L & S

Monday, April 26, 2010

A day in Haleiwa

We take frequent trips up to Haleiwa in our spare time...who wouldn't? There is good food, things to do, and so many unique places! One thing I love about Haleiwa are the colors of the town. Its very artistic.

[Photo credit: wyteone]

So of course we made our usual stops at Stortos and Matsumotos. MMmmmMMmmm... I'm drooling just thinking about how delicious it was!

And we walked around town to look at the beautiful scenery. Its these relaxed days with Seth that I treasure the most. Good food, scenery and company make up my idea of a perfect day. :)

Note: That tiny dot in the middle of the Haleiwa bridge is me! hehe. :)

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Maunawili Falls

Last weekend Seth and I decided to go hike up to Maunawili Falls.

It was a PERFECT day for a forest hike---the weather was amazing. I love this hike because it takes you up into the Ko'olau mountains, and then to some gorgeous waterfalls!

There are 3 waterfalls at the end of this hike. To get to the 2nd one, you have to climb up the 1st waterfall, and swim through a pool on your right. The 3rd one is a bit more tricky to get up to, because you have to climb up a steep rock wall on your left.

At the 1st waterfall, there are a few places to jump from. All of the guys there were jumping off of the high spots. They're a bit hard to get to, so I just jumped from the little rock! Seth climbed up the rock like a monkey and jumped from one of the high rocks.

And of course I decided to impress everyone with my tiny jump! Only the cool people jump off of the little rock! :)

The water was SOOOOO cold. And the whole time I was in it my nerdy self kept thinking, "Giardia! Leptospirosis! Don't swallow the water!" I also felt the need to warn Seth as well. Geez.

This hike is pretty popular, so there were a lot of people on it that day. After I got over the ice cold freezing water, I decided that swimming in the water hole was pretty refreshing.

I love this hike!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Happy Earth Day!

What are you doing for Earth day today?

[Photo credit: Google]

Today I am recycling all of my plastic bags and aluminum cans...

...and remembering to turn lights/appliances off (and unplugging them) when I'm not using them!

[Photo credit: Google]

And I will be watching Ric O'Barry (Save Japan Dolphins Campaign) on Oprah's Earth Day episode. So excited!

What are you doing today?

Grandma's 84th.

This last Saturday was my Grandma's 84th birthday.

We celebrated by eating Chinese food at Hee Hing restaurant in town. I'm talking about REAL chinese food...none of that Panda Express stuff!! It always amazes me how different real chinese food is from the "americanized" version.

Here's the gang: Uncle Eddie, Uncle Francis, Uncle Calvin, Grandma, and smiley Seth!

The food we ate dinner was interesting...its all still pretty foreign to me. My uncles call me Steamed Rice because thats pretty much all that I eat while I nibble on all of the other stuff. Seth will try anything, and they think he's awesome, especially Uncle Calvin, right Seth? haha.

Here's some of the food that I made them order:

The uncles enjoy picking on me for my food choices, especially Uncle Eddie. He will hold the dish out in front of me until I take some while saying, "Ah, come on Steamed Rice, just TRRRYYYY." And then when I don't eat it he says, "Bah! I bet you just want your American pizza or something." Mom, I bet you can visualize this whole convo happening, right? haha.