Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
School started, and life has hope and meaning again. I think the two are related. Since Eloise was born, Chris has been deployed/about to deploy, or we’ve been moving. No wonder I was losing my mind a little. I kept feeling like the clock was ticking and time was running out. For what? I don’t…
I love Kailua so much. My parents, the kids and I paddleboarded out to Flat Island for my mom’s birthday early in their visit. It was pretty windy, and my mom and I were both trying to paddle on Isaac’s 29-in kid board—rawther difficult! We all got out there—“I NEEDA GO SWIMMING! We are at…
The shady interior of Maunakea Market was twice as hot at the sidewalk outside. Clouds of steam and smoke rose off industrial stove tops, sending the savory smell of meat swirling around me, colliding with a wafts of incense, salty fresh seafood, the cool humidity of exotic vegetables, and unidentifiable fruits. Pikake smells like jasmine…
Dear Mari, I'm delighted to accept your invitation and will meet you there at your earliest convenience. When can you get a reservation? Love, Mum It may have taken seven years or so, but we did it: two nights at the Bellows cabins ($105/night)! Coffee and sunrise, check! Full entire day at the beach: check!…
So we're heading to the beach, driving a block from the coast. A red light turns green, a car backs out. We slow down, chillin. The car sort of sits there, chillin. It turns its wheels a little, stops. It's blocking both lanes of traffic. Oncoming traffic approaches and slows, so Chris lightly touches the…
“I hope the waves are REALLY big a-cuz I want to boogie board with Finn!” It’s been rawther gusty lately and Isaac got his wish—I didn’t even take Eloise out because the breakers were way over my head and whitecaps frothed across Kailua Bay. I figured he’d get pummeled by a wave or two and…
Coconuts bobbed in the backwaters of the Kaelepulu Stream near Kailua Beach Park. I snagged one to try to grow at home and a big crab underneath snapped his blue claws at me. A few quick paddles, then I crouched as the paddleboard glided under a bridge. Isaac whimpered as the little black crabs that…
