Today, we got lucky with the lines and decided to see what all the hype was about. It was incredible! We all split a shave ice with cherry, papaya and lychee flavors, which sat upon a scoop of vanilla ice cream and was covered in condensed milk. DELICIOUS. After our dessert tour of Haleiwa, we stopped in a few of the stores. Emel found some pretty artwork to take with her and Josh and I found a few small canvases of some of the cool places on Oahu that we could decorate our apartment with. Then we headed back to Honolulu to relax a bit (still raining). After our day of eating, we made a healthy dinner to cap off Emel’s day 2!