The view of the lighthouse never gets old. It’s so beautiful!
Makapuʻu Lighthouse
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Tag Archives: Oahu
Sunset Through The Mountains
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I have the prettiest scenes on my drive home. It’s something different every day! This is the sun setting through the Koolau mountains.
Diamond Head Cove Health Bar
Today, Josh and I headed East for lunch at Diamond Head Cove Health Bar. We wanted to try something new and wanted it to be healthy. We split the Fish Wrap and the Da “Mana” Cove Bowl (Double acai topped with organic granola, blueberries, strawberries, banana, bee polin and honey). They both were amazing and I would highly recommend a trip there if you’re visiting Oahu!
Fresh fish, lettuce, Molokai tomatoes, dressing in a spinach wrap.
Double acai topped with organic granola, blueberries, strawberries, banana, bee pollen and honey
Ali’i Tour
Yesterday at work, we took the kids to the Ali’i Tour at Kualoa Ranch. It was a lot of fun and so pretty! After, we went to Kualoa Beach Park for lunch and games. It was a beautiful day out and I really enjoyed getting to be outside so much. I love my job and am so thankful I am getting to do fun things like this! I am learning so much from the kids…including pronouncing things correctly as well as a lot about the Hawaiian culture. It’s been a blast!
This fish pond was so pretty!
All the kids ready for the Chief!
The Chief creating fire.
The chief and his fire.
The Chief and I
The beautiful mountains…the view from the boat tour on the fish pond.
The fish pond tour.
Tia and I!
The kids playing after lunch and Kualoa Beach Park.
Chinaman’s Hat
Kualoa Beach Park
Kailua Farmers’ Market
This evening, Josh and I went to the Kailua Farmers’ Market for the first time. It was amazing! There were so many wonderful things, we wanted to try everything. Our favorites for the evening were the sushi sliders and purple banana malasadas. We plan on making this a weekly occurrence!
Sushi Sliders and Purple Banana Malasadas..amazing!
Mini cheesecakes…double chocolate, strawberry passion and coffee.
Boys and Girls Club Fun!
I recently started blogging for the Boys and Girls Club Windward Clubhouse to help out with getting more awareness around what a great organization it is. It’s been such a wonderful two weeks so far and I’m so excited to see what the future holds! If any of you want to see what I’m up to during the week at work, I will be posting our activities on a regular basis!
Waikiki Marina
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Being Touristy with Emel – Day 5
Emel and I started our day with a trip to Pearl Harbor to see the USS Arizona Memorial. We spent a few hours there (it was my second time visiting Pearl Harbor and my first time going since moving here). After that, we headed to eat Shabu Shabu for lunch and have some mochi ice cream for dessert. Then I headed to work and Emel went to get bubble tea and be a tourist on her own for the afternoon! I met up with Josh and Emel for Emel’s last night in Hawaii and we ended our week long tour of food with some delicious sushi! She also brought home a surprise dessert of some amazing cupcakes!
USS Arizona Memorial
Memorial Entrance
The oil was really bad this time. It was everywhere ont he water’s surface and smelled awful.
THe shrine to those that lost their lives.
The flag.
Map of the USS Arizona before it sank and after.
Emel and I at Pearl Harbor.
Shabu Shabu for lunch!
Mochi Ice Cream for dessert!
Sushi for Emel’s last night!
Surprise dessert from Emel!
The list of everything we did this week!
Being Touristy with Emel – Day 3
Today, Emel and I headed to the East side of the island in the morning to hike the Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail. It was a gorgeous day and a great day to see some whales! We saw tons just hanging out swimming along. Incredible. After we finished there, we headed to Spitting Caves and it was the calmest I have ever seen it. We again saw more whales, one which jumped completely out of the water so very close to the rocks! I’m so glad the whales have decided to show off for Emel while she has been here! After that, we headed back so I could go to work and she ventured to Leonard’s Bakery and brought back some of the most delicious things I have ever had in my life (see pictures below). Malasadas..aka Portuguese donuts (unfortunately for Josh and I) have now been introduced to our lives. To end the day, we went to Chinatown to the Little Village Noodle House for some delicious Chinese food. I love having visitors!
Emel and I at the top of the lighthouse hike.
It was so calm at spitting caves today!
Pan Friend Beef and Grilled Chicken Wings
The amazingness from Leonard’s Bakery.
SO GOOD.
The delicious malasada.
Being Touristy with Emel – Day 2
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!
Emel and I with our delicious baja corn!
Emel and her shrimp!
Açai Bowls!
Our shave ice before the condensed milk.
Our shave ice after the condensed milk.
Our healthy dinner after our day full of eating..veggies and chicken with whole wheat pasta.
365 Days Of Hawaii 