{willows}

A couple times a month, MH and I like to treat ourselves to a night out on the town. What was the cause for our random celebration? Well, it was Tuesday of course! We got over the icky disease known as Monday-itis, and successfully moved one day closer to the weekend! Yeeehawwww!!

My intense craving for oh-so-succulent prime rib, led us to Willows Restaurant in Moili'ili (downtown Honolulu). According to their (website) Willows is Hawaii's Original Garden Restaurant. It sits upon one acre of lush tropical gardens, native Hawaiian flowers, and cascading waterfalls. It's also known for their yum-o-licious food, awesome buffet, and (in my opinion) killer prime rib!(*sigh) Hana hou, MH? :)

Table for two, please.

{blackbird fly}

A twin-lens reflex camera (TLR) is a type of popular camera that has two lenses of the same focal length. One of the lenses is the photographic objective (the lens that takes the picture), while the other is used for taking pictures at waist-level. The blackbird fly (camera shown) is a retro camera from Japan. It uses standard 35mm ("old school") film with a wide angle 33mm lens with focal adjustment. Other features include two exposure settings (F7/F11), two shutter speeds, and a hot shoe. While its considered more of a "toy camera" (its made entirely out of plastic), its a fun way to experiment with film. The Blackbird fly comes in 5 different colors (black, blue, red, orange, & white), and is a superly cute camera to add to any budding photographer's "arsenal." See more (here)


Photo Credit: Patrick Ng
(shot with lomo redscale film)

{sea life park}

This past Monday, MH and I took Lil' J (my wee wittle munchkin) to Sea Life Park. It was a really, really, (really to the zillionth power) superly H-O-T day!!! Aside from the hotness, the $9 hamburgers (luckily for us, the cashier gave us her kama'aina (local Hawaii resident) discount), and the so-so next-to-average shaved ice - it was a pretty funtastic day :)

Cool shot MH took of the Hawaiian Reef Aquarium.

This little guy was especially happy to see us :)


"Turtle-turtle" (*said in the voice of Dana Carvey)

"C'mon Snowflake, let's go!!"
(Where's that line from? 5 points to the first one who gets it...)
Moi-moi (sleep) time. Our cue to leave :)

{the men, the myths, the legends}

Last week Friday, MH & I had the pleasure of attending the All-Natro CD Release Party/Concert. We were there like mullets (the bad 80's hair faux pas) - total business in the front/party in the back! Why business? Well, first lemme give you some background on how I "know" the band. My friend Toby is the lead guitarist/singer in the group and I've known him for (hold on, lemme count) TWELVE years! Holy Batmobile! I didn't realize it was THAT long!

Anyways a couple of weeks ago, Toby and I got to talking, and he invited us to join them at their concert. So by "joining them" he meant he would give us the major hook ups: V.I.P. treatment + the chance to shoot my first concert, which equaled an AMAZING opportunity! So where did I get to go? Um, it was more like where didn't I get to go? V.I.P. lounge balcony? (*check!) In FRONT of the front row?? (*checkity-check!!) FROM the stage??? (*check! check!! check!!!).

The energy in that venue was awesome!! All-Natro was awesome!!! As MH is my witness, I could not stop saying the word "awesome" the whole night! It was THAT awesome! Thank you guys for the one of the awesomest opportunities/nights I've had in a long time!!!

View from the VIP lounge.

View of the lead singer.

View from the front row.

View of the Toby.
*Photo Credit: the last picture in this set was taken by MH ♥