koi mosaic mural

wind spinners

stone cold tiki

saturday's farmer's market at kcc

One of my favorite things to do on a Saturday morning is go to the KCC (Kapiolani Community College) Farmer's Market. Located at the base of Diamond Head, it's the largest open market in Honolulu for locally grown produce, exotic plants and flowers, and "ono" (delicious) food from some great home-style cooks all in one location. And might I add that the student chefs from Team Hawaii at Kapiolani Community College culinary school recently won the American Culinary Federation's prestigious national title.

Go with an empty stomach and try: the heirloom tomatoe, mozzarella, pesto pizza with basil...beignets with lilikoi sauce...kim chee portugese sausage...kona abalone...fried green tomaotes...ginger lemonade...roasted kahuku corn...any dish cooked at the kcc culinary tent...shave ice...freshly made pop corn...hawaiian style chili...fresh baked breads... 

And on your way out why not pick-up some beautifully cut flowers, pineapples and papayas, fresh local honey and a cup of freshly brewed kona coffe as you swagger your way home...what a great way to sustain the agriculture in hawaii: to buy local!

takashi murakami's art theme of monochromatic colored lights

gobble, gobble

turkey...stuffing...gravy...cranberries and pie, oh my..."GET STUFFED"and have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

                                                                                                                            with love from  waikiki..."hubby" and prickly

sand art

koi fish feeding frenzie

changing of the guards

underwater landscape mosaic mural

what has no head, no skeleton, no heart, no brains, but has twenty-four eyes?

Answer: the box jellyfish or "carybdea alata." They usually swarm along the shoreline to spawn 8-10 days after the full moon. These free swimming, transparent, bell-shaped jellyfish with its long tentacles can be deadly to humans...from mild stinging to even death!

mushroom trees

heliconia psitticorum (parakeet flower)

"momentum"

photographed by craig t. kojima

One hundred yards in front of the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki, a 72 foot sailboat, "Momemtum" ran adrift and was stuck in shallow waters amongst the sand and coral. Apparently, it wasn't the first time for the almighty captain! Where's Sully?

hawaiian landscape

stars in paradise (1986)

painted by Martin Charlot  

muralist/film maker/writer/educator

are you superstitious?

Paraskevidekatriaphobia. Paraskevi (Friday) + dekatreis (thirteen) + phobia (fear of) = fear of Friday the thirteenth.


Superstition has it that Friday the 13th is good or bad fortune or one's personal fate. In the solar or "Gregorian" calendar this date will occur at least once and at most three times a year, as it does on this November, Friday the thirteenth, of the year 2009. It also includes February and March. A month with Friday the 13th will happen if the month starts on a Sunday. The year 2012 will have three Friday the 13th's. 


Then there's "triskaidekaphobia". Treis (three) + kai (and) + deka (ten) + phobia (fear of) = fear of the number thirteen from Greek etymology. While not really a superstition, it is one more than a dozen and leaves a person left out if dividing into groups of 2, 3, 4 or 6. An unlucky number for some, in many cultures, it can be Tuesday the 13th to be unlucky. Another abnormal fear is the number 4 in many East Asian countries, which happens to be my favorite number:13 or 1+3.


So while I have your attention...i hope you got out of the bed the same side you got in last nite?...1 o'clock this afternoon is actually the 13th hour...check all the elevators in your town to see if there's a 13th floor...don't step on a crack...look out for the black cat crossing your path...i dare you to walk under that ladder...furlough fridays...if you find a  coin on the ground, tail side up, don't pick it up (but in these hard times, who cares!)...when you go home tonight be sure to look behind you, Jason may be lurking. Happy Friday the 13th!

double vision

"happy two-some gruesome birthday"!

candy darling aka "black nose"

 frankie aka "doggie"

 ...what a birthday...I'm pooped! 

hawaii? really?

dia de los muertos!

Happy "Dia De Los Muertos"! Today I really feel like the living dead...as last nite I was up with all the crazies bumping and grinding my way through Waikiki, up and down Kalakaua Avenue and Kuhio Avenue til well after 2am. After I got home I started to watch Bram Stoker's "Dracula"! 

What a scene it was. A parade of some of the best hand made and creatively put together costumes I've seen in a long, long time. It's got to have been the best 2 mile plus stretch of Waikiki with people ranging in age from infants, college kids to my grandparents age. It was like the all the "locals" came out to Waikiki. There were a lot of Japanese tourists and a handful of foreigners as well. I have to say Halloween in Hawaii is a close first with the French Quarter in New Orleans and a close second to New York City. Sorry, West Hollywood! I know, I know, but you've got to remember that Los Angeles is "fantasy land", where everyone lives in a make-believe world, full of special effects, make-up artists and designers. 

It was a great Halloween and here are some of my photos.