Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
The soft white glow of hundreds of lanterns reflected in the quiet stillness of the Byodo-In Temple pond. The annual obon festival finishes with the floating flights and chanting, requiem, and Ave Maria. This year’s festival additionally celebrates the temple’s 50th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. The…
Dream about the days to come when I won’t have to leave alone, about the times that I won’t have to say, “Kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you’ll wait for me. Hold me like you’ll never let me go.” Every time he comes home it’s a countdown to when he leaves…
It’s been a while since The Scoop and I headed off on a photo safari or sightseeing of any kind, so today between volunteering at Isaac’s school and covering an event with my kids in tow, I set out to appreciate some of the bougainvillea spilling over the fences along the street that runs along…
“I don’t want to go to the beach! I want to play with Ally and Holden! I don’t want to get in a swimsuit! Waaaaaaah!” They DID want to go to the beach, they had so much fun splashing with each other and Chris and me in the water and caking themselves in sand, and…
One by one, egg sacs and sperm cloud the water around the spawning corals. Overhead looms both a full moon and the watchful eyes of pHd students at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay. “Yeah! You can see them! They come floating out,” Mariana laughed Wednesday night at hula…
Chris returned to sea for the first part of the multinational sea exercise RIMPAC, and I thought it would be fun to have our own sea exercise: BEACHPAC. We were going strong with boogie boarding Saturday at Kailua Beach, then snorkeling with four kids under seven at Hanauma Bay Monday., Tuesday found us piloting a…
Sea Life Park with friends! We’ve never stayed for the 2pm dolphin and penguin show before. The kids loved getting splashed by the dolphin, and I liked the penguins’ theme music. After it was all over, the dolphin did a few slow laps around the tank again. “Aaaaaand now we’re back to looking sad,” Jess…
