Kite Flying in Kailua
After eating some crepes in Kailua, how about going to fly a kite? Was a windy day which helped the Sesame Street friends get airborne, but not the dud Elmo mini kite.
The Elmo mini kite was a dud.
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Crepes in Kailua
If you happen to be craving crepes while in Kailua, head on over to 131 Hekili Street, the home of Crepes No Ka `Oi.
Their menu features both sweet and savory crepes which are surprisingly filling. We sampled the Temptation in Paradise and Lovers’ Delight (with strawberry ice cream).
Temptation in Paradise crepe.
Lovers’ Delight with strawberry ice cream.
And I had some illy coffee to go with the yummy food.
The Awesomeness of Balloon Adventures
The balloon artists of Balloon Adventures are simply awesome. Their creations are great and very imaginative. It’s a family run business with like 9 brothers who each do several events throughout the week. Crazy!
Balloon Adventures was at the Pacific Club for Easter and at Windward Mall over this past weekend. Here’s some of their handy work.
Windward Mall Could Still be a Deathtrap
Here I thought Windward Mall was on its way to financial solvency, beating its reputation as a financial deathtrap. The renovation plans to go upscale are done, and new tenants have occupied empty spaces. Heck, a brand new Aeropostale is on the premises.
But just when things are looking up, this travesty happens!
And the bad news of the Footlocker closure is announced and delivered by an email no less!
The Real von Trapp Family from the Sound of Music
I didn’t know that the Sound of Music is based on the real life story of the von Trapp family. Yes, there really is a Maria von Trapp (who doesn’t look like Julie Andrews).
Read the history of the von Trapp family and their travels from Austria to America.
Is This Less Racy?
So the new Calvin Klein billboard is causing a stir in New York, but is this gigantic Victoria’s Secrets poster any less racy?
This image facades the construction site of the new Victoria’s Secrets at Ala Moana. Anyways, this location is now hiring.
Disney Store Reopened at Ala Moana
It was one month ago and the Disney Store at Ala Moana was under construction. Now, the new location is open for business.
It’s quite a bit smaller than the previous location taking over the former location of Sharper Image.
Bars and Shorties Are Surging
Can I blame ginx.com for the sudden surge of bars and URL shortening services (shorites) popping up? Ginx.com was the first service I remember that offered both services, but now it seems others are following suit. Many services usually offer one or the other, but more are offering both.
There’s the Digg bar and now StumbleUpon is in the game with Su.pr. Who’s next?
What Twitter Is Really About
Read this short but interesting article about what Twitter is really about.
How Twitter compares with Facebook?
Facebook is for people you know, and Twitter is for people you don’t know and with whom you may share common interests.
How to user Twitter?
find someone you trust, who spends their time discovering and reporting on things you want to learn about and follow their every move. They effectively become a human RSS feed for tons of information you would never find out about otherwise.
Where Twitter fits in with information overload.
Twitter is another step in the process as we try to figure out how to deal with the complexity of so much input of information in our daily lives.
Weekend Pictures
Just a few pictures from over the weekend.
Got Wii? Toys R Us has them in stock if you must know. They also have all kinds of Transformer toys including action figures and voice mixing masks. I’m not sure what this book Stuff White People Like is all about, but it’s available at Borders. Hmm, solid reviews on Amazon.
New Soda in Stores
Now in stores, new soda from Mountain Dew and Aloha Maid?!
Mountain Dew’s Game Fuel Horde Red and Alliance Blue are now in Hawaii. Here’s a review of Horde Red from Bevreview.com.
I didn’t know popular juice maker, Aloha Maid, produces soda as well. Iced tea and guava soda? Umm, I’ll pass.
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire
Watched Slumdog Millionaire, what a show. Still feeling crummy for the kids and their living conditions in the slums of India. A great flick but with an out-of-character closing credits of the cast doing a group dance to Jai Ho. Here’s what I mean.
And since Nicole Scherzinger is in her hometown Hawaii performing the final concert of the Pussycat Dolls “Doll Domination” tour, here is the remade version of Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny).