Monday, March 23, 2009

Hawaii, I miss you!

Beautiful O'ahu from way up high on Diamond Head lookout! We were surrounded by Japaneese TEENAGE tourist, which was interesting to say the least!







Brooke is my go-to girl and she is so lucky to live in a place as beautiful and warm as she does. Jelous!


















Hawaii was a blast! Besides the rainny parts, it was so much fun to visit a new place and embark on some new adventures with my good pal Brooke.
We ate out every day and I got to try some Shabu Shabu which is a Japaneese soup that is prepared at your table with tons of meats and veggies!! It is prepared in a broth, which after you eat out all the meats, they come back and pour egg and rice into the broth, which makes an amazing thick soup...Mmmm! Can't wait to learn how to make it! I didn't get as much sun as I thought I would, which is probably a good thing! We went and hiked to a waterfall and climbed to see out over the island! It was fun ridding on the back of Brooke's mo-ped. It was illegal for her to have a passenger, even though there is a no helmet law in Hawaii, I still packed one from Seattle! I really loved the beautiful, jungle feeling of the island and how lush and green it was, even compared to Seattle! I met up with Marianne Fleck, who is the grandma of the kids I nanny for. She was staying at an insanely nice hotel and hooked me up for some five star breakfast! I loved all the flower arrangements in her hotel.
























Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Hawaii here I come!


It's true, I'm heading farther west across the big puddle to Honolulu, HI! My trip is March 11-16th and I couldn't be more excited. This will be my first trip to the islands and my first time swimming in the ocean! My best friend (in seattle) Brooke moved there last month, so I am taking advantage of a free place to stay and a dear friend to show me around. Our plans aren't too serious, just relaxing, hiking, eating out, seeing some sights, and just taking it easy! I'm looking forward to it so much even though I would have liked to visit Utah, but hell, been there, done that!

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Year of the Ox




In the International District of downtown Seattle, there was a free Chinese New year festival all day Sunday. Brett's sister Jen and I managed to find a traditional Chinese costume and photo booth where we were dressed in fine silk traditional garb. She chose the marriage robe while I prefered the showey little concubine number. We also saw amazing Lion and Dragon dances and taiko drumming. It was a fun day and a great fun being with my friend Jen.




Monday, January 26, 2009

Pandora Radio, you're my hero

Okay, so I am a cheep person and when it comes to music, I only own like ten CDs and got all my songs on my IPOD from my friend's music libraries. So what is a girl to do? Free AWESOME RADIO!! When you want to listen to music while you're working on your computer (every day!) just go to Pandoraradio.com and make an account with your email address. Then get started by entering one artist or song. It finds it and then pulls up other artists that are related that you might like! It lets you create as many stations as you want and it's free!! I love it and am spreading the word!
http://www.pandora.com/

Thursday, January 22, 2009


What a treat! Got my face painted at a music event by a girl who, "just brought some paints for fun."