What a beautiful Sunday in Hawaii nei! I woke up early and drove out to north shore to beat the crowds and the wind. The waves at Laniakea were a little wobbly, but clean, about 2-3+, but only about 10 guys out. I opted for the …
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Home Cooking at Hilo Rice Noodle Soup Restaurant
Hilo Rice Noodle Soup! What a mouth full and what a weird name, right? Steve and I were in Hilo looking for a quick bite to eat, and I stumbled upon this hole in the wall after reading a couple good reviews on Four Square. Hilo Rice Noodle Soup is …
Lunch in Keahou at Royal Thai Cafe
October 29, 2012 Steve and I went on a work trip and spent the day in Kona. We stayed at the Sheraton Kona and found a great place for lunch in the Keahou Shopping Center called Thai Royal Cafe. It wasn't the best Thai food I ever had, but they …
My Ring Wins Public Choice at the Hawaii Jewelers Association 2012 Design Contest
A little over a year ago, I designed my engagement ring with my favorite jewelry store Mellow Antiques . I went to Mellow because I was given a 1920's European cut diamond from Steve's grandmother and wanted antique jewelers who were experienced in …
Grazie Italia
This is a video is of Piazza della Signoria in Florence at night. Turn up the audio to here to tranquil music that a local musician was playing free for the square visitors. I hope I didn't bore my readers with my 500 posts on Italia. Spending …
Pasta Making Class at Vecchia Scuola Bolognese
On September 5, 2012, one of the last days of our trip, happened to be one of my favorite days of the entire trip, A PASTA MAKING CLASS! All I really wanted to do in Italy was eat pasta, drink wine, and relax. But the second thing I wanted to do in …
Touring the Ducati Motorcycle Factory & Museum
One of Steve's must dos in Italy was touring the Ducati motorcycle factory in Bologna. He went online ahead of time and booked us a tour on September 4, 2012. I, on the otherhand, am not a huge fan of motorcycles, but decided to be a good sport and …
Bologna, Italia
On Monday September 3, 2012 we packed up and left Sant'Engle and headed to Bologna. We were planning to end our trip in Milan (since that is where we were flying home from), but Steve wanted to make a quick stop in Bologna to take a tour of the …
Vie Cave
The areas of Sorano, Pitigliano, and Sovana are known for their vie cave, pronounced vee-ah cavay, meaning sunken roads. The vie cave are narrow paths that the Etruscans (pre-Roman civilization in ancient Italy, similar to the Egyptians) cut …
Terme di Saturnia
The area of Tuscany that were were in is known for their termes or natural hot springs. One day we visited the Terme di Sorano, and it was more like an amusement park-country club in one and charged 9€ a person to enter. It was nice, but we didn't …